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President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April.

Cohasset middle and high schools are switching to remote learning Monday for the next two weeks after students were found at a house party over the weekend.

Some may see busy streets, sidewalks and honking horns as distractions, but for Charlestown Nursery School, it’s the backdrop of their day. The Boston school has created classrooms with no walls or ceilings. Co-director Kelly Pellagrini said it starts every morning with teachers packing small wagons filled with supplies and then rolling them to a nearby city park. “We...

Charlestown Nursery School is thinking outside of the box by heading outside of the school building. School leaders and parents hope it can be used as an example of what’s possible in the city with a little extra effort and an open mind.

Vermont will make available $76 million worth of grants in a bid to assist businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Phil Scott announced Tuesday. In a press conference, Scott said the funding would go to businesses in the greatest need, especially those in the hospitality industry. “We know many businesses and sectors in the state continue to feel…

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott is cracking down on coronavirus restrictions as health officials continue investigate an outbreak among youth and adult hockey players. “We’re considering a number of steps to strengthen guidance, particularly around off-the-ice activities and interstate play,” Gov. Phil Scott said Friday. “We also need all players and families to abide by the strict guidance we already...

Vermont health officials are investigating an outbreak with at least a dozen youth and adult hockey players and an unspecified number of cases in schools. “Several” coronavirus cases are associated with four different schools in the state, Health Commissioner Mark Levine said Tuesday, and at least 12 cases have been found among youth and adult hockey players in the Montpelier-central…

As Boston’s COVID-19 positivity rate increases to 4.1 percent, Mayor Walsh pauses school reopening plan.

A group of parents will rally in New Hampshire Monday morning to protest the Nashua School District’s decision to remain fully remote until January 2021 due to the pandemic.

Mayor Marty Walsh urged Bostonians on Friday to protest peacefully as they continue to express their anger over the decision not to bring charges against police officers in Kentucky in connection with Breonna Taylor’s shooting death. A protest is scheduled to be held in Roxbury on Friday, and additional demonstrations are planned across the state this weekend. Gov. Charlie Baker...

In a COVID-19 update, Mayor Marty Walsh says Boston’s coronavirus positivity rate remains at 2.7%. If the rate continues to stay below 4%, in-person learning will begin in the city.

The city of Boston may soon move into Massachusetts’ highest-risk category for coronavirus transmission, indicated on the state’s COVID risk map with red, Mayor Marty Walsh said Wednesday. About eight new cases are being detected each day per 100,000 residents, Walsh said at his regular coronavirus briefing, which is the baseline for being classified as red on the Massachusetts risk…

Diners at “The Industry” in Dorchester’s Adam’s Village are cringing at the news from Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Wednesday that the city is closing in on being in the red zone on the state’s COVID-19 map.

The city of Boston may soon move into Massachusetts’ highest-risk category for coronavirus transmission, indicated on the state’s COVID risk map with red, Mayor Marty Walsh said Wednesday.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Boston’s Chief of Health and Human Services Marty Martinez talk about the city’s COVID-19 numbers and monitoring the positivity rate.

A major Massachusetts teachers union is accusing the state’s top education official of pressuring more than a dozen school districts for asking them to come up with plans for in-person learning. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley sent a letter to the districts Friday, taking issue with the “stark discrepancy” between local public health data and...

Massachusetts education officials are putting pressure on schools in 16 low-risk coronavirus communities to bring students back into the classroom, demanding a timeline within 10 days. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley sent a letter to the districts Friday, taking issue with the “stark discrepancy” between local public health data and their reopening plans. All 16 districts…

Students in the Boston Public School district began their academic year remotely, Monday, amid trepidation about learning at home in what promises to be a year like any other. Monday marks the first day of the 2020-2021 school year for the district. Boston students are starting the academic year fully remote before an exptected transition to a hybrid model amid…

The first day of school in Boston started with students at home.

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.