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  • Education

Across State, School Bus Driver Shortage Complicates Return to Classroom

School districts are struggling to get students back to class due to an ongoing bus driver shortage. 

August 24, 2021
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
A fleet of Broward County School Buses are parked in a lot on July 21, 2020, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Three county educators have died of complications from the coronavirus.

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  • National

3 Florida Educators Die Of COVID-19 Within 24 Hours As Schools Prepare To Reopen

Less than a week before schools are set to reopen in Broward County, Fla., local union officials say three educators have died of complications from the coronavirus. None of them were vaccinated.

August 14, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Mistich
A health care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine last week at West Philadelphia High School in Philadelphia. Dr. Anthony Fauci says he backs mandatory vaccines for teachers, citing a "critical situation" in the country.

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  • National

Fauci Says Teachers Should Be Required To Be Vaccinated

"We are in a major surge now as we're going into the fall, into the school season. This is very serious business," Fauci said. He urges states and localities to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for teachers.

August 10, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Middle school student Sade Veal receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine at a back to school event sponsored by Bibb County Schools.

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  • Education

Approaches To COVID Safety In Georgia Schools Vary Widely As New Year Begins

Georgia is in the middle of a rise in cases of the highly transmissible delta variant of the coronavirus. But absent any guidance or mandates from the state, districts and charter schools are left to figure out how they are going to cope. The solutions vary wildly from district to district. 

August 05, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship ,
  • Kyra Posey ,
  • and 1 more
Masks are critical in reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission for children too young for vaccines, such as this 7-year-old girl. That's part of the newly updated CDC guidelines for the coming school year — and for travel plans parents are making for summer.

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  • Children's Health

CDC Updates Guidelines To Protect Kids From COVID In School. Plus: Vacation Tips

The updated guidance promotes vaccination for those old enough and says vaccinated children may not need masks. What about kids too young for vaccines? And as summer begins, what about vacation risks?

July 10, 2021
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By:
  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
Some institutions have scrapped Columbus Day or switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day. One New Jersey school district came up with a new solution: eliminate all holiday names.

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  • Education

This School District Erased All Holiday Names After Dropping Columbus Day

Some institutions have dropped the name Columbus Day or switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day. One New Jersey school district came up with a new solution: eliminate all holiday names.

June 17, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez

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  • Education

State Education Board Passes Resolution On Teaching Race

The resolution, which states that "Georgia is not a racist state," comes in response to a request from Gov. Kemp to ban so-called critical race theory.

June 03, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Jones
Students return for in-person classes on Nov. 9, 2020 at Ingram Pye Elementary in Macon, Ga. They went virtual again a few weeks later.

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  • Education

Bibb County Schools Asks Parents For Ideas For Spending $100 Million

Schools in Macon Bibb County are asking for ideas from parents and guardians on how to spend millions in covid-19 pandemic relief money.

April 30, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

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  • Education

COMIC: For Music Teacher, Virtual School Meant Teaching Kids 'To Hear The Way I Hear'

It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways amid the backdrop of a pandemic.

April 13, 2021
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By:
  • LA Johnson
School desks make up an exhibit called "Pandemic Classroom" at the United Nations in New York City. Each of the 168 seats represents 1 million children living in countries where schools have been entirely closed almost a year.

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  • Education

Empty Desks At U.N. Represent Millions Of Children Who Have Missed School In Pandemic

The 168 school desks make up an exhibit called "Pandemic Classroom." Each of the seats represents 1 million children living in countries where schools have been closed for almost a year.

March 04, 2021
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman ,
  • Noel King,
  • and 1 more
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
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