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Dr. Tracey Burrell hosts a discussion about the job of school counselor, featuring 3 outstanding counselors: Lamesa Fleury, Elementary Counselor at Eden Gardens Magnet in ShreveportTaneka Fuller, 9th Grade Counselor at Bossier High School in Bossier CityAngelor Johnson, Professional Counselor at Caddo Virtual Academy in Shreveport

The U.S. Supreme Court could rule today on Texas’ 6 weeks’ abortion ban. Beto O'Rourke, the former Democratic congressman from El Paso, is hosting rallies across Texas to launch his run for governor. The Caddo Parish Commission is mulling over a possible ordinance that would require dogs and cats to get spayed. Researchers are calling on the public to report monarch butterfly sightings in eight southern and Gulf states.

Ina Jaffe is a veteran NPR correspondent covering the aging of America. Her stories on Morning Edition and All Things Considered have focused on older adults' involvement in politics and elections, dating and divorce, work and retirement, fashion and sports, as well as issues affecting long term care and end of life choices. In 2015, she was named one of the nation's top "Influencers in Aging" by PBS publication Next Avenue, which wrote "Jaffe has reinvented reporting on aging."

As a region, the Americas fare quite well in Gallup's new global index of personal well-being, but the U.S. fell from No. 12 to No. 23 worldwide.

After a few moments of review, the top life events people reported in 2013 can read like a 10-sentence short story — perhaps a fable, or a coming-of-age tale. In the U.S., hot topics included the Super Bowl, Pope Francis, and the Harlem Shake.

Kenji Lopez-Alt left a restaurant job to test and write about the mysteries of food science. His new book details findings from how best to sear a steak to how to get more golden pancakes.

After the death of former President George H.W. Bush top Hill leaders decided to prepare a two-week funding bill to postpone a fight over President Trump's demand for $5 billion for a border wall.

Earlier this week, the NCAA and ACC decided to pull their conferences out of North Carolina, citing the controversial bathroom bill as the reason for their decision. North Carolina State Sen. Tamara Barringer is a Republican who voted for the bill in March, but has since called on lawmakers to repeal the bill. She is one of two Republican senators in the state to do so. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Barringer about why she made that decision.

The former president's remarks are being used by Democrats hoping to convict him for incitement of insurrection — and are being defended by his lawyers in the Senate proceedings.

Airs 4-26-2022 at 6 pm. Do districts truly take advantage of this opportunity of fueling and sustaining the teacher workforce by growing their own educators? The answer is yes, and here to share how they are planting educator seeds in school and district soil to grow the teacher workforce are three visionary educational leaders.