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Charges have been filed in the case of a high school party in Sudbury, Massachusetts, that led to the local school district moving to remote learning for the start of the year, police said Monday.

Charges have been filed in the case of a high school party in Sudbury, Massachusetts, that led to the local school district moving to remote learning for the start of the year, police said Monday.

Students in the Boston Public School district began their academic year remotely, Monday, amid trepidation about learning at home in what promises to be a year like any other. Monday marks the first day of the 2020-2021 school year for the district. Boston students are starting the academic year fully remote before an exptected transition to a hybrid model amid…

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yet another delay of in-person school for most New York City students Thursday, just days before the re-scheduled restart. Reaction was swift – and mixed, with parents and educators expressing some variation of frustration, concern and relief. There was also confusion. What will an extra eight days do? What did an extra 11 days do…

A New York City mother is outraged after she says her child’s online classroom was hacked on the first day of remote orientation, with the hackers disrupting the class with pictures and pornography

Mayor Bill de Blasio is furloughing his City Hall staff, including himself. The measure, announced Wednesday, is a way to save money due to the budget constraints brought on by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Starting Oct. 1, through March, every mayoral office employee — nearly 500 individuals — will have to take an unpaid, weeklong (five days)…

New Haven remains one of the few school districts in the state to not have in-person learning, but that’s expected to change for some students. “Come on, New Haven. I think you ought to take a look. You have a very low infection rate, and these kids have a chance, they ought to have an option to go to...

A Massachusetts high school scheduled to reopen this week with a hybrid learning model will now switch to remote-only learning after dozens of students attended a party without taking proper coronavirus-prevention measures, the principal said.

At the Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology in New Haven, some of the regular community programs for school-aged kids are on hold. But a new one this gaining popularity: a learning hub. Sixth through ninth grade students from around New Haven are going to school online, together. “At home you wouldn’t have as much help as you do...

ConnCat is offering New Haven students a place to learn online together with strict COVID-19 safety guidelines in place.

Classes are underway in many Connecticut school districts using a combination of in-person and remote learning, or complete remote learning.   It raised the question of how this will impact single-parent families. Katie Carucci of West Hartford has been working in a beauty salon to help make ends meet.  It has not been easy.  She’s a single parent. “We get...

Many single parent families across Connecticut are having to navigate new challenges as students continue to learn from home in hybrid or distance learning models.

While grabbing laptops at Career High School in New Haven Tuesday morning, students held a bit of optimism for the new school year. “I can see right now it’s going to be better for us,” said Sergio Carrion, a senior at Career High. With a full online return set to begin Thursday through the next 10 weeks, New Haven Public…

As students in New Haven begin remote learning for the new school year, the city is working to close the digital divide.

There are some programs popping up in Connecticut that will help kids who are learning virtually this fall to get more from the experience.

Using their teacher voices, dozens of educators stood on the steps of the State Capitol Wednesday calling on officials to keep all school buildings closed this fall. Calling the current reopening plan “dangerous,, the teachers said the state should focus funding towards online learning, and not allow students back into the classroom until there is a vaccine. “This is our…

Opposition to returning to the classroom is getting louder and on Wednesday, teachers and parents took their voices to the State Capitol over in-person learning concerns.

Teachers, parents, and students gathered at the State Capitol on Wednesday to voice their concerns about the state’s guidelines to have schools reopen with in-person learning in Connecticut.

On Monday, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced all undergraduate in-person classes will shift to remote learning after four student housing units reported coronavirus outbreaks. Noah Monroe is a current freshman at UNC who said his friends are scared of getting sick.

Groups of New Jersey and New York City teachers are asking their states to keep remote learning for the upcoming fall semester until it is completely safe for students to return to in-person learning — but elected officials on Wednesday doubled down on in-person instruction if schools choose that option, providing that they meet health and safety guidelines. New Jersey…