April 30, 2021 at 5:48 pm Updated April 30, 2021 at 6:42 pm By Hannah FurfaroSeattle Times staff reporter Washington has logged more than 182 coronavirus outbreaks in school buildings this school year, with a slim majority of school-linked infections in children and teenagers age 18 and younger, according to a new Department of Health report released Friday afternoon. …
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AEA pushing for faster roll out of vaccines for teachers
By Randi Hildreth| January 28, 2021 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Education union leaders are pushing the state to act more quickly in distributing the COVID vaccine as they get more reports of teachers dying from COVID. St. Clair County teachers started the vaccine process Wednesday thanks to efforts by local pharmacies. Superintendent Mike Howard says about 500…
Alabama Board of Education members discuss COVID-19 vaccination plan for teachers
by Byron KhalilSaturday, January 16th 2021 Vaccinating teachers for COVID-19 is a concern for the Alabama State Board of Education. State superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey led a board of education work session to discuss the 2021 school year. Part of the meeting focused on vaccinating teachers. The state has encouraged superintendents to consider closing schools for…
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…
Florida Education Association calls for teachers to be priority for vaccine
PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Floridians 65 and older and first responders are first in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but the state’s teacher labor union is giving Florida’s governor a failing grade for bucking the CDC recommendations about essential workers, such as teachers being next for the vaccine. On its website, the Florida Education Association has created…
Maine public school enrollments drop amid pandemic
More families are choosing to home-school or send their children to private schools, and the drop in public school enrollment can have financial implications for districts. BY RACHEL OHMSTAFF WRITERShare First- and second-grade students play outside during recess at Village Elementary School in Gorham on Thursday. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer Enrollment in Maine’s public schools dropped by more…
2 more Alabama schools go remote amid COVID surge
By Ashley Remkus | aremkus@al.com Two schools in Muscle Shoals are the latest in Alabama to announce a transition to remote learning as coronavirus cases surge across the state. The middle and high schools in the northwest Alabama city will switch to remote learning on Monday and continue through Friday, which marks the end of the fall semester….
Two Alabama teachers die from COVID-19 as governor vows to keep schools and businesses open
Shelley Connor Over the past two weeks, the rate of COVID-19 infections across Alabama has increased by over 50 percent, with teachers and other school employees representing a significant number of these cases. In one Alabama school district, Hoover City School, two district employees have died within the past week after contracting the virus. On…
Birmingham City Schools will return to remote learning Dec. 7 due to COVID-19
By Randi Hildrethand WBRC Staff| November 10, 2020 at 6:12 AM CST – Updated December 2 at 9:32 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – As the number of COVID-19 cases continue to increase, Birmingham City School officials say they have decided to return to remote learning, beginning Dec. 7. In addition, because of transportation challenges, the system says…
Metro Nashville Public Schools again weighing moving fifth-graders back to elementary school
Meghan Mangrum Nashville Tennessean Metro Nashville Public Schools is again considering reshuffling which students attend elementary school. The district is considering extending elementary schools to serve students in grades K-5, instead of sending fifth-graders to middle school like it has for decades. The recommendation from the Metro Schools ReimaginED steering committee – the district’s plan for improving academics across the…
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