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Face masks and physical distancing are some of the changes students will find when they return to the classroom in September under a plan unveiled Thursday by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education. State education officials say schools…

The coronavirus crisis deepened in Arizona on Thursday, and the governor of Texas began to backtrack after making one of the most aggressive pushes in the nation to reopen, as the daily number of confirmed cases across the U.S. closed…

When campuses reopen for the fall semester, there will be a lot of rules such as: no travel, masking and social distancing. Leaders will be relying on social contracts. But will it work?

The principal of a private Catholic high school tested positive for COVID-19 days after participating in a graduation ceremony at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, school officials said. Christopher Columbus High School Principal David Pugh tested positive for the coronavirus on…

A group of superintendents from metro Detroit and surrounding counties is urging Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state Superintendent Michael Rice to seek the OK to suspend state-mandated academic testing during the upcoming school year. “Every educator’s first and foremost priority…

Can Teachers Really Do Their Jobs in Masks?

School districts across the country are suddenly wrestling with the same question: Should police officers be in schools? In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, Minneapolis schools cut their contract with the local police department. Then Portland did. Then Denver.…

The rapid shift to remote learning forced educators across the country to upgrade their tech skills. But will those newfound skills transform teaching and learning?

At least two-thirds of American high school students attend a school with a police officer, according to the Urban Institute, and that proportion is higher for students of color. Now, the national uprising for racial justice has led to a…

As school districts equip students with more laptops and tablets than ever before, the big question is how that will reshape learning inside and outside the classroom.

Tennessee has started offering high school equivalency exams online, another option while many in-person testing locations remain closed due to COVID-19. The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development says the online testing option began Monday through a new online…

The Providence Public School district on Tuesday released its plan to turn around a system that in an independent report last year was described as one of the nation’s worst. The 68-page report released by state Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green…

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Janet Napolitano, the president of the University of California, about her leaving the post in August as the system works out how to safely restart classes in the fall.

The night of June 1, New York City sent a text message to residents. A curfew was starting at 11 p.m. We were on our phones at the time, so we were the first to see the message in our…

At this pivotal moment in America, Chalkbeat wanted to elevate the voices of students and hear from them directly. How are they feeling about protests against racial injustice? How do today's marches make them think about the future? Here's what…