Education

The YMCA and the American Camp Association recommend grouping campers into small "cohorts," and operating overnight camps as a "bubble," admitting only those who test negative for the coronavirus.

Like so many sectors of the economy, higher education is taking a big hit from the pandemic. The U.S. Department of Education has so far distributed more than $10 billion in relief funds to colleges.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Bobby Scott, chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, about Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos directing federal aid to private and religious schools.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ariadne Quintero, a high school senior in Orlando, Fla., who's chosen to attend community college rather than a four-year university due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In a Saturday broadcast, a star-studded event honored high school seniors who didn't get the traditional graduation because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Webster County High School officials couldn't hold the big annual graduation event in the gym this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic — so the idea for a drive-through graduation was born.

"This pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing," Obama told students from historically black colleges and universities.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, president Freeman Hrabowski discusses the options with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Elissa Nadworny.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to a capella singer and Yale sophomore Gabrielle Barnes about how her group has taken concerts online to celebrate college commencement.

Tuition will not drop for online learning, says Timothy White, chancellor of the largest four-year public college system in the U.S., due to the costs of additional technology and faculty training.

Teachers describe the challenges their students face learning from home. How much has the pandemic set back children's academic progress, and when schools reopen, will students be ready?

We're looking to tell the story of how school and learning have changed around the country. Parents, if you want to help - have your kids create a postcard, and you can send it to us at NPR.