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3 Florida Educators Die Of COVID-19 Within 24 Hours As Schools Prepare To Reopen
Less than a week before schools are set to reopen in Broward County, Fla., local union officials say three educators have died of complications from the coronavirus. None of them were vaccinated.
Fauci Says Teachers Should Be Required To Be Vaccinated
"We are in a major surge now as we're going into the fall, into the school season. This is very serious business," Fauci said. He urges states and localities to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for teachers.
CDC Updates Guidelines To Protect Kids From COVID In School. Plus: Vacation Tips
The updated guidance promotes vaccination for those old enough and says vaccinated children may not need masks. What about kids too young for vaccines? And as summer begins, what about vacation risks?
This School District Erased All Holiday Names After Dropping Columbus Day
Some institutions have dropped the name Columbus Day or switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day. One New Jersey school district came up with a new solution: eliminate all holiday names.
COMIC: For Music Teacher, Virtual School Meant Teaching Kids 'To Hear The Way I Hear'
It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways amid the backdrop of a pandemic.
Empty Desks At U.N. Represent Millions Of Children Who Have Missed School In Pandemic
The 168 school desks make up an exhibit called "Pandemic Classroom." Each of the seats represents 1 million children living in countries where schools have been closed for almost a year.
Not All COVID-19 Aid Is Spent. But Schools, Cities And States Say They Need More
Republicans in Congress question whether schools, cities and states really need as much relief as President Biden and Democrats want to give them. At the local level, people say they're desperate.
Guards, Generosity, Patience: A Volunteer Effort To Vaccinate Public School Workers
In Washington, D.C., hospital staff vaccinated 1,750 public school workers in one day. It was a hard-won success amid a fragmented nationwide vaccination campaign fraught with challenges.