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Maui’s Displaced Students: Hawaii to Reopen Lahaina Schools 2 Months After Fire

Megan Tagami

Texas Districts Mull School Closures Amid Declining Enrollment, Competition from Charters

Brian Lopez

Excessive Heat and Humidity in Rhode Island Leads to Widespread School Closures

Kevin G. Andrade

Closing Time: San Antonio Supe Hopes Info Sharing, Help for Parents Can Ease School Shutdowns

Beth Hawkins

There’s Lots at Stake for Districts & Kids When Underenrolled Schools Stay Open

Chad Aldeman

Educational Redlining, Rezoning and the Bitter Politics of School Closures

Tim DeRoche

COVID Brief: School Closures and Learning Loss Connected Worldwide, New Report Shows

John Bailey

In New Graphic Novel, Pandemic Scatters a Vulnerable School Community

Greg Toppo

It’s Time to Start Preparing Now for School Closures that Are Coming

Timothy Daly

More Schools Have Closed in Kentucky This Year Than Rest of U.S. Combined. Why?

Asher Lehrer-Small

Pandemic-Related School Closures Fueled Enrollment Exodus, Report Finds

Linda Jacobson

Virtual Nightmare: One Student’s Journey Through the Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

New Learning Loss Scorecard Shows Parents How Pandemic Impacted Their Schools

The 74

Strong Link in Big City Districts’ 4th-Grade Math Scores to School Closures

Asher Lehrer-Small

New Testing Data: Fewer Students in Early Grades Developing Basic Phonics Skills

Linda Jacobson

‘Treat This As You Would Any Illness’: Schools Across U.S. Downgrade COVID Rules

Asher Lehrer-Small

Q&A: Education Reporter Anya Kamenetz on COVID Failures & Students’ Stolen Year

Kevin Mahnken

More Than 70 NM National Guard Members Step in as Classroom Subs

Jo Napolitano

Sr. White House Advisor on Accessing School COVID Testing Amid ‘Supply Crisis’

Asher Lehrer-Small

Reopening Struggle Revived as Thousands of Schools Close and COVID Cases Explode

Asher Lehrer-Small