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President Joe Biden has met his goal of having most elementary and middle schools open for full, in-person learning in his first 100 days in office

Federal authorization to use Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15, which is expected to come soon, will not only help get more of the general population protected, but will also help improve prospects for fully reopening high schools in the fall, coronavirus expert Dr. Ashish Jha said Tuesday. “Right now, we have about 44% of Americans who…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for youngsters ages 12 to 15 by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar with the process, setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year.

The Biden administration is expanding a program to feed up to 34 million schoolchildren during the summer months

Asian American families are wrestling with whether to send their children back to classrooms as high schools, middle schools and elementary schools across the country widely reopen amid rising anti-Asian harassment.

Massachusetts schools this week reported 978 new COVID-19 cases 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 821 students and 157 employees with district building access within seven days of the report tested positive between April 1 and April 7.  The case report marks…

As more kids return to classrooms in Massachusetts, the number of cases in school is on the rise, albeit slightly. Should we be concerned?

A new survey from the Biden administration finds that large numbers of students are not returning to the classroom even as more schools reopen for full-time, in-person learning

Parents in Nashua, New Hampshire, have been expressing frustration that their kids are only in school for two half-days a week, and now they’re outraged over comments allegedly made by a board of education member and a teacher. “We think it’s time, we have been patient enough,” said Lisa Bollinger, who has two kids, one of whom is in...

Some parents in Nashua, New Hampshire, are frustrated that their kids are only in school two half-days a week.

A new federal survey finds that nearly half of the nation’s elementary schools were open for full-time, in-person instruction last month, but the share of students learning in-person has varied greatly by region and race

As the CDC relaxed its guidelines for distance for mask-wearing kids in schools, some in Massachusetts are pushing to keep school remote.

New evidence that it may be safe for schools to seat students 3 feet apart — half of the previous recommended distance — could offer a way to return more of the nation’s children to classrooms with limited space

Schools across Massachusetts are preparing for a full return to the classroom, but some districts are struggling to meet the deadline. Framingham just welcomed back its final cohort in its final phase of bringing students back in a hybrid form this week. School officials are hoping to be one of the districts who get a waiver for a more gradual…

Students and teachers are getting back to the classroom, but some school districts are struggling to meet the state’s deadline.

The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education released new guidance Tuesday to help schools get ready to return to in-person learning next month. A memo from Elementary and Secondary Commissioner Jeffrey Riley lays out a timeline for when Massachusetts schools will be required to return to full-time, classroom learning, setting the expectation that middle and elementary schoolers will be…

Massachusetts is giving new details about when schools must resume full-time in-person learning.

In another sign of the push to return to traditional in-person schooling, the state Board of Education is scheduled to vote Friday on emergency regulations granting the state education commissioner authority to determine when hybrid and remote models will no longer count towards required student learning time hours. “If adopted, they will result in more students returning to full-time, in-person…

Educators in Worcester, Massachusetts, are faced with a difficult decision. The school committee and superintendent have laid out the district’s plans to go back to school for hybrid learning next month – with teachers and staff still not eligible for the vaccine. “It is forcing teachers and staff to choose between their health and a paycheck,” said Worcester teacher Keri…

A vaccine battle is brewing in Worcester, where some teachers say they feel like they’re being given an ultimatum.