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In an email to families and staff Sunday, Superintendent Eric Conti the district will switch to remote learning through April 12, citing 10 cases of COVID-19 in the past week. At least 130 Burlington High School students are now in quarantine.

A high school in Burlington, Massachusetts is moving class online Monday as officials deal with an outbreak of coronavirus cases, according to the district’s superintendent. In an email to families and staff Sunday, Superintendent Eric Conti said the district will switch to remote learning through April 12, citing 10 cases of COVID-19 in the past week. At least 130 Burlington…

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will stop in Boston Tuesday to discuss best practices for returning to in-person learning as Massachusetts’ first-in-the-nation pool testing initiative show low transmission rates in schools. The visit is part of a federal “Help is Here” School Reopening Tour, highlighting the the Biden administration’s efforts to support states as they navigate returning to in-person...

Boston Public Schools and Worcester Public Schools make a partial return to classrooms Monday as part of a state mandate to resume in-person learning.

Some students in Massachusetts’ two largest school districts return to class for in-person learning Monday. Boston and Worcester Public Schools make a partial return to classrooms Monday as part of a mandate from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Boston students in grades nine through 12 will return to a hybrid learning schedule, according to Superintendent Brenda Cassellius,…

Of 74 requests from Massachusetts school districts to delay the return to in-person learning, 58 have been approved to date, according to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Dozens of school districts in Massachusetts are delaying the return to full-time in-person learning after receiving state approval, including the biggest in the state, Boston Public Schools. All elementary schools in Massachusetts are expected to phase out remote learning by April 5, according to guidance issued by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education earlier this month. As part...

Another wave of Boston Public School students returned to classrooms Monday, as the district opened up in-person learning for those in grades four through eight even as some educators believe more time is needed to prepare. The group is the latest to return to school buildings under the BPS plan, following the return of those in pre-school and kindergarten through…

Boston Public Schools are welcoming back nearly 8,000 students into classrooms Monday, starting with pre-school and kindergarten through Grade 3 students.

Boston Public Schools are welcoming back nearly 8,000 students into classrooms Monday, starting with those in pre-school and kindergarten through Grade 3. They join about 7,000 students with high needs who have been attending class in person since December. Mayor Marty Walsh announced the plan last week, citing a continued downward trend in coronavirus case numbers. “It will be the…

Pool testing for COVID-19 has been a success in Medford, which partnered with Tufts to accomplish it.

In a push to get students back into the classroom, the Framingham Public School District is hiring additional staff to accomodate coronavirus needs.

In a push to get students back into the classroom, the Framingham Public School District is hiring additional staff to accomodate coronavirus needs. The city is looking to hire as many as 40 new people to fill positions in classrooms where teachers can’t return to school because of health concerns. Teachers would continue their instruction from home, but new staffers…

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

The city of Boston reached an agreement with the teacher’s union to reopen four schools for students with the highest needs by implementing various coronavirus safety protocols.

Cohasset middle and high schools are switching to remote learning Monday for the next two weeks after students were found at a house party over the weekend. The schools will operate remotely until Nov. 30, then return to a hybrid model if there are no further issues, according to the Boston Globe. The superintendent is urging anyone who attended the…

Hundreds of students with the highest needs can return to their classrooms as four Boston schools reopen Monday. Boston Public Schools and the Boston Teachers Union reached an agreement on ways to keep students and teachers safe with in-person learning Sunday night. The four schools reopening Monday are the Carter School, Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of…

A new database that tracks COVID-19 learning models across Massachusetts has information on 40 of the state’s largest school districts.

A new database that tracks COVID-19 learning models across Massachusetts has information on 40 of the state’s largest school districts. The database, created by Boston University and the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, allows anyone to see how educators are teaching students during the pandemic. The creators of the tool believe sharing data and information can help improve the quality…

Worcester Public Schools have delayed a return to in-person learning for the highest-need and vocational students until the district can upgrade ventilation systems in school buildings. The district was unable to complete key upgrades in time for the Nov. 16 start date, according to city officials, amid concerns over a rising number of COVID-19 cases. The Worcester School Committee approved…