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A poll conducted by the University of Michigan of 1,700 parents found that vaccination rates of teachers and students were their biggest concern, while repeating virtual classes, large groups of students and falling behind academically were also mentioned.

A National Jewish Health study analyzed self-reported sleep data from over 5,000 adolescents and found students got more sleep when school was remote.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending all children over the age of 2 wear masks when returning to school this fall.

The American Academy of Pediatrics issued updated guidelines for how children and teens can safely participate in organized sports and physical education classes.

The CDC released guidelines on Friday recommending that K-12 schools continue to require face masks for the 2021-2022 school year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has relaxed physical distancing requirements for children in school, from 6 feet to 3 feet. The change in guidance, announced Friday, will allow more students to be inside classrooms

Joe Biden is pledging to bring the coronavirus pandemic under enough control to open most of the nation’s schools during his first 100 days as president.

School systems around the U.S. are involved in a stop-and-start process of in-person learning

Fairfax County Public Schools are pausing their plans to get kids back in classrooms amid rising cases of COVID-19. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder takes a look at the impact on parents, teachers and students.

Some Fairfax County students were set to return to in-person learning on Tuesday but the school district said Monday afternoon that the plan needed to change.  As COVID-19 cases surge, Fairfax County Public Schools will delay bringing back early HeadStart, pre-K and kindergarten students, plus some students who receive special education services.  Coronavirus cases in the community exceed the...

Some county school leaders in Maryland say they feel they aren’t getting enough guidance from the state on how to safely reopen schools. They say the state needs to have clearer school safety guidelines. “There have been no steps, statewide steps, to give us clarity in how to reopen,” State Sen. Paul Pinsky, D-Prince George’s County, said. He was...

The Washington teachers union and DC public schools are back at the negotiating table…hammering out an agreement that could get kids in the classroom next month. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

A new study out of Seoul National University suggests that children can shed the coronavirus for up to three weeks, even if they are asymptomatic.

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Texas leaders who grappled with coronavirus testing shortages for much of the pandemic are now facing the opposite problem: not enough takers

Reopening schools will be easy

The Montgomery County Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday in favor of virtual-only learning for the fall semester. The vote formalized the decision announced June 21 by Superintendent Jack Smith, WTOP reported. The vote also contained language that cancels fall and winter sports, WTOP reported. But the district says that athletic directors are working on plans for engagement with sports…

The first wave of college students returning to their dorms aren’t finding the typical mobs of students and parents. What they found Friday were strict safety protocols and some heightened anxiety amid a global pandemic where virus infections are growing in dozens of states. North Carolina State University staggered the return of its students over 10 days and welcomed the…

Foo Fighters musician and former Fairfax County Public Schools student Dave Grohl weighed in Wednesday on how school should be conducted as the coronavirus pandemic continues.  In a nine-minute reading of an essay he wrote for “The Atlantic,” Grohl endorsed remote learning and said teachers who devote their lives to their students for low pay should get “a little...

School districts around the U.S. are grappling with whether to bring students back to classrooms in the fall, and how to keep them and their teachers safe from the coronavirus if they do