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[TRENDING NEWS] A federal appeals court delays New York City’s vaccine mandate for teachers.

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Author: BY ELIZA SHAPIRO AND JONAH E. BROMWICH - Publish Date: September 25, 2021 at 09:04PM The mandate, which affects well over 150,000 people working in the nation’s largest school system, was set to go into effect on Monday at midnight.

[TRENDING NEWS] N.Y.C. schools prepare for staffing shortages as a vaccine mandate looms.

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Author: BY ELIZA SHAPIRO - Publish Date: September 25, 2021 at 12:10AM Thousands of Department of Education employees still haven’t received their first doses or haven’t submitted proof of vaccination.

[TRENDING NEWS] The largest U.S. teachers’ union announces support for vaccination or testing for educators.

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Author: BY SARAH MERVOSH - Publish Date: August 13, 2021 at 12:44AM The announcement comes after the leader of another major teachers’ union signaled strong support for vaccine mandates.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Fading Coal County Bets on Schools, but There’s One Big Hitch

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Author: BY EDUARDO PORTER - Publish Date: June 15, 2021 at 01:37AM Hard hit by the decline of mining, a rural area in West Virginia is trying to attract teachers in a comeback effort. What’s lacking are jobs for the graduates.

[TRENDING NEWS] Why the Right Loves Public School Culture Wars

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Author: BY MICHELLE GOLDBERG - Publish Date: May 4, 2021 at 07:03AM Biden doesn't rile up the grassroots. Critical race theory does.

[TRENDING NEWS] In a Boost to Reopening Schools, C.D.C. Says Students Can Be 3 Feet Apart

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Author: BY RONI CARYN RABIN, KATE TAYLOR, DANA GOLDSTEIN AND SHAWN HUBLER - Publish Date: March 20, 2021 at 07:21AM The previous recommendation of six feet of distancing was a major obstacle to bringing students back for in-person learning.

[TRENDING NEWS] On Pandemic Schooling, de Blasio Is Actually Leading

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Author: BY MICHELLE GOLDBERG - Publish Date: December 1, 2020 at 08:10AM The mayor so many love to hate is doing more than most to get kids back in class.

[TRENDING NEWS] How One District Got Its Students Back Into Classrooms

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Author: BY JENNY ANDERSON - Publish Date: September 20, 2020 at 02:00PM Cajon Valley in California is doing something that many lower-income districts have postponed: offering in-person instruction.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘Home-Schooling Won’t Kill Us. Covid-19 Might.’

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Author: BY RACHEL L. HARRIS AND LISA TARCHAK - Publish Date: July 25, 2020 at 11:10AM Parents and teachers struggle with how to reopen schools safely this fall.

[TRENDING NEWS] As Trump Calls for Schools to Fully Reopen, His Son’s School Says It Will Not

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Author: BY PETER BAKER - Publish Date: July 24, 2020 at 07:22AM St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, the private school in the Maryland suburbs attended by Barron Trump, said it was considering either a hybrid part-time plan or going back to entirely online classes.

[TRENDING NEWS] Reopen Schools? Here’s What You Had to Say

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Author: BY LISA LERER - Publish Date: July 17, 2020 at 06:48AM Parents, teachers and students shared fears and frustrations.

[TRENDING NEWS] My Daughter Was a Preschool Biter

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Author: BY CARLA BRUCE-EDDINGS - Publish Date: April 16, 2020 at 09:19AM They told me it was “just a phase,” but it felt like a mortifying betrayal.

[TRENDING NEWS] Professors, Beware. A ‘Student Information Officer’ Might Be Watching.

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Author: BY JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ - Publish Date: November 1, 2019 at 02:00PM In a throwback to the Mao era, China is deploying students as watchdogs against teachers. It’s part of a campaign by President Xi to eliminate dissent.

[TRENDING NEWS] Take Today Off From Uber and Lyft

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Author: DAVID LEONHARDT - Publish Date: May 8, 2019 at 07:00AM Drivers are striking for decent pay and benefits.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Teacher Shared Her Salary, and a Stranger Started a School Supplies Wish List

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Author: EMILY S. RUEB - Publish Date: May 3, 2019 at 07:00AM Last month, Ben Adam, a New Yorker who owns a real estate company, started the website Classroom Giving to help teachers in need of supplies.

[TRENDING NEWS] $773 Million Later, de Blasio Ends Signature Initiative to Improve Failing Schools

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Author: ELIZA SHAPIRO - Publish Date: February 26, 2019 at 07:00AM The closure of the Renewal program is a disappointment for Mayor Bill de Blasio and for educators across the country who support investing in struggling schools rather than closing them.

[TRENDING NEWS] New York Joins Movement to Abandon Use of Student Tests in Teacher Evaluations

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Author: ELIZA SHAPIRO - Publish Date: February 1, 2019 at 07:00AM Under a bill approved in Albany, standardized tests could have almost no role in how teachers are evaluated — a sea change in New York’s approach.

[TRENDING NEWS] In 13 Years of Education Reporting, So Much Has Changed

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Author: DANA GOLDSTEIN - Publish Date: January 30, 2019 at 07:00AM Covering recent teachers’ strikes, including the latest showdown, in Los Angeles, has brought into relief a shift in the conversation.

[TRENDING NEWS] Los Angeles Braces for Major Teachers’ Strike

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Author: JENNIFER MEDINA and DANA GOLDSTEIN - Publish Date: January 7, 2019 at 07:00AM After months of failed negotiations, teachers are expected to walk off the job on Thursday, in a show of frustration in the second-largest school system in the country.