SCHOOLS

Despite rising coronavirus case numbers that lifted the city into the high-risk category on Massachusetts’ coronavirus hot spot map, Weymouth Public Schools is pushing forward with its hybrid learning plan. But that decision is being met with some skepticism. “If things change and things got worse, I would consider” fully remote learning, said parent Colleen Conners, who has two children…

School districts across Massachusetts have to look at coronavirus numbers on their own and then make their own decisions on whether to move to remote learning.

Throughout the coronavirus crisis, NBC10 Boston has offered a weekly small business webinar series to answer questions from small business owners and employees affected by the pandemic. Now, as elementary schools, high schools and colleges across the region are preparing to reopen this fall, we’re pivoting our weekly webinar series toward education, hoping to answer some the questions that...

A judge blocked the Boston Teachers Union’s request to intervene as they sought to keep teachers working remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Fifty students in Holliston, Massachusetts, are learning remotely after an elementary school employee tested positive for the coronavirus.

Boston’s fast-approaching categorization of being at high risk for COVID transmission is sparking new concerns about its upcoming move to send some students back to in-person classes.

Young voters often feel like their votes don’t matter, but the truth is that older voters have figured out for years that by picking their choice politicians, they get to decide how our educational systems are run: from how much teachers get paid to whether schools open amid a pandemic to all the decisions surrounding student loan relief. As...

Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday discussed operation of schools in Massachusetts as his administration pushes some lower-risk communities to submit plans to return to in-person learning.

The disruption to schools caused by the coronavirus pandemic constitutes a “global education emergency” that threatens to derail the education of at least 24 million students projected to drop out of school as a result, said Henrietta Fore, executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund.

After months of closures, students returned to their classrooms in districts around Massachusetts Monday. But with COVID-19 concerns guiding reopening plan, learning will be different this fall. “Oh, it’s really hard,” said Madeline Bradley, a fifth grader in Duxbury, of her district’s mask policy. Bradley was one of nearly 3,000 students returning to school in the community this week....

Massachusetts gives more money to wealthier school districts than they need at the expense of low-income communities, according to a new report. The state’s method for determining funding increases aid to districts that, based on their wealth and income, could afford to fully fund their schools with less or no state aid, according to an analysis by the Massachusetts...

Many teachers are choosing not to return to the classroom because of the coronavirus threat, and schools around the U.S. are scrambling to find replacements.

The Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce are releasing a report that shows the state’s formula to fund public schools benefits wealthier school districts.

With peers who sometimes lack access to masks and hand sanitizer, classrooms that don’t always have windows, and a city whose COVID-19 case rate is the highest in the state, Chelsea High School student Victoria Stutto said she would not feel safe going back to school in-person at all this year. Chelsea’s schools are starting the academic year with...

Two Wisconsin high school seniors petitioned for mandatory use of face masks after learning coverings had not been enforced at their school. Ava Rheeve and Julia Going joined NBCLX to talk about their successful campaign to change their school’s policy.

Speaking about the need to support schools as they reopen in the face of COVID-19, Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the issue Wednesday. “Get off Twitter, and start talking to the Congressional leaders in both parties. Invite them into the Oval Office,” Biden said. “You always talk about your ability to negotiate. Negotiate a deal for somebody...

Executive Director of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents talks with Brian Shactman about the different options for opening, the process behind it all and the disparities between urban and more wealthy school districts.

A lot of parents and kids are feeling anxiety about how the new school year will go in the age of COVID-19.

Most Rhode Island school districts have been given the green light to reopen for in-person learning on Sept. 14 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Gina Raimondo made the announcement during a Monday afternoon news conference saying every school district except Providence and Central Falls have met the following five metrics: Statewide readiness Municipal readiness Testing capacity Supply readiness Operational readiness…

For schools in Providence and Central Falls, in-person learning will be phased in with younger students starting first.