This week on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman is joined by Rebecca Winthrop for a conversation about the changing face of education in the era of COVID-19. She argues that now is the time to “chart a vision for how education can emerge stronger from this global crisis than ever before.”

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Kenya’s Decision to Cancel Its School Year Will Reverberate Across Africa

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