Kids Are Missing School at an Alarming Rate

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This week, the Senate is debating the contentious SAVE America Act, a strict voter identification bill that could overhaul who gets to vote. President Trump has called it his “No. 1 priority,” threatening to not sign any other legislation until it is passed. Michael Gold and Nick ...  Show more

Before the pandemic, about 8 million U.S. students were considered chronically absent during the school year. Now, that number has doubled. Students who are chronically absent often have lower test scores, fall behind, or even drop out at higher rates than others. Which students ...  Show more

La rentrée scolaire à New York se déroule en plusieurs étapes. Cette semaine, ce sont les écoles maternelles qui rouvrent. En tout, la ville compte plus d’un million et demi d’écoliers. Une reprise loin de se passer en douceur. New York a été durement frappée par le coronaviru ...

Correction: A previous version of this episode incorrectly stated when Interior Secretary Deb Haaland began her listening tour. Haaland started the listening tour last summer, and the tour has lasted for longer than one year The audio has been updated to remove the error.< ...

1 in 3 students are chronically absent from school.* One surprising reason? A lack of access to clean clothes. We teamed up with Whirlpool to explore this hidden educational crisis. For the second episode in our three-part series, our host, psychologist and parent educator Dr. Ja ...  Show more