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Massachusetts schools saw a decrease in their number of newly reported coronavirus cases this week, with 674 new cases reported among students and staff.  The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 462 students and 212 employees with district building access within seven days of the report tested…

Nearly 40 percent of students in Massachusetts are learning at home full-time. Are they falling behind? Sue O’Connell sat down with Kate Dobin of the Barr Foundation to discuss findings from a survey of high school students.

Massachusetts schools saw a slight increase in coronavirus cases this week, with 969 new cases reported among students and staff. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 624 students and 345 employees with district building access within seven days of the report tested positive between Jan. 21 and Jan….

Massachusetts education officials on Thursday reported 930 new cases of the coronavirus among students and staff over a one-week period. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 523 students with district building access within seven days of the report tested positive from Jan. 7 to Jan. 13, as did…

Massachusetts education officials on Thursday reported 930 new cases of the coronavirus among students and staff over a one-week period. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 523 students with district building access within seven days of the report tested positive from Jan. 7 to Jan. 13, as did…

Massachusetts schools across the state on Thursday reported 431 new cases of the coronavirus among students and staff. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 178 students with district building access within seven days of the report tested positive from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6, as did 253 school…

Nearly 950 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past week among students and staff in Massachusetts schools. Districts announced 552 of the new cases were diagnosed in students, while the other 397 cases of the virus were among staff members. The latest data from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education covers Dec. 17 through Dec. 23, the…

Massachusetts’ schools are continuing to see an increase in coronavirus cases, with 1,009 more cases reported this week. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 591 students learning in-person or in a hybrid plan tested positive from Dec. 10 to 16, as did 418 school district staffers. This week…

If your child develops symptoms of the coronavirus in school, they could get an Abbott rapid test with parental permission starting in early December.

Coronavirus cases have spiked in Massachusetts schools, with 652 more cases reported this week among students and staff members. The Department of Elementary and Secondary released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 398 students learning in-person or in a hybrid plan tested positive from Nov. 12 to 18, as did 254 school district staffers. The…

School districts across the country are doing their best to plan for the upcoming school year without knowing for certain what the situation with COVID-19 will be, but one school district in Massachusetts says it has already determined that full-time in-person classroom learning will not be an option. In Somerville, Mayor Joe Curtatone knows what he and many other parents…

What will school look like in the fall? It’s a big question school districts across the country are facing amid the coronavirus pandemic. In Massachusetts, there are mixed opinions on the Worcester School District’s plans for reopening in the fall. The school committee and community members spent time Monday night discussing ways they could safely reopen. “This is life...

There are mixed opinions on Worcester School District’s re-opening plans. Monday night, the school committee discussed ways to safely reopen.

The Massachusetts plan for reopening schools fails to address four of the 12 criteria laid out by a Johns Hopkins tracker to help open up classrooms safely this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The state’s guidance includes prioritizing students with disabilities, specifically preschool-age children and those with complex needs to have in-person instruction for the upcoming school year.