Brigham Young University-Idaho says it is "deeply troubled" that students may have intentionally tried to contract COVID-19. A nearby plasma center offers $100 for each donation with antibodies.
Women often bear a heavier burden at times of crisis. They take care of the kids, the house, the survival of families. NPR photographed and interviewed 19 women over 3 weeks. Here are their stories.
A school district just north of Anchorage, Alaska, has more than 11,000 students in class. While there have been some coronavirus cases, the district says it's been able to deal with them quickly.
Many parents appear to be keeping their children out of public school, especially from kindergarten. The declines could mean less state funding for school districts.
Georgia officials did not do enough to keep children and teachers safe in opening school buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic, a teachers’ group alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Fulton County Superior Court.
Parents and caregivers who are homeless face a difficult decision: Work to try to escape homelessness, or quit their jobs to help their kids with online learning.
A survey is open to solicit feedback from Georgia students, parents, teachers and community members on whether year-end test scores should be nixed, kept the same or cut in half during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The survey comes after the state Board of Education took steps last week to reduce by half how much the annual Georgia Milestones tests count toward students’ final grades, from the usual weight of 20% down to 10%.
That was less grade-weight trimming than was pushed by State School Superintendent Richard Woods, who originally recommended the scores count for 0.01% – or as close to zero as state law allows.
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute asked Georgians about public policies that put people first, including how they felt about increasing funding for education and health care, as well as reevaluating the billions of dollars in tax breaks Georgia gives out to corporations every year. The results of a recent poll show Georgians want the state to invest in people and policies that help every community in our state thrive.
Data from more than 1,400 colleges, obtained by NPR, show that most colleges with in-person classes have no clear testing plan or are testing only students who believe they have the coronavirus.
Hundreds of colleges are only testing students if they feel sick or think they were exposed to COVID-19. That's according to new data from more than 1,400 colleges which was obtained by NPR.
President Trump returned to the White House Monday and will continue to be treated for COVID-19. Plus, NPR analysis finds many colleges do not regularly test students for the coronavirus.
The Bibb County School District was the only major school system in Middle Georgia to postpone in-person classes well into the school year, opting to begin with two months of virtual education.
Part of that decision process involved asking parents and guardians to choose between in-person or online education for their children. Now, a month into virtual school, district leaders are once again asking parents if they prefer online or in-person classes, gauging how perceptions have changed due to experiences and the evolving COVID-19 situation. Parents have until 11 p.m. Monday night to let the district know what teaching method they prefer.
A select number of students in Chatham County are set to return to public school classrooms Monday amid widespread concern about health and safety due to COVID-19.
Among questions the school district has yet to resolve, however, is how much of the federal coronavirus relief funds allotted to it will go to which schools in the area. A recent judicial ruling means fewer dollars than expected will be going to private schools, amid a larger national debate over whether government funds to offset the economic costs of the coronavirus pandemic should prioritize economically disadvantaged families and businesses.