Education

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.

SAT and ACT college tests canceled because of virus fears

By Jeff Amy, Associated Press

The decisions add to student stress about the college admission process.

WATCH: Trump urges social distancing, warns COVID-19 could disrupt U.S. until August

By Jonathan Lemire, Andrew Taylor, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Trump admin: Public should avoid gatherings larger than 10 people, cancel discretionary travel in bid to slow outbreak.

Governor: NYC schools to close Monday to fight coronavirus

By Larry Neumeister, Marina Villeneuve, Associated Press

New York City will close the nation's largest public school system on Monday, sending over 1.1 million children home in hopes of curbing the spread of coronavirus.

Americans brace for new life of no school and growing dread

By Gillian Flaccus, Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press

Millions of Americans braced for the week ahead with no school for their children for weeks to come, no clue how to effectively do their jobs without child care, and a growing sense of dread about how to stay safe…

NYC keeping schools open, defying novel coronavirus trend

By Jennifer Peltz, Michael Sisak, Associated Press

Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision leaves the Big Apple as an outlier amid a growing list of cities and states that have elected to close schools for a week or more as part of a nationwide attempt to limit the…

Countries turn to wartime tactics to fight coronavirus foe

By Aritz Parra, Lori Hinnant, Associated Press

World leaders are warning of nearly wartime measures to come to contain the spreading pandemic.

Schools scramble to feed students after coronavirus closures

By Cuneyt Dil, Hope Yen, Associated Press

Many schools are rushing to arrange grab-and-go lunch bags or set up delivery routes so America's poorest children don't go hungry while classes are out of session.

Already stretched universities now face huge endowment losses from market meltdown

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report

With attention focused on classes being canceled and students being sent home, the coronavirus presents another threat to U.S. universities and colleges: tens of billions of dollars in potential endowment losses.

4 questions on kids and coronavirus, answered by a public health expert

By Aubree Gordon, The Conversation

So far, children have not been as sickened by the coronavirus as adults. So why do officials talk about closing schools? And what does this mean for you as a parent? A public health expert explains.