By Randi Hildrethand WBRC Staff| Updated January 21 at 4:44 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – UPDATE 1/21/21: Birmingham City Schools will continue remote learning throughout the month of February due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “As we continue to face the challenge of increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in Birmingham and Jefferson County, the health and safety of our…
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Alabama K-12 COVID dashboard: 3,071 new cases added
January 19, 2021 By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com While cases of COVID-19 in Alabama’s K-12 schools are down overall from the last report of 2020, nearly a quarter of districts are reporting their highest numbers to date. The number of new cases reported the week of Jan. 15 was 3,071, down from 3,352 cases reported…
Alabama teachers may have to wait longer for COVID-19 vaccine
Updated 10:25 AM; Today 9:06 AM By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com Alabama teachers have been essentially bumped down the priority list to get the COVID-19 vaccine, State Superintendent Eric Mackey told the state board of education during Thursday’s work session in Montgomery. Alabama considers teachers and schools support staff to be part of phase 1b to…
Wis. teacher says she caught COVID-19 in classroom, leading to husband’s death
Wis. teacher fights return to in-person learning after husband’s death from COVID-19 By WTMJ Staff| January 10, 2021 at 1:03 AM CST – Updated January 10 at 1:03 AM KENOSHA, Wis. (WTMJ) – As schools in Kenosha, Wisconsin, prepare to return to in-person learning, one teacher who believes she contracted COVID-19 in the classroom then passed it…
Alabama’s top 10 education stories of 2020
Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic changed everything about how we did school this year, impacting everyone from little ones in pre-K to elementary, middle, high school and college students, too. While coronavirus dominated the education landscape, there were other notable happenings, too. Here’s our…
When will Alabama teachers receive COVID vaccine?
Updated 11:22 AM; Today 10:58 AM By Leada Gore | lgore@al.com Alabama teachers will likely receive the COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming months, officials said. Teachers, both public and private, education staff and childcare workers are in the 1B group, putting them just behind frontline healthcare workers and residents and staff of nursing homes and long-term care…
130 New York City school buildings are closed due to Covid-19 cases
From CNN’s Elizabeth Stuart In New York City, 130 school buildings are currently closed due to cases of Covid-19. One hundred of those buildings are under a two-week closure, and an additional 30 buildings are under a 24-hour closure, according to New York City’s Department of Education (DOE). There are currently 169 active Covid-19 cases, according to the…
Money coming from Washington D.C. to help Alabama schools
82 billion in relief funds for education By Randi Hildreth| BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – More money is coming from Washington D.C. to help schools as they face challenges during the pandemic. Congress approved $82 billion in relief funds for education which is significantly more than what was allocated in the previous COVID package. More than half…
For some Alabama schools, it’s home before and after the holidays as COVID cases surge
Updated Dec 11, 2020; Posted Dec 10, 2020 By John Sharp | jsharp@al.com Baldwin, Shelby, and Montgomery county schools are planning to delay in-person classroom learning by one week when the second semester begins next month. But for Jefferson County, the schedule remains the same. Other districts, such as Hoover and Tuscaloosa city schools, will return with staggered…
Thousands of Alabama teachers worried about reopening schools
Updated Jul 22, 2020; Posted Jul 22, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com As Alabama pushes to reopen schools in a couple of weeks, and coronavirus cases continue to rise, some teachers are asking whether it’s really safe to go back into the classroom right now. “I’m really scared,” said high school chemistry teacher Jacqueline Edwards…
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