Dive Brief: Online program manager 2U said the coronavirus could “severely impact” its business, according to a filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The potential for disruption includes causing one of its college partners to shut down or by making it harder to find clients that want to launch online programs. As a […]
Across the country, the coronavirus has shattered college students’ livelihoods. Most of those who lived on campus were forced to evacuate dorms. Some students, especially those without adequate internet access, were hamstrung with a hectic shift to online...
As the coronavirus pandemic blindsided the nation at large in early March, school districts were suddenly faced with an unprecedented upheaval of the academic calendar. Nearly halfway through the backend of the school year, most would shut down and transition, as best...
Dive Brief: The SAT and ACT exams could be taken online in students’ homes this fall should the coronavirus pandemic keep schools closed, according to admissions testing providers. The spread of the virus in the U.S. already forced the two organizations that run...
Dive Brief: Looking at the teacher workforce reduction that occurred in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina 15 years ago, Brookings Institution fellow Andre Perry writes for The Hechinger Report that the coronavirus pandemic could have a similar result for the...
