University Of Alabama Reports More Than 560 New COVID-19 Cases In 1st Week More than 530 of those cases are at its flagship campus in Tuscaloosa, prompting Mayor Walt Maddox to order bars to close for two weeks. Rachel Treisman
Seattle Schools and its teachers union still negotiating how to restart school next week Seattle Public Schools and Seattle Education Association, its teachers union, are in final negotiations about the in-person elements of a school year scheduled to start — mostly remotely — at the beginning of September. Ann Dornfeld
Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Role At Liberty University Is In Question Jerry Falwell Jr. denies reports he resigned from Liberty University. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Aram Roston of the Reuters News Agency about the allegations involving Falwell.
UNC's Attempt For An In-Person Fall Doesn't Go As Planned Students across the U.S. are continuing to move into college dorms. At the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill that's happening in reverse. Students are moving out following COVID-19 outbreaks. Elissa Nadworny
Making The Best Of Virtual Learning: Some Advice From The Founder Of Khan Academy Sal Khan, a pioneer of online learning, says virtual instruction can't replace the real thing. With many schools going virtual this fall, he says building in one-on-one interaction will go a long way. Scott Simon
More Than 6,500 Teachers Have Had Unfair Student Debts Erased After an NPR investigation led to an overhaul of the troubled TEACH Grant program, the U.S. Department of Education says teachers have had nearly $44 million in loans turned back into grants. Cory Turner
What It Looks Like When School, And Everything Else, Happens At Home Photographer Elizabeth Dalziel has been in charge of her sons' learning during lockdown. The time together has wrapped them in a tight hug that at times "feels like a boa constrictor's slow squeeze." Elizabeth Dalziel
University Professors Share Their Thoughts On Colleges Reopening NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with three professors from Colorado, Illinois and Georgia about their feelings on teaching this year and their colleges' reopening plans.
After their son’s death at a WSU fraternity, family calls for caution, and change ‘They will be back in business, but we will still be living with this grief, that we don't have our son.’ Paige Browning
For Students With Disabilities, Schools Say They Have To Do Better In The Fall When U.S. schools went online-only in the spring, many struggled to provide vital services to students with disabilities. Families, advocates and many educators say this fall has to be different. Cory Turner