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1 week ago | 
knau.org | Jonaki Mehta |Janet Lee
AILSA CHANG, HOST:The Trump administration has announced that it will cut $1 billion from a program that sent federal money to schools for mental health care. Passed in 2022, the bipartisan Safer Communities Act was especially valuable for students in rural areas where access to mental health services is limited. NPR's Jonaki Mehta was in Maine one day before news of the cuts came.
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1 week ago | 
ctpublic.org | Jonaki Mehta |Janet Lee
SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.
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1 week ago | 
wusf.org | Jonaki Mehta |Janet Lee
A school district in Skowhegan, Maine, is reeling from newly announced cuts for federally funded mental health services, which are especially difficult to access in rural areas.
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1 week ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Eleana Tworek |Janet Lee |Ayesha Rascoe
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks college seniors Bobby McAlpine, Alyssa Johnson, and Liam Powell how they've changed their post-graduation plans in light of the upheaval caused by the Trump administration. Copyright 2025 NPR
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2 months ago | 
npr.org | Janet Lee |Lauren Migaki
Fifth-grader Ameya Desai works at a research project that she's presenting to her class at Williams Elementary School in San Jose, Calif. Janet Woojeong Lee/NPR hide caption toggle caption Janet Woojeong Lee/NPR When Ameya Desai started elementary school, she would pester her dad every morning on their drive to class. "Daddy, you owe me a story," the 10-year-old would demand. "And then he's like 'what for?' Because I'm your daughter," she recalls with a giggle.
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2 months ago | 
npr.org | Janet Lee |Lauren Migaki
Fifth graders Kenley Taylor (left) and Gabby De Sa (right) work on story outlining during a MagTV morning meeting at Magnolia Elementary School in Carlsbad, Calif. Alan Nakkash for NPR hide caption toggle caption Alan Nakkash for NPR It's before school on a crisp Friday morning in Carlsbad, Calif. Andrew Luria is rallying the kids in his newsroom. "How many of you guys didn't do your homework?" Luria asks the 10- and 11-year-old journalists.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
laist.com | Lauren Migaki |Janet Lee
When the fires in Los Angeles broke out, fire captain Shane Lawlor was quickly dispatched to the Palisades. He has been at work ever since. On his first day, Lawlor was on his team's fireline for 20 hours straight with no breaks for food or sleep. He's still working the fireline and has been sleeping on-site or at his station in Santa Monica when he's not on duty. Back at his home in Carlsbad, Calif., Lawlor's son, Cian Lawlor, is a fifth-grader and budding journalist at Magnolia Elementary School.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
kpbs.org | Lauren Migaki |Janet Lee
When the fires in Los Angeles broke out just over one week ago, fire captain Shane Lawlor was quickly dispatched to the Palisades. He has been at work ever since. On his first day, Lawlor was on his team's fireline for 20 hours straight with no breaks for food or sleep. He's still working the fireline and has been sleeping on-site or at his station in Santa Monica when he's not on duty.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
npr.org | Lauren Migaki |Janet Lee
Old photo of fire captain Shane Lawlor and his two sons at a Santa Monica Fire Station. Lawlor has been a firefighter for 17 years. He was dispatched last week to the Pacific Palisades and is still fighting the fires there. Jaleh Lawlor hide caption toggle caption Jaleh Lawlor When the fires in Los Angeles broke out just over one week ago, fire captain Shane Lawlor was quickly dispatched to the Palisades. He has been at work ever since.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Janet Lee |Steve Drummond
It all started with a small idea back in 2018, when NPR's education team wanted to know what was really going on in the minds of young people. We wanted to hear about the things that keep students up at night, their obsessions and concerns, and stories they're dying to get off their chest. So we created the Student Podcast Challenge, an opportunity for students all around the country to record their stories and share them with NPR.
