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Educators, parents and kids are worried about what weeks or months of school shutdowns means for them.

Colleges have extended deposit deadlines, the SAT and ACT are canceling testing dates and students and their families are navigating financial decisions amid the uncertainty.

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Kyanna Stallworth, a 5th-grade teacher in Fairfax, Va., shares how the outbreak has upended her plans for the year and what she's doing to help students remotely.

Yale University sophomore Jenny Lee decided to stay on campus during the coronavirus outbreak and not return to her family in South Korea. She shares her experience.

Yale University sophomore Jenny Lee decided to stay on campus during the coronavirus outbreak and not return to her family in South Korea. She shares her experience.

Nearly 30 million U.S. children count on schools for free or low-cost meals. Most are home now, and school leaders are working hard to make sure they have food to eat.

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The department announced it will waive testing requirements, and federal student loan borrowers will automatically have their interest rates set to 0%, with an option to suspend payments.

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With schools closed across the country, staff members are scrambling to feed the millions of children who depend on free or low-cost meals at school.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Kansas City Schools Superintendent Charles Foust about the state's governor suspending K-12 in-person classes for the rest of the school year.

People across the United States chime in on finding ways to keep kids entertained during the coronavirus shutdown.

Many schools are closed around the United States, but many of these kids depend on their schools for free or low-cost meals. School leaders are scrambling to figure out how to get lunch to students.

Once a year, rural high schools across the Midwest celebrate Drive Your Tractor To School Day — which is exactly what it sounds like.

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On one level, Panicgogy means understanding students' limitations. Some only have smartphones. Some have family responsibilities. But ultimately, panicgogy is about applying compassion to learning.

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Central Asia has the potential to re-establish a commercially viable, market-based power system. A Central Asia Regional Electricity Market, or CAREM, will assure the region’s long-term energy security and economic growth and also serve as a platform for an expanded Central Asia-South Asia regional power market.

Governors in California and Ohio have suggested they might follow Kansas' lead, as officials across the U.S. step up efforts to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The British government wants to keep schools open so health workers don't have to stay home to look after their kids, but some teachers say that's putting them and their pupils at risk.

With schools shut down in the majority of states, school leaders are scrambling to plan for the future. They, along with parents, are asking an important question: When can schools re-open?