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Students from across the state came together to honor Martin Luther King Jr. While some joined in large groups, others celebrated virtually.

The school district in historic Selma, Alabama is going remote after many cases of COVID-19 among teachers and staff, and in the community. “We did not have the adults available [for in-person learning], because of either testing positive or having close contact with someone who tested positive,” said superintendent Avis Williams.

Substitute shortages had long preceded the pandemic with schools struggling to retain quality candidates, but recent labor losses has exacerbated the situation.

Dr. Uché Blackstock looked at coronavirus prevention strategies like mask mandates ventilation, testing and rates of vaccination before deciding to sending them to New York City public schools. “This is a decision that no parent should have to make, but here we are having to make this decision,” Blackstock says.

Democrats are speaking out more forcefully against COVID-19 school closures, recognizing a rising anger among parents worried that their kids are falling behind.

“We are having challenges right now securing orders that we’ve put in with our local health department because the tests just aren’t there,” says Superintendent Susan Enfield of the Highline School District, outside of Seattle, Washington.

Students in Hartford have a couple extra hours to get ready Tuesday. Even with that, experts say everyone will need to dress warmly.

Mask requirements are returning in some school districts that had dropped them

As many Americans turn to at-home COVID-19 testing rather than waiting in line, the latest update from the FDA and doctors suggest there’s more to be learned about rapid tests when it comes to the omicron variant. In a statement released Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration doubled down on its recommendations for symptomatic individuals who received a...

COVID hospitalizations are up by triple digit percentages in New York since Nov. 1, but the increases among one group in particular have officials most concerned.

The Screen and Stay program requires parents to screen kids with a questionnaire who were close contacts for symptoms and allow them to continue to go to school if the close contact was another teacher or student with a mask.

A shortage of school bus drivers is causing districts to turn to methods like cutting routes or doubling up on kids on buses.

A shortage of school bus drivers is causing districts to turn to methods like cutting routes or doubling up on kids on buses. Data gives some insight into why this is happening.

Schools are turning to educational programs based on cognitive behavior therapy in an effort to help overwhelmed children stay in school and learn

There has long been a shortage of teachers in Connecticut schools, something educators across the board will attest to. Like many things, that problem has only been exacerbated by the pandemic. Now, the state Board of Education is taking action, voting unanimously to re-authorize emergency certifications. It is an effort to get teachers back into classrooms. There are more than…

School officials say a new voluntary program that allows students to stay in the classroom after being exposed to someone who has Covid-19 is working.

New measures that restrict how race is addressed in classrooms have spread confusion and anxiety among many educators.

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a halt to the enforcement of Texas’ ban on mask mandates in the state’s schools.

When a student has close contact with someone with Covid-19 the state protocol is to quarantine for 10 days. That means some of Connecticut’s youngest citizens are missing out on school.

A state lawmaker says the state’s current COVID-19 quarantine protocols for students is causing healthy kids to miss too many days of school.