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Chicago elementary COVID outbreak prompts some classrooms to mandate masks

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One week after masks came off, they went back on in six classrooms at Coonley Elementary School. Chicago Public Schools says there have been 40 positive cases at this school since the beginning of March.

This school wasn’t built for the new climate reality. Yours may not be either

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Climate disasters are becoming ever more common and more expensive. That reality is slamming into another reality: aging schools that were built in a time of less intense weather.

Minneapolis Public Schools cancels classes again as teachers strike for 10th day

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Minneapolis Public Schools said on its website Sunday that it had "shared its last, best and final" offer as teachers continue a strike over wages and class sizes.

‘I still just worry’: 3 teachers on Covid’s long shadow over U.S. schools

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As class ended on a recent Tuesday, Ana Barros, a middle school teacher, signaled for a seventh grader wearing Crocs to hang back. Minutes earlier, he'd stormed into the hallway, slamming the door in Ms. Barros's face.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis approves $800 million to increase teacher pay

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Florida is putting a record amount of money toward raising teacher pay. Minimum teacher salary in Florida will now be $47,500.

Philadelphia is giving high schoolers more time to sleep. Will it have unintended consequences?

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Beginning this fall, the Philadelphia School District is shifting its high school start times to a mostly universal 9 a.m., reflecting a national movement to improve academic outcomes by allowing teens more sleep.

Police: Student, 12, arrested after gun goes off at school

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12-year-old boy was arrested after he showed off a handgun in his backpack to classmates and it fired into a table at a Southern California middle school, authorities said. No one was hurt.

Justice Department reaches $127.5M settlement with Parkland school shooting victims

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Federal officials confirmed the multimillion-dollar settlement over the FBI's failure to stop the gunman even though it had received information he intended to attack.

In nationwide trend, one state’s K-12 enrollment still down after pandemic

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Combined enrollment in Ohio's traditional district and charter schools fell by about 30,000 students last year out of more than 1.7 million students in Ohio's public schools.

Police: Man entered Pittsburgh-area elementary school, recorded child in girls’ bathroom

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A man lied his way into Ramsey Elementary School in Monroeville on Tuesday and recorded a child on his cellphone as she used the girls' restroom, according to charges filed by Monroeville police.

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