By Vanessa McCray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta Public Schools will hold a parent meeting to discuss a three-year plan to help students who have struggled academicallyduring the pandemic. The virtual meeting — billed as a “parent and community engagement session” — will start at 5:30 p.m. Thursday and can be viewed on the district’s Facebook page. Officials…
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To Vaccinate Younger Teens, States and Cities Look to Schools, Camps, Even Beaches
The F.D.A.’s authorization of Pfizer’s Covid shot for 12- to 15-year-olds is a milestone in battling the coronavirus, but actually getting them vaccinated involves new challenges. By Abby Goodnough and Jan Hoffman May 11, 2021 The race is on to vaccinate the nation’s nearly 17 million 12- to 15-year-olds against Covid-19. The Food and Drug Administration’s decision on Monday to authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine…
Why Some Parents Don’t Want Schools to Go Back to ‘Normal’ in the Fall
Greg ToppoThu, May 13, 2021, Gavin Newsom Get essential education news and commentary delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up here for The 74’s daily newsletter. As more Americans receive Covid-19 vaccines and schools move to reopen widely, leaders are doing their best to make sure everyone gets the memo: School is happening in-person this fall. California Gov….
US Schools Fight to Keep Students Amid Fear of Dropout Surge
U.S. educators are doing everything they can to track down high school students who stopped showing up to classes and to help them get the credits needed to graduate. By Associated Press|May 11, 2021, US Schools Fight to Keep Students Amid Fear of Dropout SurgeMore A student walks between classes at Wyandotte High School in Kansas…
Biden hits schools goal even as many students learn remotely
By Associated Press| May 6, 2021 at 4:36 AM CDT – Updated May 6 at 4:36 AM (AP) – President Joe Biden has met his goal of having most elementary and middle schools open for full, in-person learning in his first 100 days, according to new survey data, but the share of students choosing to return has…
NYC public schools nix ‘snow days’ for remote learning
BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL – 05/04/21 © Getty Images The New York City Department of Education (DOE) is nixing “snow days” in public schools going forward, instead opting for remote learning on days when school buildings are closed because of bad weather. The department announced the change in its 2021-2022 school calendar, which was released Tuesday. “The DOE will…
Some schools skip student quarantines
By Donna St. GeorgeMay 2, 2021 at 6:33 p.m. CDT In the northern suburbs of Cincinnati, Superintendent Matt Miller kept school doors open. But the coronavirus kept pushing students out. In the fall semester, he counted 5,172 student quarantines. It meant a constant jostling of teaching and learning. “We have had students who had to quarantine three times,”…
Boston Public Schools sees enrollment drop heavily, mostly among younger, minority students
By SEAN PHILIP COTTER | | Boston Herald PUBLISHED: April 30, 2021 at 8:30 p.m. | UPDATED: April 30, 2021 at 8:31 p.m. Enrollment in the city’s public school continues to plunge, the district told councilors as it deals with a 2,200-plus student decline particularly concentrated among Black and Hispanic kids and younger students. Boston Public Schools brass, speaking during a…
No Kid Hungry campaign gives $422,500 to school meal programs in Alabama
Twelve Alabama school districts will receive grants to support school meal programs. ByJOHN H. GLENN The No Kid Hungry national campaign announced $422,500 in grants for 12 Alabama school districts to support school meal programs during the spring semester. “School meals are available to students across Alabama no matter if they are learning remotely or participating…
Education in Alabama in 2020: A look back
Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com Coronavirus was still new to most when state officials made the announcement on March 13 that all schools would shut down to keep the virus from spreading. Alabamians had just voted overwhelmingly to keep their elected state school board, the biggest story of the year up until…
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