National Coronavirus

Europe’s Schools Are Closing Again on Concerns They Spread Covid-19

Pandemic Teacher Shortages Imperil In-Person Schooling

What Does a More Contagious Virus Mean for Schools?

Latino Groups Ask Biden Team to Push Back English-Language Testing Amid COVID Concerns

More Teachers Getting Vaccinated in Push to Restore Normalcy

Congress Could Go Big on COVID-19 Aid for Schools After Democrats Take Control

How Much Each State Will Get in COVID-19 Education Aid, in Four Charts

COVID-19 Vaccines and Schools: Your Questions Answered

As Teacher Morale Hits a New Low, Schools Look for Ways to Give Breaks, Restoration

When Will Teachers Get Vaccinated? Some Already Have — but Most Are Nervously Waiting.

Teachers on TV? Schools Try Creative Strategy to Narrow Digital Divide

Teachers Can Apply PPE Costs to Their $250 Educator Tax Deduction. Is That Enough?

K-12 Schools Get $57 Billion in COVID-19 Deal; No Relief for State and Local Governments

School Workers May Get Early Shot at COVID-19 Vaccine. Will They Take It?

Cheating in Online School? Some Students and Parents Say It’s OK

Include School Employees in Next Phase of Vaccinations, Federal Panel Recommends

The Teaching Profession in 2020 (in Charts)

Teachers Vie for Covid-19 Vaccine Priority

State Schools Chiefs Push Biden for Wiggle Room on Accountability During Pandemic

States Renew Efforts to Track Student Attendance as Pandemic Stretches On

Education Technology in 2020:8 Takeaways From a Chaotic Year

Will Children Be Able to Get COVID-19 Vaccines?

Snow Days Canceled Because of COVID-19 online school? Not in These School Districts

Students’ Reading Losses Could Strain Schools’ Capacity to Help Them Catch Up

Survey: Students Want More Opportunities to Connect With Teachers During the Pandemic

A District’s Heartfelt Snow-Day Order Kept Tradition Alive and Went Viral: ‘Go Build a Snowman’

When Will It Be Like 2019 Again?

What Would a National Tutoring Program Look Like? Can We Afford It?

Europe Wanted to Keep Schools Open This Winter. Coronavirus Surges Have Disrupted Those Plans.

Teacher Shortage Compounds Covid Crisis in Schools

School Employees May Get Early COVID-19 Vaccinations. Here’s How States Will Decide When

Remote Learning Will Keep a Strong Foothold Even After the Pandemic, Survey Finds

The Incredible Shrinking COVID-19 Relief Package for Schools?

If Teachers Get the Vaccine Quickly, Can Students Get Back to School?

Schools Will Close in Germany as Cases Surge

Schools Work to Speed Up Internet in Rural Homes for Remote Learning

Q&A: Sen. Patty Murray on the Next Education Secretary, COVID-19 Relief, and ESSA

CDC: Here’s How Much It Would Cost Schools to Safeguard Against COVID-19

In Hard-Hit Arizona, Teachers Protest By Calling In Sick

Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Turn Toward Testing Children

Data Privacy in the Age of Online Learning

Biden Vows to Reopen Most Schools After 1st 100 Days on Job

Racial Divide in Reopened Classrooms: More White Than Black Children

US Schools Go Back and Forth on In-Person Learning

Why Are Teachers’ Faces Covered in Stickers? To Get Kids Engaged in Remote School — and It’s Working.

Yale Study Finds COVID-19 Afflicts Black, Hispanic Children at Higher Rates

Will a COVID-19 Vaccine Be Mandatory for Students?

What Educators Need to Hear From Biden on COVID-19

School Closings Threaten Gains of Students With Disabilities

CDC Shortens COVID-19 Quarantine Periods. Here’s What That Means for Schools

Could Biden Find a Middle Path on Student Testing During the Pandemic?

Rapid Testing for Children Barrels Ahead, Despite a Lack of Data

Children Account for More New COVID-19 Cases as the Pandemic Rolls On

School Policies Shift to Bring Back Younger Children

Half of Districts Lack Connectivity Needed for Widespread Videoconferencing, Device Usage

Pandemic Learning Loss Heavier in Math Than Reading This Fall, but Questions Remain

It’s Official: Nation’s Report Card Is Postponed Due to COVID-19 Concerns

Schools Grapple With Substitute Teacher Shortages, Medical Leave Requests, Survey Finds

Theater Educators Struggle to Keep Shows Going Amid COVID-19

Will Teachers Get Priority for COVID-19 Vaccines?

North Dakota Starts Free Rapid COVID-19 Testing for Teachers

DeVos and States Clash on Whether COVID-19 Aid Is Just ‘Sitting in the Bank’

Trump Officials Object, but School Doors Are Closing Across the Country

Teachers’ Rights Under COVID-19: Anxiety Meets Legality

Why Some Schools Close as Covid-19 Cases Rise When Others Stay Open

What Principals Have Learned From COVID-19’s ‘Stress Test’

Over 1 Million Children Tested Positive for Coronavirus in the United States

CDC Pulls Statement That Stressed Importance of In-Person School

Children’s Mental Health Emergencies Skyrocketed After COVID-19 Hit. What Schools Can Do

How Will ESSA Hold Up During COVID-19? Pandemic Tests the Law’s Resilience

How Schools Are Preparing for the Perfect Storm of Holiday Travel and COVID-19

New York City’s Schools With the Worst Air Quality Get Costly Fixes

As Covid-19 Cases Surge, School Districts Ponder Closing Doors

A Highly Effective Vaccine Is Likely on the Way. What Does That Mean for Schools and Kids?

