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U-Md. suspends requirement for SAT or ACT scores, joining test-optional movement for one year because of pandemic University of Maryland at College Park becomes the latest state flagship to ditch admissions testing for the class entering in 2021.

Perspective | School in a coffee shop? A different approach to teaching and learning during the pandemic A potential way forward for schools and families during the pandemic.

National Academies: Schools should 'prioritize’ reopening but need more funding to do it The new guidance spells out steps schools should take but says there is no way to eliminate the risk of covid-19 spread.

Analysis | Will Senate Republicans insist schools reopen — as Trump wants — to get new federal coronavirus funding? WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: President Trump, accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, addresses the media before he attends the Republican Senate Caucus luncheon on Capitol Hill on March 26, 2019. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)By Valerie StraussValerie StraussReporter covering educat...

Perspective | This college president won’t open campus this fall, to avoid ‘inevitable spread’ of coronavirus “The reality is that the anticipated in-person experiences planned for this fall can’t and won’t meet the expectations of our students and their families.”

Perspective | Do #BlackLivesMatter in schools? Why the answer is ‘no.’ The authors of this post argue that schooling is "imbued with pathologizing mindsets rooted in labeling, surveillance, and punishment, which criminalize black students."

Challenges to ICE rule on student visas mount Google and other tech companies joined scores of universities in supporting a lawsuit challenging the rule, while state attorneys general filed a separate legal effort to overturn a requirement that international students take in-person classes despite the pandemic.

Why this pandemic is a good time to stop forcing prospective lawyers to take bar exams Some law students are calling for an end to the test. Here's the argument — and what they want to replace it with.

How colleges, and the government, are handling a spike in requests for more financial aid College financial aid officers are contending with more pleas for help from families facing unemployment in the current public health and economic crisis.

After ICE cracks down on online learning, international students scramble for backup plans Students studying here on visas are grappling with choices as they wonder whether the pandemic will again force classes fully online this fall.

California leaders sue Trump administration over rule that international students must take in-person classes The state’s attorney general challenged a ruling that would prohibit international students from taking online-only classes during the pandemic.

Perspective | Why calls to ‘reinvent schooling’ in response to the pandemic are wrong Daniel Willingham and Benjamin Riley argue that revolutionizing education as a response to the covid-19 pandemic is not what the country needs.