The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to release official guidance on school reopenings soon, the agency’s director said Friday after previously saying teachers could return to in-person classes without being vaccinated against COVID-19. “We are actively working on the guidance—the official guidance—which will be released in the week ahead,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky told reporters…
CDC Director Says Official Guidance on School Reopenings to Be Released Soon
Former CDC Director Joins Chorus Supporting School Reopenings
A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday said he supports schools reopening if proper measures are put into place, joining a chorus of current and former officials from the public health agency. “Early on in this pandemic, the move was to get schools closed, and that was based…
Chicago Again Delays School Reopening As Teachers Union, City Make No Deal
Chicago has again put off the plan to bring students back to classrooms as the nation’s third largest public school district failed to reach an agreement with its teachers’ union to reopen schools that have been closed for almost a year. In a statement posted on Twitter late Wednesday evening, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) told…
Chicago Again Delays School Reopening As Teachers Union, City Fail to Reach Deal
Chicago has again put off the plan to bring students back to classrooms as the nation’s third largest public school district failed to reach an agreement with its teachers’ union to reopen schools that have been closed for almost a year. In a statement posted on Twitter late Wednesday evening, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) told…
Senate Republican Bill to Pull Federal Funds From Schools That Refuse to Reopen
A group of eight Republican senators on Wednesday introduced a bill that would pull federal funding out of schools that are unwilling to reopen for in-person learning this spring. The proposed legislation, known as Put Students First Act of 2021, would require K-12 schools to provide an in-person learning option by April 30, or lose…
Laguna Beach High Schools Will Remain Closed Until Virus Metrics Improve
February 3, 2021
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Some Laguna Beach high schools will remain closed until Orange County enters a less restrictive tier of the pandemic, and the local school board says it’s taking extra steps to help students struggling with remote learning. “Under the substantially stressful conditions of the pandemic, school-based mental health staff has used multiple ways to support students,…
San Francisco Sues Its Own School District in Bid to Speed Return to In-person Classes
February 3, 2021
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San Francisco sued its own school district on Wednesday as it tries to speed a planned return to in-person public school classes. City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed the lawsuit, with support from Democrat Mayor London Breed, against the San Francisco Board of Education and the city’s school district. In an online news conference, Herrera said…
Ontario to Expand Asymptomatic Testing to Schools Province-Wide
Ontario education minister Stephen Lecce announced on Feb. 1 that the province will be expanding its targeted asymptomatic testing to schools and childcare centres located in areas where there are COVID-19 outbreaks, high case counts, and high priority communities. “When we first launched targeted asymptomatic testing for students and staff and their households, we started…
Chicago Mayor Insists on Reopening Classrooms Monday as Potential Teachers Union Strike Looms
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is insisting that students of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) resume in-person learning, as the city makes little progress in an effort to reach a deal with Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) to reopen schools that have been closed since last spring. The CPS, which serves over 355,000 students, is aiming to reopen…
Chicago Mayor Insists on Reopening Classrooms as Potential Teachers Union Strike Looms
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is insisting that public school teachers resume in-person learning, as the city makes little progress in an effort to reach a deal with the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) to reopen schools that have been closed since last spring. The CPS, which serves over 355,000 students, is aiming to reopen K-8 schools…
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