The full approval of the Pfizer vaccine has not ushered in a tidal wave of student or staff vaccine mandates in the nation's public schools—not yet, at least
1-to-1 programs are more effective when students are allowed to bring devices home so they "are really fluid between school and home," ed-tech expert says.
Even before full approval of Pfizer's COVID vaccine, a majority of parents polled said their kids would feel safer in school if classmates and teachers were vaccinated.
Last summer, following mass protests against over-policing, Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to shift oversight of school safety agents from the NYPD to the Department of Education by June 2022.
High schoolers' this spring said they learned as much in school as they were learning pre-COVID but also reported rising depression, stress, and anxiety, a new survey has found.
The districts require students and staff to wear masks without letting parents opt out, which the state says is in violation of an executive order by Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts mask mandates in schools.
