
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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Four days after disastrous testimony on Capitol Hill, University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill resigns.
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On Wednesday, the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania testified before the House on antisemitism on college campuses. All three are facing calls to resign.
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California is the latest state in a growing movement across the country to require media literacy education for all grade levels.
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NPR's history podcast Throughline looks at how the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota avoided the fate of most U.S. reservations. The Red Lake Band of Chippewa still owns all the reservation land.
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From second grade to seniors in high school, students are getting bombarded with news. Teachers are working to give them the tools to process it.
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Americans agree students should be prepared for school shootings, but a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds they differ in how to approach the issue
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Americans agree students should be prepared for school shootings, but a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds they differ in how to approach the issue.
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A life-saving drug is gaining support for use in schools across the country, but only about half of the largest districts stock it
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Narcan is the best option schools have to save students from an overdose, but it's only readily available in a handful of the nation's districts.
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A heat wave at the start of the school year has educators scrambling to keep kids cool and safe.