Illinois schools will be allowed to restrain challenging students by physically holding them face-down on the floor during the next academic year under a deal that the State Board of Education reached with a key legislative rule-making committee. The decision…
Lisa Neuburger was caring for a patient with the coronavirus when the person's ventilator tube became detached. As she worked to help the patient, she knew fluid from the person's lungs could be spraying into the air, possibly exposing her…
Vermont Law School received a $3 million federal grant to establish a national center examining ways to advance restorative justice education. Dean and President Thomas McHenry said the South Royalton school is the only law school in the country that…
As New Jersey enters its fourth week of indefinite school closures, the state’s largest school district says it is ready to go fully online — though what exactly that means remains unclear. “On Monday, we go virtual all the way…
The Los Angeles Times reports it’s been “three weeks since school districts across the state have closed their campuses as coronavirus continues to sweep its way across California – sending more than 6 million students home to navigate online or…
The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act outlines specific requirements for identifying and educating children with disabilities, but the coronavirus crisis has sparked fierce debate over how adaptable the law is to a world where online education may be the only option.…
Schools in New York City are moving away from using the video conference app Zoom after a review of security concerns. The city's Department of Education is directing schools to "move away from using Zoom as soon as possible," Danielle…
Tennessee is expected to receive almost $260 million in emergency school funds from the federal government to respond to the coronavirus, Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn told district superintendents on Friday. The money will go toward critical expenses including technology to…
For 65 years, the Advanced Placement test has been a hallmark of a rigorous high school education, allowing bright students to demonstrate mastery of a subject through a passing score that can lead to college credits. Students typically gird for…
In a front-page article, the Washington Post reported, “Thousands of personal Zoom videos have been left viewable on the open Web, highlighting the privacy risks to millions of Americans as they shift many of their personal interactions” to the service.…
In Clark County, Nev., the nation's fifth-largest school district, a school food service worker has reportedly died of COVID-19. That death is one of around 40 recorded in the state of Nevada as of Friday afternoon. Just a few weeks ago NPR reported on…
When Pren Woods left the school building to go home for the weekend a few Fridays ago, he didn't know that it would be the last time he would see his students in person for weeks. Woods, a 7th grade…
Democratic senators have a big demand for the next stimulus bill: billions in funding for school and library internet connections to help address the "homework gap."
It was business as usual in school board chambers across the U.S. just a few weeks ago. Board members would take their seats. Parents, students, teachers, and curious citizens would file in, sitting or standing shoulder-to-shoulder if the evening’s agenda…
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to NPR Education Correspondent Cory Turner and Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, about navigating from classrooms to computers.
