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New York City Mayor Warns Schools Might Need To Close Next Week Mayor Bill de Blasio warned that schools in New York City could close as early as Monday. There's a debate over whether schools should be closed while restaurants and bars remain open. Read more on NPR

Alyssa Loorya: What Can A 300-Year Old Farmhouse Tell Us About Metropolitan New York? In the heart of urban Brooklyn, a 300-year old farmhouse still stands. Archaeologist Alyssa Loorya explains how artifacts found at the site trace the life cycles of New York City--from 1720 to today. Read more on NPR

Lessons From Europe, Where Cases Are Rising But Schools Are Open Amid a new wave of coronavirus restrictions, France, the U.K., Germany and Italy are keeping schools open. The U.S. has taken a different approach. Read more on NPR

Harvard Admissions Did Not Discriminate Against Asian Americans, Court Rules An appeals court ruled in favor of Harvard University in a suit alleging that its admissions process discriminated against Asian Americans. Read more on NPR

Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn't Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants A federal appeals court in Boston ruled Thursday that Harvard doesn't intentionally discriminate against Asian-American applicants in its admissions process. Read more on NPR

How Do Colleges And Students Ensure Safety Of Traveling Home For Thanksgiving? As coronavirus cases surge across the U.S., college students are nearing Thanksgiving break. But going home is complicated this year. We discuss how colleges ensure students' safe travel. Read more on NPR

News Brief: Transition Progresses, ACA Challenge, Biden's Education Plan Biden team presses on with transition despite Trump's roadblocks. Obamacare likely to survive another challenge in the Supreme Court. And, Biden's education agenda must start by confronting COVID-19. Read more on NPR

What A Biden Presidency Could Mean For Education As the new president sets his priorities, will having an educator as First Lady help schools and colleges get what they hope for? Read more on NPR

David Biello: Moving The Dial On Climate Change Fighting climate change is a big messy task that will take a lot of work. This hour, TED's Science Curator David Biello joins Manoush to share some promising and fascinating solutions. Read more on NPR

To Report Abuse, Or Not? Zoom Classes Create Dilemma For Teachers During remote classes, teachers get to glimpse some students' lives. Sometimes they observe things they never knew about at school. It has some teachers considering whether they've witnessed abuse. Read more on NPR

Tips For Talking To Children About The Election With many Americans focused on the election, NPR's Life Kit team offers tips to parents and caregivers on how to talk about the election — and civics more broadly — with children. Read more on NPR

School Official On A Pennsylvania District's Decision To Revert To Online Learning NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Mike Porembka, an assistant superintendent at a Pennsylvania school district, about the district's decision to return to remote learning as coronavirus cases surge. Read more on NPR

In 2020, Gubernatorial Elections Are All About COVID-19 The races for governor in Missouri and North Carolina may tell us if the coronavirus can make or break a state leader. Meanwhile, political strategy in Montana has tempered talk of COVID-19. Read more on NPR

Despite Strains, Small Colleges Find Advantages In Dealing With COVID-19 On Campus A smaller student body and shared sense of purpose make it easier to gain compliance with university policies on things such as mask usage and social distancing. Read more on NPR

In Michigan, Undocumented Immigrants Form Learning Pod So They Won't Lose Their Jobs For the past six weeks, 24 students at Ann Arbor Community Learning Center have been doing their virtual classwork on computers provided by the public school district. Read more on NPR

Are You Watching Your State Lawmaker Elections? Here's Why You Should Millions of dollars are flowing into state legislative races. Redistricting and the coronavirus are expected to be top of the policy agenda in 2021 and party control could mean everything. Read more on NPR

Virtual Education Is Impacting College Students' Access To Voting College students who are studying remotely can vote in the state where their college is located. But this is controversial in some places, and students are organizing. Read more on NPR

Now Is A Good Time To Talk To Kids About Civics Here's a primer from our Life Kit parenting team. Read more on NPR

Andrew Marantz: What Happens When Fringe Conspiracy Theories Become Mainstream? For the past few years, journalist Andrew Marantz has been embedded in the world of far-right extremists online. He explains how once-fringe conspiracy theories migrated into the national discourse. Read more on NPR

With Many Campuses Closed, Will College Students Turn Out To Vote? People ages 18 to 29 are turning out in record-breaking numbers for early voting. But will pandemic-related disruptions to campus life affect student voter turnout on Election Day? Read more on NPR