BACK TO SCHOOL

Parents of students who want to interact with teachers and other students may want to think small during the coronavirus. “Microschools,” made up of two to eight children, are becoming much more popular. Students can learn, while parents can get a break.

Outdoor school options are being explored as viable options as instructors struggle with ways to return kids to school

Arizona teacher Tavious Peterkin resigned from his position after school officials said he’d have to teach virtual classes from the classroom. The school is fining him $2,000 for that decision.

The school year is about to start and many students are still in need of supplies to support their virtual learning. Visit nbcwashington.com/community to donate or sign up for the annual Backpacks 4 Kids campaign. News4’s Molette Green reports.

Although schools are busy adding safety precautions as students prepare to return, there are steps parents can implement themselves before their kids leave home. One Medical’s Dr. Navya Mysore, a family physician, shared her recommendations with LX News.

With the United States now topping 5 million coronavirus cases as school district reopen across the country, a growing number of children are becoming infected. More than 97,000 children tested positive in just the last two weeks of July, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Apple Federal Credit Union and NBC4 are teaming up and Supporting Our Schools!  This year, we’re going virtual with our annual Backpacks 4 Kids campaign and taking it online! We’re helping teachers at schools in our area get the distance learning tools that they need to help their students succeed this year. Click here to find a school and...

News4’s Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan reports on the best tech deals for students as they navigate virtual education.

There is no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic will make the 2020-2021 school year look and feel completely different. One innovative way people are connecting is by quarantine pods—small communities of three to four families with the same COVID concerns.

One innovation to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic is the concept of “pods” — small groups of families who are essentially quarantining together by following the same social distancing rules. Now some parents are applying that concept to education and forming school pods to teach their kids in small groups. However, the price of entry is steep. NBCLX’s Cody Broadway...

A fifth-grade teacher in Colorado Springs is turning to social media to get people to understand how different classrooms will look this fall due to the pandemic, including desks spaced far apart and scheduled bathroom breaks.

As the academic year begins in many places across the country this week, parents are having to choose whether to send their children for in-person classes or keep them home for remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic.

This summer, more than a dozen states are offering shoppers a back-to-school sales tax break. Whether it’ll be enough to draw legions of parents to mom-and-pop shops amid a pandemic is looking iffy. Depending on the state where you’re shopping, you can knock off anywhere from 4% (Alabama) to 7% (Tennessee) when you’re buying clothes, shoes and school supplies...

Are you a parent, a student, or teacher or administrator thinking about the looming school semester ahead? Tell us how you’re feeling about the impending school semester, and what you think should be the right thing for school districts to do.

Apple Federal Credit Union and NBC4 are teaming up and Supporting Our Schools

Teachers’ school supply lists are looking a little different this year. The Clear the List Foundation was created to help fulfill those lists and is looking for help. News4’s Susan Hogan has the story.

Many schools are offering a choice between hybrid or all-online for school in the fall, but some parents are choosing neither. News4’s Jummy Olabanji reports that many parents are opting to home school their kids this fall and has tips on how to make it a success.

The school bus experience is set to change dramatically in the D.C. area as some school districts plan in-person learning for the fall as the coronavirus pandemic continues.  School districts are planning strict social distancing, temperature checks, “walking school buses” and multiple trips on the same route.  In Arlington County, where typically 70 students can fit on a bus,...

Despite the uncertainty of what the school year will look like this fall, families are expected to spend more this year on back-to-school shopping than years past. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan is working for you with new details released by the National Retail Federation.

As the Trump administration pushes full steam ahead to force U.S. schools to resume in-person education, public health experts warn that a one-size-fits-all reopening could drive infection and death rates even higher