Nearly every street corner holds some sign of the virus that has stolen lives, widened the wealth gap and rewired the rhythms of how we mourn, learn, work and worship.

Joe Biden chooses Connecticut schools chief Miguel Cardona — a former teacher and strong proponent of reopening schools during the pandemic — to head Education.

The nation's largest four-year university system, among the first to announce a plan for all-virtual instruction this fall, said it would resume offering primarily in-person classes and activities in fall 2021.

A letter from the CSU chancellor and chancellor-select to campus presidents said "the rapidly deteriorating conditions" around COVID-19 necessitate a reassessment of end-of-term plans, as well as when and how to begin the spring semester.

Humans are imperfect, even the important ones. We need to accept that if we're going to name schools after them.

We're in a COVID-19 surge simply because people aren't behaving. Health officials need to come up with better messaging.

In absolute numbers, students and school staff in L.A. County are getting infected with the coronavirus in greater numbers, but it's difficult to gauge what it says about campus safety amid overall surge in COVID-19 cases.

San Bernardino schools will remain online for the rest of the school year as the pandemic worsens. Other school districts are also confronting reopening decisions.

Private schools and public schools in Los Angeles County's higher-income areas have begun to open campuses to their youngest students under waivers and rules that allow schools to open for small groups of students with special needs.