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As the pandemic’s economic impact continues to weigh heavily on families, college becomes increasingly out of reach.

The parents of privately educated children in England were found to be twice as likely to put pressure on teachers over exam grades, research has found.

The earned income tax credit is more generous for workers in 2021. Now there are calls to make that expansion permanent.

Today, 44.7 million borrowers collectively owe more than $1.7 trillion dollars in student debt. 

Fewer 18- to 24-year-olds are vaccinated than any other age group. And yet, if college students want to register for classes, many will need to get shots.

The $1.5 billion of student loan debt the Biden administration has canceled so far isn’t necessarily related to broader forgiveness.

As the economy bounces back from the pandemic, most parents say their child’s college plans have returned to what they were pre-Covid.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the guidance Friday.

The guidance generally leaves it to local officials to figure out how to ensure the unvaccinated are using precautions while letting those who are fully protected go mask-free

“Summer Rising,” New York City’s first-ever summer school and summer camp hybrid open to any child in grades K-12 who wants to participate, officially kicked off Tuesday. New York City announced in April the groundbreaking new initiative that seemingly combines summer school and summer camp — as a means to further help children deal with the impact of the COVID-19...

The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday expanded its interpretation of federal sex protections to include transgender and gay students

After conflicting rules from Gov. Cuomo caused confusion regarding masks in schools, a Nassau County district reversed its policy and is now again requiring facemasks for students after receiving what that said was a threatening letter from the governor’s office. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A member of the Biden administration is in New Jersey Wednesday to talk education and how the federal government can support the return to in-person learning in the fall. Tracie Strahan reports.

Teachers in Paterson, New Jersey, return to in-person classrooms on Tuesday as the teachers union and the district’s superintendent continue their back and forth over whether the buildings are actually safe. Tracie Strahan with the latest.

As of now, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that schools will reopen fully in the fall, with masks and social distancing required, unless the CDC alters guidance over the summer. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

45% of the graduating class of 2020 are still looking for jobs.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter announced that the City will be putting education money from the COVID-19 stimulus fund to bring free 3-K to all New York City districts by September — allowing for about 16,500 more children across all 32 NYC districts to start school. De Blasio and other City officials said that the…

New York City announced Wednesday the expansion of the 3-K program to all school districts — the same day that a new window for choosing in-person learning for all public school students kicked off.

By Jalyn Henderson. Most families around the country are now marking one full year of disrupted education and either partial or complete online learning. NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson talked to students about how the year has impacted them — and to experts about what needs to be done to help children around the country make up the ground they lost.

New Jersey announced a series of initiatives aimed at bridging the learning gap, while addressing the mental health impacts brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the state’s students and educators. On Friday, during Gov. Phil Murphy’s coronavirus press briefing, Acting Commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Education Angelica Allen-McMillan said that “The Road Forward” plan “consists...