Education

Online distance learning is in full swing for students across the country and across the Washington, D.C. area and so is a debate about whether or not students should move up to the next grade level following the coronavirus pandemic— especially elementary school students.

Colleges across the board have officially begun their distance learning. The spread of COVID-19 has forced colleges and universities to reimburse parents and students for forcing students away from their dorms and meal halls. But Jordan Kanarek from CollegeWise says don’t expect this to be a trend.

FOX 5 is partnering with the Washington Teachers' Union to air lessons on television for students who do not have access to laptops or Wi-Fi during school closures.

As parents and educators scramble to provide online learning resources and homework guidelines to kids who are home during the COVID-19 crisis, some teachers in the D.C. region are taking a different approach. 

A couple from Woodbridge is taking homeschooling to the next level for their five children following closures amid the coronavirus outbreak.

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Virginia's governor asked Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. on Wednesday to reconsider his decision to welcome students back to the Lynchburg campus this week after their spring break.

Fairfax County School superintendent, Scott Brabrand, said Gov. Ralph Northam's decision to keep Virginia public schools closed for the rest of the year came as a surprise to him and other school leaders.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam ordered that all non-essential business close and that schools in the state remain closed for the rest of the year as a way of combating the spread of the coronavirus.

As parents find themselves suddenly homeschooling their children during school shutdowns related to coronavirus, a longtime educator is sharing tricks of the trade for warding off brain drain during the weeks that schools create online instruction.

Schools across the country are currently closed and the fate of the remainder of the school year is in limbo due to the coronavirus.