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    A shopper walks past shelves of school supplies at a Target store in San Rafael, Calif. Preparing for both in-person and virtual learning has families budgeting for new school supplies and bigger purchases.
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    A Confusing Back-To-School Season May Lead To Blockbuster Spending

    Aug 27, 2020
    Preparing for both in-person and virtual learning has families budgeting for new school supplies like masks and bleach wipes, but also bigger purchases like laptops, speakers, desks and chairs.
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    School Zones To Be Enforced For Meal Pick Up Zones

    Aug 24, 2020

    Students will be learning at home when the new school year starts Monday for the Clark County School District, but Clark County says some school zones with lower speed limits will be enforced.

    The zones will be activated at schools designated as food pickup locations.

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    Questions Abound As CCSD Students Go Back To School

    Aug 21, 2020

    Along with the usual challenges of a new school year,

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    Back To School In Churchill County

    Aug 17, 2018

    Students, teachers and parents across the state have started heading back to school. 

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    Are You Becoming An Empty Nester? Share Your Story

    Aug 16, 2018
    Are you about to send your last or only child off to college, making you an empty nester? NPR's Morning Edition wants to hear from you.
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    Back To School In Eureka County

    Aug 16, 2018

    The district has a 100 percent graduation rate. What's the secret?

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    Back To School In Humboldt County

    Aug 15, 2018

    ​Humboldt County's high school graduation rate has bounced between 76 and 90 percent in the last three years. What's behind the discrepancies, and what is the district doing to solve it?

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    Back To School In Nye County

    Aug 13, 2018

    The largest school district in the contiguous United States faces a unique set of challenges.

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    Back To School In Lyon County

    Aug 10, 2018

    The school district has been working for the last year on improving school safety & security. What progress has been made?

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    Back To School In White Pine County

    Aug 09, 2018

    How do you attract teachers to work in small, ranching communities like Lund?

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    Back To School In Elko County

    Aug 06, 2018

    The district boasted a graduation rate higher than the state average, but how can they continue to improve?

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    Back To School In Carson City

    Aug 02, 2018

    Students in the state's capital prepare for another year in classrooms.

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    Back To School In Douglas County

    Aug 01, 2018

    The northern Nevada district wants to improve its graduation rate, which is already above the state average.

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    Back To School In Washoe County

    Jul 31, 2018

    Nevada's second-largest school district welcomes more than 64,000 students to classrooms this fall.

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    Pat on the Back: Groups collect school gear for kids in need

    Jul 28, 2016

    Some students need help with supplies and clothing due to poverty or homelessness.

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    Julie Brand holds her 1-month-old daughter as she receives a hepatitis B vaccine at Berkeley Pediatrics in Berkeley, Calif.
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    Childhood Vaccination Rates Climb In California

    Jan 21, 2016
    State health officials suspect California's big measles outbreak last year helped persuade parents to get their kids immunized against other illnesses, too.
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