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COVID Policy Briefing

COVID Brief: Pandemic to Blame for Increase in Toddler Speech Delays

John Bailey
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COVID Brief: Parents Don’t Know How Far Behind Kids Have Fallen in School

John Bailey
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COVID Brief: Data Show How Pandemic Hit Student Attendance, Grades, Advancement

John Bailey
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COVID Brief: Ad Campaign Tells Parents Kids Have Fallen Behind in School

John Bailey
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COVID Brief: State Lawmakers Spend Federal Cash on Mental Health

John Bailey
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COVID Learning Recovery: Many Students Still Lag Behind, But Parents Aren’t Aware

John Bailey
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‘The Other Long COVID’ Affecting Kids: Missed Opportunities

John Bailey
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Learning Woes: Half of America’s Students Started This School Year Behind

John Bailey
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The Final 97 Days of the COVID Emergency: What Changes on May 12

John Bailey
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COVID Brief: Few Students Use Online Tutoring Programs

John Bailey
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COVID Brief: New Data Reveals Rapid Rise of XBB.1.5 Variant

John Bailey
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COVID Brief: More Parents Opposed to School Vaccine Mandates

John Bailey
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Teen Brains Changed During COVID, Scans Show

John Bailey
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COVID Brief: Teachers’ and Teens’ Mental Health Took a Hit During COVID

John Bailey
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COVID Brief: COVID’s ‘Sweeping Toll on Kids’ by the Numbers

John Bailey
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COVID Brief: Low-Income Kids Should Get Free COVID Shots, CDC Says

John Bailey
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Many Americans Know Little About Updated COVID Boosters

John Bailey
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Pandemic Brief: Some Scientists Now See COVID as Less Risky Than the Flu

John Bailey
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Schools Briefing: 20 Years of Student Growth Wiped Out by COVID

John Bailey
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Schools & COVID Policy: Modified Boosters Likely Available for Teens Next Month

John Bailey
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Tracking Schools’ Pandemic Recovery Funds: Mental Health, Tutoring & More

Joshua Parrish
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CDC’s New School Guidance Scraps Quarantines, Lifts ‘Test to Stay’ Recommendation

John Bailey
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CDC Eyes New School Rules on COVID Testing, Spacing, Quarantines

John Bailey
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Young Children’s Vaccination Rates May Have Already Peaked

John Bailey
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COVID Classroom Recovery: California Has Spent Little to Address Learning Loss

John Bailey
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U.S. Faces ‘School Attendance and Graduation Crises’

John Bailey
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Study: Masking in School Had Little or No Effect on Student COVID Cases

John Bailey
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FDA Recommends COVID Vaccines for Young Kids; 3rd Pfizer Dose May Be Key

John Bailey
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Many Kids Who Had COVID Don’t Have Antibodies to Protect Against Omicron

John Bailey
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Vaccines for Children Under 5 Could Be Available as Soon as This Month

John Bailey
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Study: Biting, Hitting & Overwhelmed, Young Kids Scarred Most By COVID Lockdowns

John Bailey
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Youth Mental Health: Hundreds of Suicidal Teens in Emergency Rooms Each Night

John Bailey
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Parents’ Long Wait Nearly Over? COVID Shot for Young Kids on Pace for Next Month

John Bailey
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The Intensifying Mental Health Crisis Facing Teens

John Bailey
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New Education Data: Homeschooling Surge Is Continuing Despite Schools Reopening

John Bailey
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Safer Air in Schools: Biden Grants $500 Million to Boosting Filters, Efficiency

John Bailey
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COVID’s Missing Students: 48% of Kids in L.A. Are Chronically Absent This Year

John Bailey
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AWOL Amid COVID: Half of Teachers Report Students Who Never Showed Last Year

John Bailey
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Fresh COVID Warning Signs From Europe as School Absences Triple in 2 Weeks

John Bailey
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New CDC Wastewater Data Shows COVID Indicators Rising Across America in March

John Bailey
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Alarming ‘Missed Learning’ Report: COVID Delayed Progress for All Grades in NC

John Bailey
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Are Vaccines Offering Poorer Protection for Younger Children? Pandemic policy up

John Bailey
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COVID & Kids—Study Says Children More Likely to Get Infected at Home Than School

John Bailey
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Encouraging New Data on Children and ‘Long COVID’

John Bailey
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COVID’s Next Culture War — Vaccinations for Young Kids?

