U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has a message for schools across the country ahead of the new school year: Students need to be in classrooms. "That's where students learn best," Cardona told NPR's A Martínez. "Schools are more than just places where students learn how to read and write — they're communities. They're like second families to our students." On Monday, the U.S. Education Department will release a roadmap for the return to school , encouraging districts to invest in social...

After graduating from Canterbury High School in 2015, Indiana native Jacob Rockey embarked on an unconventional journey that would eventurally lead him to a career in public radio in the town of Marfa, west Texas, population 1,531.

This week, we are bringing you “There is a Field,” a conversation from the Indiana Center for Middle East Peace. We’ll hear from Michael Spath, the center’s executive director, in a conversation with playwright Jen Marlowe, and actors Darius Khalil Gordon and Lara Alqasam, on their film “There is a Field,” its themes, and its connections with the experience of Black, Indigenous, and communities of color in the United States.