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Governor Baker toured a middle school in Newburyport to highlight the successes shown with pool testing

Gov. Baker provides a COVID-19 update after touring Newburyport school with pooled coronavirus testing program.

As Massachusetts pushes to bring students back to classrooms, school districts are concerned that there won’t be enough space to social distance.

Teachers unions are pushing back against a move to get students back into the classroom full time at Massachusetts schools.

The Lowell, Massachusetts School District is welcoming students back to class with the option of free and voluntary weekly coronavirus testing.

Every county in Maine is now safe for in-person learning in schools, the Maine Department of Education has said. The state has been using a color-coded system to advise schools of the level of risk of coronavirus transmission. The education department said Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford and York counties have all been moved to the “green,” which is the lowest risk…

Thousands of students in the Boston Public School district returned to classrooms, Thursday, as the city ramps up the number of children receiving in-person learning. The wave of high-needs students who returned to school buildings Thursday is part of the city’s phased plan to return to in-person learning. The phase was initially slated to begin Monday, but the launch...

Massachusetts schools saw a slight increase in coronavirus cases this week, with 969 new cases reported among students and staff. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 624 students and 345 employees with district building access within seven days of the report tested positive between Jan. 21 and Jan….

Massachusetts schools are continuing to see an increase in coronavirus cases, with 938 more cases reported among students and staff this week. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 541 students with district building access within seven days of the report tested positive from Jan. 14 to Jan. 20, as…

Normally this time of year, thousands of college students are descending on Worcester to resume classes for the spring semester. But in the midst of the current coronavirus surge, health officials are urging a delay. “Coming back now when we’re in the teeth of the surge, I think the viral load in the community’s much higher,” said Worcester Medical...

As coronavirus cases surge around the nation, there are new concerns about college students returning to campuses. In Worcester, thousands are expected to return this weekend — here’s what they’re doing to prepare.

Families in Boston are making preparations for the reopening of public schools.

Gov. Charlie Baker announces a new pool coronavirus testing program in schools to begin within the next month in order to bring more students back to in-person learning.

Due to troubling COVID-19 trends, students at Worcester Public Schools in Massachusetts will continue learning from their homes for the foreseeable future after the school committee voted to indefinitely delay the start of in-person learning.

Nearly 950 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past week among students and staff in Massachusetts schools. Districts announced 552 of the new cases were diagnosed in students, while the other 397 cases of the virus were among staff members. The latest data from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education covers Dec. 17 through Dec. 23, the…

Massachusetts’ schools are continuing to see an increase in coronavirus cases, with 1,009 more cases reported this week. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 591 students learning in-person or in a hybrid plan tested positive from Dec. 10 to 16, as did 418 school district staffers. This week…

Schools that are teaching online during the pandemic would be required to give every student at least some live interaction with a teacher each day under new rules being considered Tuesday by Massachusetts officials. The state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education met to discuss proposed standards around online education amid concerns that it has left many students with...

Hours before more than two dozen additional schools were set to resume in-person learning for high-needs students, the Boston Teachers Union on Monday passed a vote of no confidence in superintendent Brenda Cassellius.

Coronavirus cases are continuing to rise in Massachusetts schools, with 923 more cases reported this week. The Department of Elementary and Secondary released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 503 students learning in-person or in a hybrid plan tested positive from Dec. 3 to 9, as did 420 school district staffers. This number represents the most…

Parents across the commonwealth are frustrated and concerned as more and more school districts are switching to remote learning – as the number of COVID cases continues to rise in Massachusetts.