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Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona speaks during a visit with first lady Jill Biden to Bergen Community College in Paramus, N.J., Jan. 20, 2022. Cardona on Thursday, Jan. 27, called on the nation’s schools to act more urgently to help millions of students who have fallen behind during the pandemic. "We must make up for lost time,” he said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Education chief: 'We must make up for lost time' in schools
By COLLIN BINKLEY - AP Education Writer
Thu,01/27/22-3:06PM , 263 Reads
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Thursday that the nation’s schools must act more urgently to help millions of students who have fallen behind during the pandemic. "We must make up for lost time,” he said.
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An American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 2, 2020. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a challenge to the consideration of race in college admission decisions, often known as affirmative action. The justices are taking up a pair of lawsuits alleging that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina discriminate against Asian American applicants. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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EXPLAINER: Supreme Court takes up race in college admissions
By COLLIN BINKLEY - AP Education Writer
Mon,01/24/22-11:07PM , 169 Reads
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to review a challenge to the consideration of race in college admission decisions, often known as affirmative action. With three new conservative justices on the court since its last review, the practice may be facing its greatest threat yet.
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FILE - University of Chicago men's rugby team players practice on the Midway Plaisance near the campus in Chicago, May 6, 2021. The University of Chicago is delaying its new term and holding the first two weeks online. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar, File)

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Taking a step back: US colleges returning to online classes
By COLLIN BINKLEY - AP Education Writer
Sat,01/01/22-6:48AM , 179 Reads
With COVID-19 cases surging just as students are about to return from winter break, dozens of U.S. colleges are moving classes online again for at least the first week or so of the semester — and some warn it could stretch longer if the wave of infection doesn’t subside soon.
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Colleges go back to drawing board — again — to fight COVID
By COLLIN BINKLEY - AP Education Writer
Wed,12/15/21-12:28AM , 173 Reads
Facing rising infections and a new COVID-19 variant, colleges across the U.S. have once again been thwarted in seeking a move to normalcy and are starting to require booster shots, extend mask mandates, limit social gatherings and, in some cases, revert to online classes.
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