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Children attend online classes at the Crenshaw Family YMCA in Los Angeles. Schools are having a hard time covering the costs required for in-person and online learning during the pandemic.

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  • Politics

Not All COVID-19 Aid Is Spent. But Schools, Cities And States Say They Need More

Republicans in Congress question whether schools, cities and states really need as much relief as President Biden and Democrats want to give them. At the local level, people say they're desperate.

February 24, 2021
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By:
  • Tamara Keith and
  • Scott Horsley
Amelia Hunt (left), principal of Stevens Early Learning Center in Washington, D.C., and Dr. Craig DeWolfe, a hospitalist at Children's National.

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  • Health

Guards, Generosity, Patience: A Volunteer Effort To Vaccinate Public School Workers

In Washington, D.C., hospital staff vaccinated 1,750 public school workers in one day. It was a hard-won success amid a fragmented nationwide vaccination campaign fraught with challenges.

February 21, 2021
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By:
  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro and
  • Emma Bowman
Chicago teachers have voted to accept an agreement for returning to in-person classes in the coming weeks. Here, a woman holds a sign at a car caravan in support of teachers' call for more safety precautions.

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  • Education

Chicago Teachers Union OKs Deal To Return To Class, With Vaccines Promised

The agreement calls for Chicago Public Schools to provide "at least 1,500 first vaccine doses per week" to employees, with second doses guaranteed.

February 10, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Students at Ingram-Pye Elementary School in Macon waiting for their first day of in person instruction on November 9, 2020. Bibb County students would leave in person instruction a few weeks later.

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  • Education

Bibb County Schools Headed Back To Face-To-Face Instruction

The Bibb County School District confirmed that face-to-face instruction will resume Thursday, Feb. 18, following the district’s scheduled winter break. 

February 09, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The San Francisco school board has voted to consider removing the names of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln from public schools, such as Abraham Lincoln High School.

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  • National

San Francisco May Rename Schools Named After Washington, Lincoln And Others

The move to potentially change the names of 44 schools, approved by the school board this week, has sparked debate in San Francisco about its timing and whether the list is overly broad.

January 28, 2021
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By:
  • Merrit Kennedy
Then presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a "Build Back Better" Clean Energy event on July 14, 2020. On Thursday, Biden unveiled an ambitious economic plan just days before he's set to be inaugurated as president.

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  • Economy

$1,400 Checks And Help For The Jobless: What's In Biden's Plan To Rescue The Economy

President-elect Joe Biden is proposing a $1.9 trillion plan to address the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic crisis.

January 15, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Despite recent outbreaks that forced temporary closures, the Bruneau-Grandview school board in Idaho voted down a mask mandate in November.

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  • National

A Rural School Under Pressure To Stay Open: 'People Are Just Rough And Tough'

Despite alarming rises in COVID-19 cases and deaths in rural America, some schools are under pressure to stay open for in-person learning while resisting requiring masks and other measures.

December 18, 2020
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Eight-year-old twins Kenley (left) and Anakin Gupta have struggled with loneliness during the pandemic, but the isolation has been much more acute for Kenley.

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  • Children's Health

Pandemic Takes Toll On Children's Mental Health

Youth depression, anxiety and suicide attempts have been on the rise during the pandemic. School shutdowns keep kids from friends and therapists, leaving social growth up to parents in many cases.

November 28, 2020
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By:
  • Lesley McClurg
Massachusetts parents sent their child to Attleboro High School despite knowing the teenager was infected with the coronavirus. Above, a coronavirus test is performed at Boston University in July.

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  • Education

Child Positive For Coronavirus Was Sent To School Anyway. Others Quarantining Now

Nearly 30 Massachusetts high school students are quarantining after parents sent their child to school despite receiving a positive diagnosis days before.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Reese Oxner
Survey results show opinions differ among parents and staff on returning to in-person learning in Savannah.

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  • Education

Savannah To Offer In-Person School Option

The school board expressed concerns, but approved a plan to allow students and teachers who wish to to return to in-person learning.

September 16, 2020
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By:
  • Emily Jones
Atlanta students

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  • Education

Inequality Gap Among Atlanta Students May Grow Due To COVID-19 Pandemic, Experts Say

More than seven months will have passed by the time Atlanta students return to in-person schooling. That long of a break, educational experts told GPB News, may further exacerbate the inequality gap between Black and Latino students and their white peers.

August 26, 2020
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By:
  • Ben Abrams
The Delta Tau Delta house on the Georgia Tech campus.

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  • Health

More College Students, Faculty Want More COVID-19 Safety On Campus

Nearly 1,000 graduate students and supporters from across the state are calling for changes to the University System of Georgia’s reopening plans.

August 05, 2020
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Cesa Pusateri, 12, and her grandfather, Timothy Waxenfelter, principal of Quigley Catholic High School, leave with his collection of speech and debate books after the closure of the school in Baden, Pa., on June 8, 2020. According to the National Catholic Educational Association, at least 100 schools have announced in recent weeks that they won't reopen this fall.

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  • Religion

The Closure Of Catholic Schools Is 'Devastating,' Advocates Say

Administrators say the COVID-19 economic downturn means many low income families can no longer afford Catholic school tuition fees.

July 31, 2020
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By:
  • Tom Gjelten
Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, says the union would support "safety strikes" by teachers if safety measures are not met when schools are set to reopen in the fall.

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  • Education

Teachers Union OKs Strikes If Schools Reopen Without Safety Measures In Place

Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, said "safety strikes" should only take place as a last resort. The decision on whether to strike would be left to the local union.

July 28, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Empty desks in a public school in this file photo from 2010.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Anxiety, Exhaustion and Uncertainty As School Year Approaches

Monday on Political Rewind, we take a look at how Georgia public schools and the state’s universities continue to grapple with how to hold classes safely as the school year begins.

With school only weeks away, what can teachers, parents and students expect as the school year approaches?

July 27, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut and
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes
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