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…
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Teachers protest face-to-face learning in DeKalb County
BOBETH YATES Teachers protest in-person learning in DeKalb County. DeKalb County teachers took a stand Tuesday, protesting the district’s decision to reopen for face-to-face learning. “They’re still having board meetings vertically so how can they bring us back to school when they’re still home,” said Miriam Martin. The school district’s phased in reopen plan is…
Union members discuss COVID-19 vaccine options for Alabama teachers
By Randi HildrethPublished: Dec. 23, 2020 at 11:26 AM CST BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Alabama state school superintendent, Dr. Eric Mackey, has said he hoped school leaders would be included in early COVID-19 vaccination efforts and it could happen soon after CDC officials approved teachers as next candidates to get the shot. The CDC categorized teachers as…
Alabama teachers will be next in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine
by Justin MooreFriday, January 1st 2021AA (WPMI) Alabama teachers will be next in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — According to the CDC, teachers will be next in line to receive a coronavirus vaccine following front-line workers, including nurses. Alabama Superintendent of Education Dr. Eric Mackey said he expects the vaccination process to start…
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…
Parents, teachers opposed to reopening schools put up memorial outside Oregon school district offices
Those against resuming in-person learning put up hundreds of flags outside school district offices, symbolizing educators and children killed by COVID-19 nationwide. As Oregon schools consider reopening to in-person learning, opponents speak out January 3, 2021Updated: 8:44 AM PST January 4, 2021 PORTLAND, Oregon — Beginning this week, individual school districts and schools in Oregon can…
Alabama K-12 schools report 3,352 new COVID-19 cases this week
December 18, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com Alabama’s K-12 schools again saw a rise in new COVID-19 cases in staff and students this week, climbing by nearly 100 new cases to 3,352, up from 3,255 reported last week. That increase comes as the state continues to break records in the number of new coronavirus…
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….
Alabama school system goes virtual after 900 quarantined, 70 COVID positive cases
By Leada Gore | lgore@al.com December 11, 2020 Decatur City Schools is the latest to go virtual due to the rising number of COVID cases within its system. In a letter to parents, Superintendent Dr. Michael Douglas said the system will transition to virtual learning starting Monday, Dec. 14. Students will remain on virtual learning through…
Rural schools in Alabama hit hardest by enrollment losses during pandemic
December 9, 2020 7:05 AM By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com With Alabama schools now enrolling nearly 10,000 fewer students than last fall, AL.com took a closer look and found the losses were the largest in rural county systems and the missing students were most likely to be white students. Some districts experienced large student losses….
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