Education

New York City's mayor says he is confident the city will meet a revised timeline to bring public school students back to classrooms within the next two weeks. 

While NYC public schools are still working out staffing and health protocols, an independent Montessori-inspired school on the UES has found a way to successfully conduct in-person classes.

An upstate New York college is suspending in-person classes for two weeks because of a coronavirus outbreak, officials announced Friday, but campus will stay open and students won’t be sent home.

The Trump administration has opened an investigation into racial bias at Princeton University, saying that the school’s recent acknowledgment of racism on campus amounts to an admission of discrimination.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that he was delaying the reopening of New York City public schools for in-person classes again.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest said that he would immediately reopen all K-12 public schools without requiring students or teachers to wear masks if he were governor.

A residence hall at New York University was locked down after four freshmen tested positive for the coronavirus.

In a letter sent to parents, the superintendent said that some of the middle and high school students playing in the game were sharing food and water bottles.

Middlesex County prosecutors and New Brunswick police said officers responding to the scene shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday found eight people with apparent gunshot wounds. The victims were taken to various hospitals and two male victims were pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, police said.

Colleges and universities have emerged across the nation as the new coronavirus hot spots.