Feb 04 Pressure builds on schools to reopen during pandemic By Michael Kunzelman, Holly Ramer, Associated Press The debate is pitting politicians against teachers who have yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In Chicago, there's so much rancor that teachers are on the brink of striking. Continue reading
Feb 04 Turkey rejects criticism of its handling of student protest By Suzan Fraser, Associated Press Some of the protests have erupted into clashes between police and demonstrators and hundreds of people have been detained. Continue reading
Feb 04 WATCH: Dems push Biden to cancel $50,000 in student loan debt By Associated Press Sen. Elizabeth Warren says data shows that canceling federal student debt would result in higher incomes, more jobs, greater homeownership rates and more small business formation. Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch 5:55 What impact is 'the COVID slide' having on students? By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris The questions around when to re-open more schools for in-person classes remains front and center for millions of Americans. Data show about 42 percent of all students between kindergarten and high school are in virtual-only schooling right now. Christopher Morphew,… Continue watching
Feb 03 Justice Department drops discrimination lawsuit against Yale University By Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The Justice Department dropped its lawsuit against Yale that had alleged the university was illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants. Continue reading
Feb 03 WATCH: Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona pledges new guidance, more virus testing By Collin Binkley, Associated Press If approved, Cardona would oversee an Education Department that employs thousands and has an annual budget of more than $60 billion. He would also oversee the agency’s $1.5 trillion student loan portfolio. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 7:43 Reopening schools during the pandemic is proving to be a complex assignment By Stephanie Sy As the pandemic drags on, the toll taken on students and teachers, while trying to protect them from infection, has become one of the outbreak's most vexing and intractable challenges. Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, the nation's… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 3:48 Two students' Brief But Spectacular takes on race and being underestimated Shortly before the pandemic, NewsHour traveled to Georgia and spoke with two high school seniors, Audrey McNeal and Shaylon Walker. Now in their first year of college, here's their Brief But Spectacular takes on race and being underestimated. Continue watching
Jan 27 Advocates hope higher ed shift from standardized tests will aid diversity, but it's no cure-all By Alina Tugend, The Hechinger Report When Worcester Polytechnic Institute wanted to attract more Black, Hispanic and female students, it became the first nationally ranked science university to make the ACT and SAT standardized tests optional for admission. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 6:23 How the pandemic is propelling demand for short-term college programs It’s been a brutal academic year for higher education, with enrollment down in the fall more than 560,000 undergraduate students compared to 2019. But there has been at least one area of growth at many schools: short-term programs that help… Continue watching