The judge says the order disregards safety and denies local school boards' decision-making power. The Florida Department of Education has appealed the ruling.
Aroostook County has reported fewer than 40 COVID-19 cases since March. But even in an area with low infection rates, back to school looks a little different.
On July 1, 2020, Lisa Herring Ed.D. was sworn in as the new superintendent for Atlanta Public Schools. Now, 54 days later, the Macon, Georgia native is preparing to launch her first school year, all virtually — in the middle of a pandemic.
Students across the U.S. are continuing to move into college dorms. At the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill that's happening in reverse. Students are moving out following COVID-19 outbreaks.
College reopenings have been difficult, especially in the South, where coronavirus cases are surging? At UNC, students were asked to move out two weeks after the school year started.
After an NPR investigation led to an overhaul of the troubled TEACH Grant program, the U.S. Department of Education says teachers have had nearly $44 million in loans turned back into grants.
Michigan State University closed on campus housing for the semester to minimize spread of COVID-19, affecting more than 5,000 students many who have already paid for their fall semester housing.
Photographer Elizabeth Dalziel has been in charge of her sons' learning during lockdown. The time together has wrapped them in a tight hug that at times "feels like a boa constrictor's slow squeeze."
The Los Angeles Unified School District began virtual classes this week. The second-largest U.S. school district hopes students will be back in classrooms this year. To do that, nurses will be key.
“The brain drain affects quality of instruction,” former educator Allison Webb said. Cherokee County has seen 28 certified educators leave their jobs since the end of the 2019-20 school year. This time last year, the number stood at three.
The Full House star will serve two months, and her fashion designer husband will serve five months. They pleaded guilty in May to fraud charges related to securing their daughters' admission to USC.
Maine has some of the lowest coronavirus infection rates in the country. And a few schools in rural districts have already opened their doors to in-person learning.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with three professors from Colorado, Illinois and Georgia about their feelings on teaching this year and their colleges' reopening plans.
When U.S. schools went online-only in the spring, many struggled to provide vital services to students with disabilities. Families, advocates and many educators say this fall has to be different.
In May, local headlines told of an outbreak of COVID-19 cases among students at the prestigious Lovett School in Atlanta. On “Georgia Today,” Charles Bethea, a staff writer for The New Yorker, talks about what his reporting revealed about the tensions between privacy and the efforts by public health officials to contain the virus’ spread.