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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker was set to hold a press conference Thursday to discuss operation of schools as his administration pushes some lower-risk states to submit plans to return to in-person learning. Baker was set give remarks at 12 p.m. along with education commissioner Jeff Riley. Baker has been turning up the pressure on cities and towns with low COVID-19…

Amplifying his administration’s desire to see more children return to school, Gov. Charlie Baker is turning up the pressure on cities and towns with low COVID-19 transmission rates, urging them to stick with their plans for in-person learning and not make snap decisions based on a single party or cluster of infections. Baker on Wednesday chided districts that opted...

Gov. Charlie Baker is turning up the pressure on cities and towns with low COVID-19 transmission rates, urging them to stick with their plans for in-person learning and not make snap decisions based on a single party or cluster of infections.

As pharmaceutical companies race to manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine, many people are wary of a shot that is working its way through the approval process at record speed during a highly politicized pandemic, NBC News reports. While some professions could require employees to get the vaccine, experts say schools almost certainly will require students to — potentially setting the stage...

During the coronavirus pandemic, Vermont schools are holding classes outdoors more than ever. At the Lake Champlain Waldorf School in Shelburne, third grade students were wearing hats and coats outdoors Tuesday, but their study of phonetics and parts of speech was otherwise the same as it would have been inside. “We feel really inspired that we’re not just making...

We checked in with three Vermont schools that set up outdoor classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic to see how it was going. The reviews were positive, at least a little ways into sweater season.

Snow days may be gone, introverted students may be thriving and teachers may be overwhelmed by planning and constant change. Just a few observations from a wide-ranging conversation with the Executive Director of the Massachusetts School Counselors Association, Bob Bardwell.

Many students across Massachusetts are doing remote learning even though their communities have low rates of COVID transmission, and state education officials are asking why.

Schools in Boston open Monday, and students, parents and teachers are scrambling to make sure everything is in order for the big day. “I’m nervous for Monday. But I’ve been reassured by the teachers here that they’re going to be as supportive as they can,” said parent Elizabeth Mayer. At the Boston Teachers Union School, families were still picking...

Classes begin remotely in Boston on Monday amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The beginning of the school year amid the coronavirus pandemic did not lead to the surge of teacher retirements some had feared. That’s according to figures the NBC10 Investigators obtained from the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System. Those stats show the roughly 2,600 retirement applications were actually a little below the average of 2,800 retirements over the previous five years. In…

Some school officials had expressed concern that the pandemic would lead to a surge in teacher retirements, but figures show fewer retirement applications have been submitted than usual.

For the third time in the past week, a large high school party has forced a Massachusetts school district to move to remote-only learning over fears about spreading COVID-19. Austin Preparatory School in Reading announced that they will go remote after learning of a party attended by students. In the past week, similar incidents have been reported involving the Dover-Sherborn,…

It’s reading, writing, arithmetic and remote learning for all 25,000 students in Worcester Public Schools as a school year like no other kicked off Tuesday. Students in Massachusetts’ second-largest city will start the year from their homes. “I really miss my friends and just the school environment, having the lockers, seeing everyone walking the hallways, sitting at the lunch tables,”…

Students in Massachusetts’ second-largest city are beginning the school year from home.

A last-minute change to remote learning for Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School after a party over the weekend with an estimated 50-60 students allegedly not social distancing or wearing masks.

An analysis conducted by The Associated Press and Chalkbeat shows that districts where the vast majority of students are white are more than three times as likely as school districts that enroll mostly students of color to be open for some in-person learning.

Hit hard by COVID-19, many in Chelsea, many are fearful about returning to the classroom.

Teachers in at least three states have died after bouts with the coronavirus since the dawn of the new school year.

The halls of Windham High School were empty Wednesday morning, when they were supposed to be full of masked students resuming in-person classes. In a last-minute move, the New Hampshire high school pivoted to a remote-only start for the rest of the week after a number of students tested positive for the coronavirus. Windham’s superintendent, Richard Langlois of SAU 95,…