2020-07-29 Guidance for Masks in Schools Differs Widely Across US
School districts in the United States that plan to reopen in the autumn are struggling with whether to require teachers and students to wear face coverings. The issue has divided…
2020-05-30 Coronavirus Raises Mental Health Concerns for College Students
Growing up in Athens, Greece, Lydia Borsi remembers feeling tested when she tried to deal with mental health issues. Borsi says she had been seeing a therapist for anxiety. But…
2020-06-10 Protests Cause US Officials to Rethink Use of School Police Officers
An increasing number of American cities are rethinking the presence of law enforcement officers in their schools. City officials are considering ways to answer the concerns of thousands of people…
2020-06-14 Colleges Consider Big Changes to Admissions Testing
Admissions tests have long been an important part of gaining entry to higher education. But coronavirus restrictions are causing education officials to reconsider how students take these tests – and…
2020-06-17 US Schools Cut Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs
One day in late May, high school teacher Jessica Macias put away worries about her future and began giving a class by video feed. She was teaching for Castle Park…
2020-06-07 How the Coronavirus Affects Research at Colleges Worldwide
The coronavirus crisis may have halted classes at many colleges and universities when their campuses closed earlier this year. But that is not the only problem the virus has created…
2020-06-03 Things to Do After You Study
Many students study with little thought about what comes after their study session. But what you do after studying could have an effect on how well you learn and remember…
2020-06-01 COVID Crisis Drives Return to Education Broadcasts in Latin America
At a small farmhouse not far from Colombia’s capital, Bogota, Marlene Beltran sits at a small table and turns on the radio to help her little brother with school work.…
2020-05-27 Colleges Plan Fall Opening, But Campuses Will Not Be the Same
Growing numbers of U.S. colleges and universities are saying they will reopen before autumn. There will be, however, big changes to college life to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.…
2020-05-24 College Graduates Honored Despite Pandemic
The coronavirus crisis has taken much of the university experience away from students in the class of 2020. It has ended their study early, disconnected friendships and taken away the…
2020-05-20 Improve Your Speaking by Making How-to Videos
Have you ever learned to do something with the help of an internet search? The answer is likely “Yes!” In fact, you probably learned many things by watching how-to videos.…
2020-05-17 Could Coronavirus Lead to a Decrease in International Students in America?
Priscilla C. of Holland Village in Singapore has a bright future ahead of her. The 17-year-old has been accepted to study economics at Stanford University in California. She hopes to…
2020-05-14 Largest University System in US, Cal State, Moves Fall Classes Online
California State University, the largest university system in the United States, announced that it will move online all fall season classes because of the coronavirus. In a statement on Tuesday,…
2020-05-13 US Plans School Reopening; Other Countries Begin to Reopen
As students from Vietnam have returned to the classroom, educators are now looking at plans to reopen schools around the world. In Vietnam, students returned to their classrooms last week…
2020-05-12 Robots Help US Students Take Part in Graduation Ceremony
Juili Kale was looking forward to receiving her master’s degree at Arizona State University. She planned to invite her family living in India, to the United States for her graduation…