Education

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says he believes most schools will be able to open in the fall, helping parents get back to work.

The Supreme Court has ruled that states can’t cut religious schools out of programs that send public money to private education

Dr. Anthony Fauci explains factors that local schools should take into consideration as they figure out how to welcome kids back to the classroom.

The American Academy of Pediatrics made headlines for its recommendation that schools reopen to children this fall. AAP President Dr. Sally Goza explains how keeping kids out of school leads to increased social isolation and abuse, and how it also increases racial and economic disparities.

The history of African Americans begins on the African continent where diverse empires thrived for thousands of years and traded gold, ivory and salt with people from other civilizations. But in the majority of classrooms K-12 across the U.S., students learn about the African American heritage starting with the enslavement in the U.S. colonies, a system that erased the...

The Trump administration is moving forward with a policy ordering public schools across the U.S. to share coronavirus relief funding with private schools at a higher rate than federal law typically requires

Derrell Bradford, executive vice president of the education advocacy group 50Can, explains the importance of improving education for Black children for the “Black Lives Matter” movement to succeed.

Georgetown Professor Soyica Colbert explains that Juneteenth and other milestones in African American history are not studied enough in schools – in part because the legacy of slavery contradicts the American self-identity of being a beacon of freedom.

A national conversation on racial injustice is bringing new scrutiny to how African American history is taught in schools around the country

The 2015 Baltimore protests after Freddie Gray’s death in police custody inspired Kimberly Latrice Jones to co-author the book “I’m Not Dying with You Tonight” with Gilly Segal. Now she hopes it will help kids struggling with current events.

April Baker-Bell, an assistant professor at Michigan State University, explains that Black students are subjected to “linguistic racism” by a education system that holds up white, middle class language as the “gold standard” and looks down at Black speech as inferior.

It’s never too early to start teaching children to be antiracist, said Brittany Smith, a pre-kindergarten teacher from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Steps as simple as buying books that feature diverse faces is a good start.

President Donald Trump has vetoed a measure that would have overturned a policy that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued in 2019 making it harder for students to get their loans erased after being misled by their colleges

With coronavirus shutdowns keeping people inside, many are trying to pass the time with a new hobby – including learning a new language.

Learning a new language as an adult is challenging – no matter the circumstances. It’s not as simple as just dusting off an old textbook from high school.

The coronavirus is disrupting the education of millions of Americans enrolled career and technical programs in different ways than traditional college students because what they learn is largely hands-on

The University of California will drop the SAT and ACT tests as admission requirements through 2024 and eliminate them for California residents after that, a landmark decision by the prestigious university system.

NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway introduces us to the South L.A. school that’s combating the issue while giving students the opportunity to dream.

Students returning from their unprecedented break from school could find themselves making up lost time in summer classes, or in the evening or on Saturdays. The new year could start as early as July in California. Maryland could see school year-round. For some, lessons in the new school year may simply begin where they left off. Administrators say everything is...

As colleges consider when it will be safe to reopen, there’s more than just the fall semester at stake. While the global coronavirus pandemic and extreme economic uncertainty have pushed many schools to extend the decision deadline until June 1, they are are also postponing a final determination of what students can expect come August. Increasingly, families don’t want to wait and see....