Why Personalized Learning Is Struggling During COVID-19

Home Schooling Is Way Up With COVID-19. Will It Last?

Schools Are Doing COVID-19 Temperature Checks: Do They Really Help?

Getting Schools Open: Misguided or Visionary?

Remote Learning? In Person? Families Second-Guess Their School Choices as Covid Cases Rise

Educators Prefer Governors With a More Cautious Approach to COVID-19

Parents in N.Y.C. Public Schools Now Face This Agonizing Choice

What School Looks Like Now: Striking Pictures From Around The World

Districts Anxious About Plunge in Meal-Program Applicants

The Scramble to Find Substitute Teachers

Classrooms Without Walls, and Hopefully COVID

Parents Are the New Remote-School Zoom Bombers

CDC Reduces Consecutive Minutes of COVID-19 Exposure Needed to Be a ‘Close Contact’

CDC Considers Shorter Covid-19 Quarantines for Children

Parents Are Worried About Schools. Are the Candidates?

In Video Classes Teachers Parse Clues to Student Wellbeing

Why the Pandemic’s Recession May Fuel Legal Push for More K-12 Aid

COVID-19’s Disproportionate Toll on Class of 2020 Graduates

Most Educators Require Kids to Turn Cameras On in Virtual Class, Despite Equity Concerns

More Schools Are Reopening as Covid-19 Cases Rise Nationwide

Hackers Smell Blood as Schools Grapple With Virtual Instruction

Casting Their First Ballots, Teen Voters Confront Pandemic’s Barriers

‘Out of Control’: When Schools Opened in a Virus Hot Spot

In-Person Learning Expands, Student Absences Up, Teachers Work Longer, Survey Shows

Yes, Teachers Are Still Being Evaluated. Many Say It’s Unfair

Many Students Still Lack Home Internet. Here’s How Big the Problem Is.

Worldwide Demand for Low-Cost Laptops Has Created Shipment Delays and Pitted Desperate Schools Against One Another

Students, Parents and Teachers Tell Their Stories of Remote Learning

Covid-19 Is Creeping Into Europe’s Schools

Why Rapid Coronavirus Tests in Schools May Not Be the ‘Game Changer’ Some Officials Hope For

Here’s What the Stalled COVID-19 Aid Plans Would Do for Schools

What Teachers Want From Their Leaders Right Now

Teachers Protest In Maryland Against In-Person Classes

New York City Says It Can’t Afford Teachers’ Back Pay

Five Ways America’s Public Schools Could Survive the Coming Fiscal Storm

Trump: No More COVID-19 Aid, Including Billions for Schools, Until After I Win

Grants for Teachers Creating Online Lessons During COVID-19

Teacher Tips: How to Reduce Screen Time When School Is Online

N.Y.C.’s School Testing Plan May Miss Large Outbreaks, Study Finds

In NYC and LA, Returning Pupils Face Battery of Virus Tests

New York Becomes the First Big City to Reopen All Its Schools

Key Strategies for Steering Schools Through COVID-19

COVID-19 Cases Rising Among US Children as Schools Reopen

50 or More Students in One Class: The New Reality for Some K-12 Teachers

Teacher Pay Remains Low, and COVID-19 Has Thwarted Efforts to Raise It

Schools Already Struggled to Teach Reading Right. Now They Have to Do It Online

Districts Feel the Pain From Standoff Over COVID-19 Aid

A Beloved Teacher Died From the Virus. Now Her School Confronts Reopening.

NYC Elementary Schools Reopen in Big Back-to-School Test

Will a Big Federal Shipment of Rapid COVID-19 Tests Help Keep Schools Open?

The Eyes Don’t Have It: Masks Upset Classroom Communication

Betsy DeVos Admits Defeat in Legal Battle Over Coronavirus Aid

When There’s a COVID-19 Vaccine, School Employees Could Be Among the First to Get It

A Kids’ Vaccine Isn’t Coming Anytime Soon

New Dashboard Tracks Coronavirus Cases in Schools Across 47 States

COVID-19 Education Relief: Congress Dithers and Advocates Fume

Five Reasons Policymakers Now Think Money Should No Longer ‘Follow Students’

‘People Are Just Being Dishonest’: Parents Are Sending Coronavirus-Infected Kids to School, Wisconsin Officials Warn

Children Show Up for School on Wrong Day and It’s Because of Covid-19

Covid-19 Is Making SAT, ACT Harder to Take

Government Watchdog Finds Fault With Trump’s School Reopening Push

How to Thwart ‘Zoombombing’ in the Remote Classroom: 10 Tips

Reopening Colleges Likely Fueled Covid-19 Significantly, Study Finds

What We Know About Coronavirus Cases in K-12 Schools So Far

As Schools Go Remote, Finding ‘Lost’ Students Gets Harder

How Will Schools Teach English-Language Learners This Fall?