Education

School closures have a clear negative impact on children’s health, the United Nations health agency has warned.

The Los Angeles Unified School District has approved an investment of more than $233 million in voter-approved bond funds to conduct massive upgrades at Lincoln High School.

Teaching isn’t easy, and different kids learn best in different ways. Here’s how to keep your kids busy, excited and engaged while learning at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

Warren Buffett’s longtime friend and business partner Charlie Munger says the “20-slot” rule for success had always been obvious to him “since very early in life. I don’t know why it’s not obvious to many other people.”

One way to help prepare yourself financially during the ongoing economic volatility is to brush up on your financially literacy skills. Here are five free personal finance courses to help you get started.

The silver lining of being stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic is getting to cozy up with a good book. University professors and staff at Harvard, Yale and Columbia share what they’ve reading to pass the time.

Smart people make not-so-smart decisions all the time. Even legendary billionaire investor Warren Buffett has long said that IQ isn’t the single defining factor to successful outcomes.

No amount of academic courses will each you these valuable lessons about business, money and life.

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a rough year for everyone. To ease your stress, soak in some timeless advice from billionaire investor Mark Cuban.

Rule #5: “Pick a career that may not be your passion, but pays a decent wage.”

Expressing optimism about COVID-19 vaccines and advancements in virus research, the University of California announced today that it is planning to return students to campuses for in-person instruction in the fall. The 10-campus system, including UCLA and UC Irvine, has been holding primarily remote classes due to the coronavirus pandemic. University officials said they wanted to make an early announcement...

Los Angeles Unified School District officials and labor leaders are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to beef up his proposed “Safe Schools for All” reopening plan to reflect the disproportionate impact months of COVID-19-related distance learning has had on students in low income communities.

Black workers without a college degree have been the most likely to see lives disrupted by Covid-19, and remain most at-risk of securing new jobs.

With the spring semester nearly underway, and Covid cases rising, Georgetown plans to maintain distance learning. That doesn’t sit well with many undergrads.

The U.S. is facing a shortage of construction workers and tradespeople — and the problem will only get worse as more Baby Boomers retire. The shortfall is driven by an American education system that steers students to college and a culture that devalues careers in the trades. And if you think this doesn’t affect you, think again. As the cost...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday encouraged schools to resume in-person education next year, starting with the youngest students, and promised $2 billion in state aid to promote coronavirus testing, increased ventilation of classrooms and personal protective equipment.

San Diego County health officials confirmed Wednesday that the COVID-19 variant found in the U.K. and in Colorado was detected in a patient in San Diego.

More than six months after a majority of stay-at-home orders lapsed in states across the U.S., the child-care industry has yet to fully recover.

With early admissions largely decided, high school seniors face a grim reality: The Covid pandemic is making it harder to get into the nation’s top schools.  

CNBC readers offer their hometown pandemic heroes. From vaccine distribution to food insecurity, these local leaders met the crisis with courage and compassion.