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California Gov. Gavin Newsom strikes school reopening deal with lawmakers

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The new proposal would offer $2 billion in grants to schools that open transitional kindergarten through second grade by the end of March and bring back at-risk students in all grades.

How ‘assurance testing’ has kept thousands of Texas students in classrooms

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“It’s a game changer,” said San Antonio ISD Superintendent Pedro Martinez, adding the tests are an additional safety measure.

Free, no frills programs lead the class in new federal study of remote learning

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U.S. Education Department found only three technologies met stringent criteria for being effective.

Schools face a substitute teacher crisis. These districts are getting creative to fix it.

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In Missouri, a barrel company's employees serve as substitute teachers. In Connecticut, a superintendent turns to recent high school grads.

Unprecedented numbers of students have disappeared during the pandemic (subscription)

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New Mexico could not account for more than 12,000 students at the start of the school year, children who were enrolled before the pandemic but never showed up in the fall.

What do predictions of ‘herd immunity’ mean for schools?

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As schools look toward the 2021-22 school year, health experts say that a return to “pre-pandemic normal” may not be wise – or possible.

The pandemic has set off a power struggle about teachers’ right to free speech

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Chicago Public Schools wants to discipline teachers who it says misled parents on in-person school. Teachers say this is about silencing them.

Georgia districts prepare for vaccinations of teachers, other staff

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Many want to use their own nurses to administer the shots of COVID-19 vaccine, often with the help of local health departments and pharmacies, though not all have a nurse on staff.

Reopening schools won’t end child mental health crisis, experts say

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Nationwide, the average share of emergency room visits related to mental health among children rose 44% from mid-March through October last year, compared to the same period in 2019.

Most Michigan schools on track to meet March 1 goal for in-person learning

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When and how to resume in-person learning has been a controversial question that the state left to individual school districts to decide over the summer.

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