COVID-19
Rolling coverage of how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting America’s children and education systems
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Districts Recommend Masks — But Don’t Require Them — as COVID Counts Rise
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Youth Voice: Meet The 74’s All-New Student Council
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Youth Anxiety, Depression and Abuse Surged During COVID. 6 Charts from New CDC Data Show How Students Suffered — And Ways to Help Them Recover
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Professor’s View: COVID-19 Cases on Campus Could Surge After Spring Break Unless Students Take Certain Precautions
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More States Are Allowing Students to Take ‘Mental Health Days.’ But Could the Practice Backfire?
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In Biden’s State of the Union, a Call for Schools to Better Focus Relief Funds Towards Confronting COVID Learning Loss?
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NCES Survey Shows Private School Students Had Far Better Internet and Greater Teacher Access During Early Pandemic
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San Francisco School Board Recall Hinged on Competence, not ‘Critical Race Theory.’ In a Rarity, it Succeeded
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New Research Tracks Charters’ Early Moves During Pandemic
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700 Days Since Lockdown
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Maryland Unveils ‘Ambitious’ Slate of Learning Recovery Programs Using COVID Relief Funds
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Vax Up, Masks Down: Maryland, Massachusetts Lead Effort to ‘Off-Ramp’ Face Coverings in School
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As Schools Push for More Tutoring, New Research Points to Its Effectiveness — and the Challenge of Scaling it To Combat Learning Loss
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Kids Wearing Masks Reduces Child Care Center Closures, Year-Long Yale Study Finds
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74 Interview: Senior White House Education Advisor on How Schools Can Access COVID Testing to Curb Omicron Amid ‘Supply Crisis’
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As Districts Scramble to Keep Up With Omicron Surge, White House Bolsters Schools’ Testing Supply
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Adams: No Remote Learning Option in NYC Schools for 6 Months
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‘People are Coming to School Positive’: Thousands of New York City Students Stage Walkout, Demand Remote Learning Options
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‘No One Wins in This Scenario’: As Chicago Schools Prepare to Reopen, Rift Between Mayor and Union Deepens
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‘Families Have to Have a Voice’: Martinez Cites Importance of Parents as Chicago District and Union Agree on Wednesday Student Return