Schools and COVID

Public school systems are beginning to feel the pinch from enrollment losses tied to the coronavirus pandemic.

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

Reducing mandatory quarantines after a COVID-19 exposure would help prevent absenteeism and learning loss that occurs with virtual learning, officials said

The Curley School, an elementary school in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, has switched to remote learning for 10 days after a COVID-19 outbreak. The TEN takes a look at how the state is responding to the move and what’s next.

Complications wrought by the pandemic persist in schools and often fall hardest on those least able to weather them.

A growing number of school districts in the U.S. are using federal pandemic funding on athletics projects.

The on-again, off-again ban imposed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to prevent mandating masks for Florida school students is back in force

Scottie B. Day, physician-in-chief at Kentucky Children’s Hospital, says that COVID-19 admissions are three times higher now than they were at the end of July and the majority of patients are unvaccinated. 

President Joe Biden will call on schools to set up regular COVID-19 testing for students, teachers and staff, according to an administration official.

It’s mask up, for now, without state punishment for Florida public school districts that want to impose mask mandates.

The rancorous debate over whether returning students should wear masks in the classroom has moved from school boards to courtrooms. In at least 14 states, lawsuits have been filed either for or against masks in schools. In some cases, normally rule-enforcing school administrators are finding themselves fighting state leaders. Legal experts say that while state laws normally trump local control,…

Across the country, more anti-vaccine and anti-mask demonstrations are taking scary and violent turns

West Virginia Wesleyan College says it will charge a $750 fee to students who aren’t vaccinated for COVID-19 for the fall semester.

Florida public school officials could face financial consequences including withholding of salary if they implement mask mandates, a spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday.