Education

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.

In a story May 18, 2020, about the University of California imposing salary freezes on some employees, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the UC is the country’s largest public higher education system

The deep financial hole brought on by the coronavirus is striking home for California schools after Gov. Gavin Newsom released a dramatically revised state budget plan. And the upcoming cuts could make it harder to resume in-classroom education for 6 million schoolchildren.

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...

The California State University system announced it will hold almost all of its classes online for the entire fall semester, distressing news for lots of students and their parents.

The president of the University of California wants to end the use of the SAT and ACT as admission requirements and replace them with a homegrown test, according to a plan released Monday.

The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit analyzed distance learning guidelines for dozens of school districts across California and found education standards vary from district to district, creating a learning gap for some students.

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....

We’ve collected the most recent data about which states have closed schools for the rest of the year, which states are still intending to return to the classroom and which states have yet to give a definitive answer.

With the COVID-19 pandemic closing schools across the globe, the United Nations has called on a San Diego based nonprofit to help provide educational tools to the world’s most impoverished nations. Learning Equality, a nonprofit organization started by a group of UC San Diego graduates, developed a software platform called “Kolibri” which allows students to use various book libraries...

With the COVID-19 pandemic closing schools across the globe, the United Nations has called on a San Diego based non-profit to help provide educational tools to the world’s most impoverished nations. Learning Equality, a non-profit organization started by a group of UC San Diego graduates, developed a software platform called “Kolibri” which allows students to use various book libraries...

Schools across the U.S. are scrambling to find new ways to provide remote instruction to students with disabilities as instruction moves online amid the coronavirus pandemic

Amid stay-at-home orders, the Academy of Art has opened up a treasure trove of online tools to help instructors continue teaching art and design classes while campus is closed.

College students who were sent home because of the coronavirus took advantage of their last days on campus to forge a few more memories of their time in school

San Francisco Unified School District is closing all schools for three weeks in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, district officials announced Thursday.

The Senate on Wednesday gave final congressional approval to a measure overturning Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ rules making it harder for students to get loans erased after being misled by for-profit colleges

The COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted the education of nearly 300 million students across the world and could threaten their future educational rights, according a UNESCO report released Wednesday. The U.N. organization that monitors global education said the number of children missing school globally is unprecedented.  “While temporary school closures as a result of health and other crises are not new unfortunately, the global...

The U.S. Navy wants to create a naval community college to provide associate’s degrees to tens of thousands of young sailors and Marines at no cost to them