John Bailey
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The Week in COVID & Education Policy: New Study Finds School COVID Transmission Is Rare, Pfizer Applies for Approval for Young Kids’ Shot and More Key Updates

John Bailey
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Doctors: Given New COVID Guidance, Schools Can Now Make Masks Optional

John Bailey
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What America’s Schools Have Failed to Learn from Reopened Classrooms Overseas

John Bailey
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COVID Briefing: How COVID is Affecting Kids’ Brains

John Bailey
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Rethinking Omicron School Safety Strategy: Time to ‘Manage Not Contain’?

John Bailey
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Biden and Cardona Say Schools Should Stay Open

John Bailey
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COVID’s Missing Students: More Kids Dropping Out of Top School Districts

John Bailey
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Averting a Youth Mental Health Crisis: 6 Key Strategies From the Surgeon General

John Bailey
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The Week in COVID & Education Policy: 32% Jump in Child Cases, How Omicron Could Affect Schools, Zero Reports of Heart Inflammation Among Grade-Schoolers & More

John Bailey
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Surge in School Disruptions and Closures Hits More than 700 Districts

John Bailey
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COVID Cost-Benefit: School Study Says Benefits of In-Person Class Outweigh Risks

John Bailey
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More Parents Now Saying They Won’t Be Vaccinating Children

John Bailey
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COVID Easing Among Kids? Hospitalization Rates Fall By Over Half Since August

John Bailey
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No More Masks at Schools? How Child Vaccines Could Change Safety Conversation

John Bailey
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Shifting Vaccination Strategy in Keeping Kids Safe From COVID

John Bailey
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Will FDA Turmoil Delay COVID Vaccines for Kids?

John Bailey
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45% of parents don’t plan to get young kids vaccinated, even after FDA approval

John Bailey
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Averting Student Quarantines: New COVID Testing Model Aims to Keep Kids in Class

John Bailey
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Children & Long COVID? Study shows 1 in 10 Kids Endure Lingering Symptoms

John Bailey
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COVID & Children: Record 252,000 Cases Last Week, Now Up to 15% of All Reported

John Bailey
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Research: Differences in ‘Long COVID’ Symptoms Between Children and Adults

John Bailey
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Study: Younger Kids Spreading COVID More Easily Than Teens

John Bailey
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No Choice: California First to Tell Teachers COVID Vaccines Mandatory for Fall

John Bailey
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COVID Testing Could Help Schools Stay Open Safely & More Key Education Updates

John Bailey
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New School Bus Study: 462 Students, 39 COVID Infections, No Transmission

John Bailey
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Remote Learning — A Global Crisis? UNICEF Issues Urgent Plea to Reopen Schools

John Bailey
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State By State, Campus By Campus: Where Schools Are & Aren’t Requiring Vaccines

John Bailey
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Alarming Analysis: 1.3 Million Public School Students Went Missing Last Year

John Bailey
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Emergency Rooms Note Surge in Suicide Attempts By Teen Girls During Pandemic

John Bailey
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The Week in COVID & Education Policy: UK Schools Struggle with Variants, State Budgets Recover and More Key Updates

John Bailey
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Want to Catch Students Up After COVID? Data Shows: Accelerate, Don’t Remediate

John Bailey
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L.A. High Schoolers Stay Home, Parents Concerned about Learning & More Updates

John Bailey
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No More Snow Days, Vaccines for Kids and More Key COVID Education Updates

John Bailey
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COVID Ed News: Vaccinating Teens, Substitute Teacher Shortages & More Updates

John Bailey
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COVID School News: Summer School Boosts Math Skills, Beware Indoor Sports & More

John Bailey
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COVID School News: ‘Pool Testing’ Keeps Classes Open, AFT OKs 3 Ft of Distance

John Bailey
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COVID School News: Vaccinated Teachers, NC Summer School, NYC Alters 2-Case Rule

John Bailey
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The Week in COVID & Education Policy: 18 Key Updates on Schools, Students and the Fine Print on Who Is (and Isn’t) Learning in Person Right Now

John Bailey
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The Week in COVID & Education Policy: 17 Key Updates on Schools, Students and Why One District Is Investing in Cell Towers

John Bailey
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The Week in COVID & Education Policy: 17 Key Updates on Schools

John Bailey
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The Week in COVID & Education Policy: 18 Key Updates on Schools, Students and the Science Behind the Pandemic

John Bailey
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This Week in COVID & Education Policy: 16 Key Updates on Schools, Students and the Science Behind the Pandemic

John Bailey
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