National Coronavirus

GOP Bill Would Tie Two-Thirds of COVID Relief to Schools Physically Reopening

After Teaching Kids Face-to-Face This Summer, an Educator Outlines the Reality of Reopening Schools

COVID-19 Has Left Thousands of After-School Programs in Jeopardy

Betsy DeVos Backtracks on Remote Learning Options She Had Championed

Schools Face Shortage of Nurses as Districts Consider Reopening

Pence Says Schools Reopenings ‘Best Thing for Our Kids’

New Jersey Gives Parents More Options to Keep Kids Home

Trump Wants Schools to Reopen. What Would Persuade Latinos to Send Their Kids?

Top DeVos Deputy: Our ‘Instinct’ Is to Not Give States Testing Waivers Next Year

House Panel Splits Along Party Lines on School Reopening During Pandemic

Teachers May Use Federal Disability, Medical-Leave Laws to Fight Return to Classroom

Trump Wants Schools to Reopen. Americans Worry It’ll Happen Too Fast.

As Trump Calls for Schools to Fully Reopen, His Son’s School Says It Will Not

AP-NORC Poll: Very Few Americans Back Full School Reopening

Reopening Schools Is Way Harder Than It Should Be

Trump Trains His Eyes on Education as He Hunts Path to Victory

COVID-19 & Remote Learning: How to Make It Work

How to Balance In-Person and Remote Instruction

Virus Concerns Nudge Some Teachers Toward Classroom Exits

Principals Favor Hybrid Schedules for Reopening Schools

Teachers Are Scared to Go Back to School. Will They Strike?

Round-the-Clock Communication Is Exhausting Teachers

DeVos Continues School Choice Push With New Grants for Native American Students

DC Area Districts Call for All-Virtual Start to School Year, Scrapping Earlier Plans

Guidance For Masks In Schools Varies Widely Across U.S. States

This Teacher And Mother Of 3 Says She May Quit If Forced Back To School, And So Will Other Educators Like Her

Teachers Push Back On Reopening In Florida

Wisconsin’s Largest Teachers Unions Call For Online School

Texas: Religious Schools Can Ignore Local Health Officials On Coronavirus

Millions Of Kids Told Full Return To School In Fall Unlikely

Biden’s School Reopening Plan: National Guidelines, Local Decisions, More Funding

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Older Children Spread Coronavirus Just As Much As Adults, Large Study Finds

In Arizona, School Reopening Sparks Protest Movement

Covid-19 Infections on the Rise in Kids and Teens With School Approaching

Back to School: Teachers Are Ready to Quit Rather Than Put Their Lives at Risk

Trump’s Press Secretary: ‘Science Should Not Stand in the Way Of’ Schools Fully Reopening

How America’s Leaders Have Failed Educators on COVID-19

DeVos Using Covid Crisis to Further School Privatization Agenda

Aging Teachers Ask Themselves, Do I Quit Or Risk My Life?

Social Emotional Learning and School Reopenings: A Guide for Schools

In the Same Towns, Private Schools Are Reopening While Public Schools Are Not

Rising Wave of Districts Sticking With Full-Time Remote Learning

Mass. Teachers’ Unions Unveil School Reopening Proposals

Most Big School Districts Aren’t Ready to Reopen. Here’s Why.

U.S. Public Schools, Focus of Debate on Reopening, Are Unsung Economic Force

In Virus Era, Back-to-School Plans Stress Working Parents

Will Senate Republicans Insist Schools Reopen — as Trump Wants — to Get New Federal Coronavirus Funding?

How Layoffs Upend Life for Educators, Students, and Districts

Thousands of Educators Laid Off Already Due to COVID-19, and More Expected

DeVos Slammed for Meetings With Conservatives While School Reopening Debate Rages

Pediatricians, Educators and Superintendents Urge a Safe Return to School This Fall

Cuomo Lays Out Guidelines for Reopening New York Schools

DeVos Abandons a Lifetime of Local Advocacy to Demand Schools Reopen

Masks for Kids? Schools Confront the Politics of Reopening

Trump Team Eyes School Funds Boost in Next Virus Aid Bill

Los Angeles Public Schools Won’t Open in Fall as Covid-19 Crisis Continues

Tracking Student Attendance Under Remote Learning Is a Complicated Mess

Reopening Schools: Here Are Some Districts’ Plans for the Fall

Schools Haven’t Spent Much Coronavirus Relief Money From Congress. Here’s Why.

As Trump Demanded Schools Reopen, His Experts Warned of ‘Highest Risk’

Health Experts Urge Caution in Reopening of Schools Across U.S.

How to Reopen Schools: What Science and Other Countries Teach Us

No, Trump and DeVos Can’t Withhold Funding From Schools Whenever They Want. Here’s What They Can Do.

‘I Wouldn’t Trust You to Care for a House Plant’: Democrats Blast DeVos for Insisting Schools Fully Reopen

European Teachers, Parents, Officials Challenge Trump Claim on Their Schools Reopening

CDC Director Says No Revised School Guidelines Despite Trump’s Push

Big Mess Looms if Schools Don’t Get Billions to Reopen Safely

The School Reopening Debate Reveals That We Don’t Listen to Teachers About Schools

With Coronavirus Science Still Iffy, U.S. Schools Hope to Reopen for 56.6 Million K-12 Students

Coronavirus Cases Soar as States Puzzle Over School Reopenings

Trump Team Reinforces Tying Federal Money to School Reopenings

In a Pandemic, Who Gets to Ride the Bus? And What About Those Who Don’t?

