Sequoia Carrillo
Sequoia Carrillo is an assistant editor for NPR's Education Team. Along with writing, producing, and reporting for the team, she manages the Student Podcast Challenge.
Prior to covering education at NPR, she started as an intern on the How I Built This team.
Sequoia holds a bachelor's degree in history and media studies from the University of Virginia. She is currently working towards her master's in journalism from Georgetown University.
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A heat wave along the East Coast and in the Midwest leads to closings, shorter school days. -
Amid sweltering heat waves, classes have resumed in many districts around the country that have outdated heating and cooling systems — or no air conditioning at all.
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Legacy admissions give an advantage to college applicants whose parents are alumni. Now, the Education Department has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard's legacy admissions practices.
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School shootings, social media, beauty standards. 13-year-olds Erika Young and Norah Weiner delve into what middle school looks like today in their award-winning podcast.
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On the "Nation's Report Card," history scores were the lowest ever, and civics showed the first decline ever.
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The proposed changes to Title IX would still give schools some flexibility to ban transgender athletes depending on age and sport.
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Hundreds of thousands of students are out of school in Los Angeles. The union representing school support staff began a three-day strike on Tuesday.
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Support staff in the nation's second-largest school district walked out over stalled contract negotiations. Teachers joined them in support.
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"It's easy, it's fast," Biden said in a press conference announcing the launch, noting applications take less than 5 minutes and can be done on desktop or phone.
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In the search for next steps on the government's loan forgiveness plan, some borrowers are finding fake emails and texts instead of real answers.
