Knox County Schools Superintendent Jon Rysewyk talks with Morning Edition host Jon Knowles about legislation allowing K-12 teachers to carry guns in class, the impact of private-school vouchers on the public school system, and the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) tools on teaching and learning.
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Polls show young male voters who once supported Biden moving to Trump. We ask why that is and what the Democrats can do to turn the trend around.
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NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with biologist Vesta Eleuteri regarding a study she authored about elephant communication.
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Without addressing his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who is seen in the video being kicked and dragged in 2016, the hip-hop mogul says, "I was disgusted then when I did it. I'm disgusted now."
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Ed Dwight, a former Air Force test pilot who was passed over to become an astronaut in the 1960s, described his flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard as "life changing."
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Facing potential headwinds with both young voters and Black voters, President Biden's Morehouse College commencement address focused on his view of the importance — and future of — democracy.
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Stefanik spoke before a caucus of Israel's parliament focused on antisemitism on college campuses around the world. She called for Hamas to be wiped "off the face of the earth."
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Iranian state media reported Monday that no survivors had been found at the site of a helicopter crash and that an acting president has been named.
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"Moon Trees" are starting to grow on Earth. They got that name because as seeds they spent some time in space.
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NPR's Tamara Keith speaks with Rohit Chopra, the director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, about a Supreme Court decision that validated how the bureau is funded.
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The families of the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during the October 7th attack held a rally Saturday night. A number of Western ambassadors attended.
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