Standardized Testing and COVID-19: 4 Questions Answered

Trump Criticizes CDC Guidelines for Reopening Schools

N.Y.C. Schools, Nation’s Largest District, Will Not Fully Reopen in Fall

Charter Schools Reap More Than $220 Million in Federal Coronavirus Aid. Elite Private Schools Got Some, Too. Here’s a Database With Details.

Getting Kids to School: Tackling the COVID-19 Transportation Problem

Chicago Officials and Project Sponsors Believe Lack of Internet Access Requires National Attention

DeVos Rejects Part-Time Reopening for Schools Amid Pandemic

States Sue US Department Over Virus Relief Funds for Schools

As Trump Pressures Schools to Reopen, Here’s How Other Countries Have Handled the Return to the Classroom

Trump Says ‘May Cut Off Funding’ if U.S. Schools Do Not Open

Will Kindergartens Be Empty This Fall?

Poll: Their Kids Learned Less, But Parents Satisfied With Remote Education

Parents Are Opting to Home School Their Children Because of COVID-19, but Experts Say It Might Not Be for Everyone

How Teachers Are Thinking About Reopening Schools

House Bill Would Boost K-12 Aid by Over $500 Million, but Cut Charter School Fund

Dozens of Expensive Private Schools Received Millions in U.S. Pandemic Loans

5 Hurdles to Crafting a School District Budget Amid the COVID-19 Crisis

South Africa Begins Second Phase of Reopening of Schools

As Schools Plan for Reopening, Worried Teachers Say They Have More Questions Than Answers

NEA’s Lily Eskelsen García Talks Racial Justice, COVID Layoffs, and Leaving Office

Focus on Opening Schools, Not Bars

K-12 Demand for Mobile Devices ‘Skyrocketing’ Due to COVID-19 Remote Learning

CDC Will Provide Virus-Testing Guidance for Schools as Pressure to Reopen Grows

Cuomo on Schools: COVID Rates in U.S. Could Keep Kids ‘Home for a Long Time’

Top Takeaways From Survey of Educators

Survey: Parents Feel Increasing Pressure to Make Up for Children’s Lost Educational and Enrichment Time

New Jersey Schools to Reopen in Fall With Some Remote Learning

How Betsy DeVos Picked a Big Fight Over COVID-19 Relief: An Explainer

Districts’ Back-to-School Shopping List: Masks, Gloves, Sanitizers and $25 Billion to Pay for It

USDA Just Made it Easier to Serve School Meals Amid Coronavirus Precautions

One of Country’s Largest Districts Will Offer 100 Percent Virtual Learning or Two Days In-Person

Scheduling the COVID-19 School Year

Hybrid School Schedules: More Flexibility; Big Logistical Challenges

Pulling Off a Regular School Schedule—With Modifications—in the Pandemic

Can Teachers Really Do Their Jobs in Masks?

Rush to Reopen Schools Worries a Majority of Voters

Sen. Murphy Urges More Aid for Schools and Students With Disabilities

Sen. Alexander Says Federal Government Must Provide Schools Extra Funding to Reopen this Fall

Poll: Massachusetts Residents Split on Safety of Sending Children Back to School

As Protesters Call for Racial Equity, Trump Team Promotes School Choice

Back to School With Covid-19 Rules: Temperature Checks, Few Sports and Lots of Distance

Like It or Not, K-12 Schools Are Doing a Digital Leapfrog During COVID-19

Charter Schools, Some With Billionaire Benefactors, Tap Coronavirus Relief

As Pandemic Tests Public Schools, Betsy DeVos Pushes School Choice

UK PM Working for All Schools to Open in September

What We’re Learning About Online Learning

5 Tips for Measuring and Responding to COVID-19 Learning Loss

It Was a Bumpy Ride, But Virtual Schooling During the Coronavirus Boosted Teachers’ Tech Skills

Schools Move to Eliminate Police Officers

How Schools in Other Countries Have Reopened

What Needs to Change Inside School Buildings Before They Reopen

The New Routines for Students When Schools Reopen

Keeping Students and Staff Healthy and Safe When Schools Reopen

Rhode Island Governor Announces Schools to Open August 31

New York City Proposes Health, Safety Criteria for Reopening Schools

Pandemic-Stricken Schools Tell Senate They Need Help to Reopen

6 Ways to Bring Students and Staff Back to Schools

The Socially Distanced School Day

UK Drops Plan to Get All Young Children in School by Summer

California’s Solution for a Looming Covid-19 Budget Disaster

Will the Coronavirus Shake Up How States Distribute K-12 Money?

Fight Over COVID Aid Between Private Schools and States Heats Up

England Launches Study of Coronavirus Spread in Schools

COVID-19 Forces the Question: Should the Youngest Learners Have Devices?

The Results Are In for Remote Learning: It Didn’t Work

In a Tokyo School, Temperature Checks and Silent Lunches as Japan Restarts Classes

Summer Programs Struggle to Keep Learning Fun From a Distance

Research Shows Students Falling Months Behind During Virus Disruptions