As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?
The pandemic has underscored racial injustices in education. These Black and Asian families say they want those issues fixed before they return to the classroom.
How one community college professor is fighting high pandemic dropout rates
Amid higher dropout rates, a professor in Texas redoubles her efforts to lead students to success.
COVID fears keep many Latino kids out of classrooms
When faced with the choice of sending their kids back to school or keeping them in online classes, many Latino parents say their kids are safer at home.
Remote learning still widespread even after Biden hits goal
The Education Department has released survey data finding that 54% of public schools below high school offered full-time classroom learning in March. But most students were still learning at least partly away from school.
Many after-school programs, which provide both enrichment and child care, have gone out of business. Others went remote and still others became full-day child care programs. None had much guidance or support…
NewsHour Weekend’s Laura Fong discusses some of the biggest stories she reported on in 2020: How COVID-19 and school shutdowns impacted students and how hundreds of American Samoans are stranded in the U.S. for months because the island territory closed…
Students are still struggling to find spaces in their homes to work, dealing with financial and health crises, and homeschooling their own children or siblings.
Rural school districts around the country have been engineering ways to connect with students who are otherwise disengaged during the pandemic.
Paul Tough is the author of “Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why,” the October selection for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This. The coronavirus pandemic has upended American life. What are its consequences for the education…
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