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Speaking of those student loan changes, nurse and physician assistant associations have sued the Trump administration over the new limits on graduate school borrowing: The organizations say caps on federal student loans will not only harm their members but also aggravate healthcare shortages across the country. That’s what American Academy of Physician Associates President Tom Pickard told NPR’s Ayesha Roscoe. It’s at least the second lawsuit challenging the new loan limits.
After years of declines, young students show gains in reading and math: The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show that 9-year-olds, who started formal education after most pandemic-era closures, made gains compared with their predecessors in reading and math, NPR’s Sequoia Carrillo reports.
Kids compete in the annual Elvis tribute competition in the singer's hometown: Every year, Tupelo, Miss., puts on Elvis Fest in the town where Elvis Presley was born. The event's crown jewel is a competition of Elvis look-alikes, reports Elise Gregg of the Gulf States Newsroom, and it's not just adults competing to be the champ. Kids get in on the action too.
A career coach's tips to optimize the job hunt for college graduates: It’s a low-hire job market right now, which makes being a new college graduate bittersweet. Here and Now’s Peter O’Dowd shares what listeners have been saying about their post-graduation job search experiences and gets advice from Judi Umali-Rajkumar, a career coach at Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business in Dallas.
That job search misery hits younger people too: Despite a competitive market, finding a summer job is highly beneficial for teens: Teenagers hoping to hold the whistle as a lifeguard or camp counselor, or just work any job this summer are having a hard time getting hired, NPR’s Dianna Douglas reports. All signs point to 2026 being the worst job market for teens in decades thanks to a combination of AI, inflation, tariffs and even those oil tankers stuck in the Persian Gulf. But one teen who did find a job says she is learning from her older coworkers and starting to understand and appreciate the value of money.
Federal judge strikes down Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas: The administration announced the much-higher fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs, the Associated Press reports. As our Sequoia Carrillo reported last year, many rural schools relied on those visas to fill teaching roles. |
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In these schools, the World Cup is a teachable moment
Seven World Cup matches will be played in the Boston area, and in response, elementary schools in Chelsea, Mass., have transformed into a hall of nations. At one school, each classroom door is decorated with flags and jerseys of different World Cup countries, NPR member station’s Suevon Lee reports for WBUR.
The organization Soccer Without Borders Massachusetts has been partnering with Chelsea schools to make learning around the World Cup fun.
On a recent spring day, Bruno Contreras, the group’s director, asks a group of second graders what they have learned about Algeria this month.
“I learned that there's a lot of cool animals, like the fennec fox,” second grader Zoe Hemphill answers. “And cheetahs.”
“And camels that you can ride on,” Zoe goes on.
“OK. What else?” Contreras asks.
“That in the south of Algeria is the Sahara Desert, the hottest desert. And on the coast is the city Algiers,” says second grader Anthony Serrano.
Who's he rooting for this World Cup?
“Portugal,” he says, “because I love Cristiano Ronaldo.”
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