Middle schoolers, likely blocked from other apps and social networks, apparently turned the Spotify comment section under an episode of NPR’s Wild Card into an impromptu group chat. In a new episode of This American Life, host Ira Glass digs into how the kids landed there and why. But it mostly boils down to kids
The game “Schisto & Ladders” is introduced to students at a primary school in a part of Nigeria where schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, transmitted by parasitic worms, affects many residents. This version of the classic game “Chutes & Ladders” aims to teach children how to avoid getting infected and details of treatment for those
Stay safe this summer. Make sure you know the five water safety skills, designate a water watcher when kids swim, know the signs of heat exhaustion, and more. Kaz Fantone/NPR hide title toggle title Kaz Fantone/NPR Stay safe this summer. Make sure you know the five water safety skills, designate a water watcher when kids
As heat waves sweep the country, NPR’s A Martinez asks W. Larry Kenney, professor of physiology and kinesiology at Penn State University, how extreme heat affects humans. TO MARTINEZ, HOST: A dangerous heat wave is hitting parts of the central and eastern United States and is expected to last through the Fourth of July weekend.
Health care workers demonstrate at a Manhattan union headquarters to show support for the Haitian and Syrian communities after the US Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could end temporary protected status for potentially millions of foreign nationals from countries experiencing conflict and violence. The decision means that more than 330,000 Haitians and Syrians
For more than 50 years, the Department of Education has revealed a number of realities about how students are treated in every public school in America: which children are being bullied, which children are being harassed, and which students are allowed to access the Internet, among other things. The agency’s civil rights data collection aims
