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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…

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

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

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…

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.

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…

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

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…

The Worcester School Committee decided to delay in-person learning for high need and vocational students because the district was unable to upgrade ventilation systems in school buildings by Nov. 16.

Teachers in Brookline, Massachusetts, say the school district is reneging on its commitment to maintain six feet of social distancing in school buildings.

Mayor Marty Walsh is asking all Boston residents to get tested for the new coronavirus, which has been more and more active in the city the last month. The city’s positive coronavirus test rate continues to rise, Walsh said at a news conference Thursday from City Hall, characterizing the “steady, continuing increase in COVID activity” as a five-week-long trend....

Details on a new coronavirus testing initiative at public schools in Somerville and Medford will be unveiled Thursday by city officials and Tufts University representatives. The testing partnership is part of the phased school reopening plans in Somerville and Medford, which are aimed to meant to make classrooms safer by limiting the spread of the virus. Tufts is located in…

A testing partnership between Tufts University and the cities of Somerville and Medford is aimed to meant to make classrooms safer by limiting the spread of the virus during phased reopening.

The superintendent of Boston Public Schools is working to get students with the highest needs back in the classroom, a move that would come after the district went fully remote last week due to coronavirus safety concerns. Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said during a city council hearing Wednesday the district is implementing additional safety measures — including large capacity rooms and…

Superintendent of Boston Public Schools Brenda Cassellius said some high-needs students could be heading back to class as soon as tomorrow after the district went fully remote over coronavirus concerns.

The Boston Teacher’s Union’s lawsuit against the city and superintendent will go before a judge virtually Wednesday as they argue that schools aren’t safe for in-person learning.

The Boston Teachers Union is filing an injunction to halt in-person learning at Boston Public Schools Friday, citing coronavirus concerns.

For the first time since March, thousands of students in Boston headed back to the classroom Thursday despite the city’s high-risk designation for coronavirus transmission. Around 3,500 high-needs students returned Thursday and a similar group is slated to head back Monday. The rest of the district remains remote for now. “Just watching the students come in with their parents just…

For the first time since March, hundreds of students in Boston will head back to the classroom Thursday despite the city entering in the red zone.