Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer and the beginning of a new school year.
Across the country, more than 54
million students have returned to the classrooms.
NPR spoke with students and teachers in different parts of the country to hear how they're feeling as the school year begins.
This episode features reporting by Elizabeth Miller of Oregon Public Broadcasting, Beth Wallis of KOSU, and NPR's Jonaki Mehta.
VPM’s Megan Pauly also contributed reporting to this episode.
This episode was produced by Lauren Migaki and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane. Our director is Marc Rivers.
It was edited by Nirvi Shah, Steven Drummond and Tinbete Ermyas.
Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.
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