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 states have recently passed legislation to limit teaching and assessments via screens for students. So has the United States' second-largest school district. -
Teens and young adults have a growing problem with sports betting and gaming. How can parents talk to their kids about gambling before it becomes a problem?
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Teens and young adults have a growing problem with sports betting and gaming. How can parents talk to their kids about gambling before it becomes a problem?
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The explosion of online gambling and sports betting, as well as the advertising behind it, is attracting a growing number of young people, most of them boys. -
Keeping students off their devices is the new norm in many schools. We talked to students and educators at one Kentucky school to see how it's working. -
The Child Care and Development Fund sends money to states to help make child care more affordable for low-income families. Allegations of fraud in Minnesota have put the program under scrutiny. -
More students than ever went to class without their cell phones in 2025. Researchers, teachers and students look back on attempts to build phone-free learning spaces this year.
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About 5.5 million borrowers are currently in default. They haven't risked wage garnishment since the beginning of the pandemic, when policymakers paused the practice. -
Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people. -
A month-long moot court program in New York City lets students prosecute — and defend — cases, offering real-world lessons in how government works.
