Education

Can hands-on career education go online during school shutdowns?

By Steven Yoder, Hechinger Report

How do you teach welding virtually? As the coronavirus spreads, colleges are trying to figure out that and more on the fly.

School shutdowns raise stakes of digital divide for students

By Meg Kinnard, Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press

School districts and governments are now racing to give the millions of U.S. students without home internet a chance of keeping up. The nation's largest school districts, including Los Angeles and New York, are spending millions of dollars to provide…

Forced off campus by coronavirus, students aren’t won over by online education

By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report

Online education experts say there’s a big difference between classes that were designed to be digital from the beginning and what’s happening now, which they describe as a product more of panic than planning.

How the coronavirus has upended college admissions

By Charlotte West, The Hechinger Report

As high schools close, seniors are scrambling to sort out financial aid and college decisions without guidance from counselors.

The switch to remote learning could leave students with disabilities behind

By Sophie Quinton, Stateline

Remote learning may violate disability protections.

School districts take unplanned plunge into online learning

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

With schools shut down for the coronavirus outbreak, districts and educators are launching a massive, unplanned test of virtual teaching.

Student scientists, athletes and artists miss opportunities when learning moves online

By Meredith Kolodner and Jon Marcus, Caroline Preston, Delece Smith-Barrow, The Hechinger Report

The closing of colleges and universities has disrupted the educations of millions of students. But it’s affecting the lives of many in ways that are not yet widely understood.

National Spelling Bee called off because of coronavirus

By Ben Nuckols, Associated Press

Scripps announced its decision Friday morning, citing recommendations against large gatherings by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the ongoing state of emergency in Maryland.

Colleges offering dorms as hospital overflow from virus cases

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

A growing number of U.S. colleges are preparing to turn empty dorms into temporary housing for patients with the coronavirus as the nation's hospitals brace for a possible surge of cases.