Education

Layer Elementary School in Winter Springs, Fla., opened with enhanced safety precautions due to COVID-19. An emergency order initially required school districts statewide to open for in-person learning by Aug. 31, but was temporarily struck down by a judg

Florida Judge Rules State Order Requiring Schools To Reopen 'Unconstitutional'

10:24pm August 24, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

The judge says the order disregards safety and denies local school boards' decision-making power. The Florida Department of Education has appealed the ruling.

"The parents and the community have been waiting for us to go back to school for a long time," says MSAD 42 Superintendent Elaine Boulier.

'It's Great To Live In Rural Maine,' Where Cases Are Low And Schools Are Open

4:09pm August 24, 2020

by Robbie Feinberg

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.

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UNC's Attempt For An In-Person Fall Doesn't Go As Planned

7:52am August 24, 2020

by Elissa Nadworny

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.

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College Road Trip: UNC Students Move Out After COVID-19 Outbreak

11:46am August 23, 2020

by Elissa Nadworny

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.

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Kaitlyn McCollum, pictured here in 2018, was teaching high school in Tennessee when her federal TEACH Grants were turned into more than $20,000 in loans.

More Than 6,500 Teachers Have Had Unfair Student Debts Erased

1:33pm August 22, 2020

by Cory Turner

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 Students See Chaos After School Closes On Campus Housing

7:59am August 22, 2020

by Michelle Jokisch Polo

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.

Elizabeth Dalziel's son Joe, 7, lays next to his favorite objects, toys and books as part of a homeschooling assignment — to create a time capsule — from his school in Berkhamsted, England.

What It Looks Like When School, And Everything Else, Happens At Home

7:00am August 22, 2020

by Elizabeth Dalziel

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."

A chain-link fence lock is seen on a gate at a closed Ranchito Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles on July 13. Amid spiking coronavirus cases, the Los Angeles Unified School District is implementing a testing contact tracin

School Nurses To Play Big Role In Eventual Reopening Of In-Class Learning In LA

5:01pm August 21, 2020

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.

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Loughlin enters a federal court hearing in the college admissions bribery case in August 2019 in Boston.

Lori Loughlin And Mossimo Giannulli Receive Prison Sentences For Admissions Scheme

3:51pm August 21, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

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.

University Professors Share Their Thoughts On Colleges Reopening

3:47pm August 21, 2020

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.