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Life Kit

You've Made It To Campus! Now What? These Tips Can Help You Navigate College Life

Aug 28, 2021
Whether you're just starting school or returning to campus after a year of adjusting to remote and hybrid-learning, we've got tips to help guide you through this academic year.
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Family
Three girls pose for photos after getting their hair braided by Brittany Starks and other volunteers.

A Mom Is Braiding Kids' Hair For Free So Parents Have One Less Back-To-School Stress

Aug 25, 2021
After experiencing an act of kindness herself, Brittany Starks found a unique way to help parents prepare their children for the return to school: by braiding kids' hair for free.
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Shots - Health News
First-graders listen to the interim superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Megan Reilly, read a book at Normont Elementary School in Harbor City on Aug. 16, the first day of school.

Use These 6 Expert Tips To Find The Best Masks For Your Kids

Aug 24, 2021
This year, face masks are on most parents' list of back-to-school supplies. But which ones are most effective? Here's how to choose the right one for your child.
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Shots - Health News
Johnson gives River a bottle in her home in Discovery Bay. Family members spent isolation together there this summer, after getting sick with COVID-19. Everyone has since recovered.

Breakthrough COVID Infections Add Even More Chaos To School's Start In 2021

Aug 23, 2021
Some kids are getting sick or passing the coronavirus to vaccinated family and friends. It's all unnerving to many parents. "It felt like a terrible head cold," one dad says. "My brain was foggy."
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Back To School: Live Updates

Arizona Will Withhold Funds From Schools With Mask Mandates

Aug 19, 2021
A new $163 million school grant program, created with federal COVID-19 relief funds, is open to schools that are adhering to "all state laws," referring to a recent order
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Business
Some families already got a head start on shopping for the school year when Amazon, Walmart, Target and others held huge summer sales. Now, parents are getting a new financial boost from the government: an increased child tax credit of up to $3,000 for s

Families Splurge On Clothes And Electronics In Likely Record Back-To-School Spree

Jul 27, 2021
Last year it was all about chairs and headphones. This year it's time for T-shirts and sneakers — and more laptops. Back-to-school shopping in the U.S. is expected to top $37 billion.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
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.

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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Newscast headlines

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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KNPR's State of Nevada

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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KNPR's State of Nevada

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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Education

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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KNPR's State of Nevada

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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KNPR's State of Nevada

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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KNPR's State of Nevada

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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KNPR's State of Nevada

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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KNPR's State of Nevada

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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KNPR's State of Nevada

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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KNPR's State of Nevada

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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KNPR's State of Nevada

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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KNPR's State of Nevada

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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Bulletin Board

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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Shots - Health News
Julie Brand holds her 1-month-old daughter as she receives a hepatitis B vaccine at Berkeley Pediatrics in Berkeley, Calif.

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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