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New guidance urges Colorado school districts to require masks, but Polis sees no need for state mandate

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says local control is working to keep children in school even as cases and school outbreaks rise.

By Erica Meltzer

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In last ditch effort for remote learning, some NYC parents plan to boycott first day of school

By Christina Veiga

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New reading curriculum for some Jeffco schools, a step toward bigger changes

By Ann Schimke

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As Biden calls for school COVID testing, Illinois program reaches nearly half its schools

By Cassie Walker Burke and Samantha Smylie

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Could a COVID vaccine mandate be on the way for Detroit school staff?

By Lori Higgins, Chalkbeat

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Despite COVID stress, Chicago teachers largely staying put

By Mila Koumpilova

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NYC expands vaccine mandate to students in band, chorus, and other high-risk extracurriculars

By Christina Veiga

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Ida caused ‘catastrophic’ storm damage to Newark schools, officials say

By Patrick Wall

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COVID cases have already closed hundreds of NYC charter school classrooms

By Alex Zimmerman

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COVID concerns kept these students home. Now they are no longer enrolled.

By Mila Koumpilova

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Denver schools add safety officers, seek authority to ticket students

By Melanie Asmar

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Biden calls for mandating vaccines for teachers, more testing in schools — but his authority is limited

By Matt Barnum and Kalyn Belsha

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‘They don’t care enough about my kid’: Philly parents disgusted by rampant schoolyard trash

By Emily Rizzo WHYY

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I was a Stuyvesant high school senior on 9/11. It changed me forever.

The people who suffer the most in disasters big and small are often those with the least agency: children.

By Lila Nordstrom

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State orders Adams 14 to allow management company back in schools — at least for now

By Yesenia Robles

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Mask mandate hearing raises issue of ‘separate but equal’ for Tennessee students with disabilities

By Cathryn Stout

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Transparency on COVID school dollars can help make the case for equitable funding, report says

By Koby Levin

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Timeline: Teacher deaths, mask debates rock Memphis during the first 30 days of school

By Samantha West, Cathryn Stout, and 3 more

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NYC expands COVID vaccine mandate to pre-K teachers, after-school workers

By Christina Veiga

The COVID-19 outbreak is changing our daily reality

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Biden is pressuring states to drop bans on mask mandates. Will it work?

By Matt Barnum

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Lessons from NYC’s children of 9/11 help the kids of COVID as school resumes

By Samantha Maldonado

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A new school year brings new concerns of pandemic ‘educational neglect’ child welfare probes

By Eileen Grench, THE CITY

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Illinois gives school districts leeway for remote instruction amid COVID outbreaks

By Samantha Smylie

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To safely reopen schools, Indiana district leveraged public health relationship

By Betsy Ladyzhets, COVID-19 Data Dispatch

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New Masterman principal wants to create more opportunities at Philadelphia’s elite magnet

By Dale Mezzacappa

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Michigan health officials issue quarantine guidance for students exposed to COVID 

By Ethan Bakuli

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NYC, teachers union continue negotiations over COVID vaccine mandate 

By Christina Veiga

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I voted for masks in school. I worried for my safety after.

I am unnerved. I am upset. But I have no regrets about the vote I made.

By Erika Cohen

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Detroit students hustle into class, masked up and temperature checked

The Detroit Public Schools Community District had 50,000 students enrolled on the first day of school, but it may take home visits to get all of them in the classroom.

By Olivia Lewis, Bridge Detroit and Lori Higgins, Chalkbeat

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On 9/11, they were at school. Here’s what happened inside their classrooms.

Chalkbeat asked teachers and students what they remember about that terrifying day 20 years later

By Gabrielle Birkner

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‘Looking for hope’: Newark students anxiously return to classrooms after 18 months away

By Patrick Wall and Catherine Carrera

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Will COVID cases in Chicago schools force your child to quarantine? Here’s a handy flowchart

By Lauren Bryant and Cassie Walker Burke

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What qualities should an Indiana grad have? The state is asking for input.

By Aleksandra Appleton

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Efforts to restrict teaching about racism and bias have multiplied across the U.S.

Chalkbeat is tracking efforts to restrict teaching about race and bias in schools, as well as efforts to expand it, on this map.

By Cathryn Stout and Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee

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What we know about masks, students, and COVID spread: A Chalkbeat guide

By Matt Barnum