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With the first day of school approaching, parents and students share dueling anxieties

Many anxious parents and children have grown increasingly vocal this week, as districts finalize plans and negotiate with teachers’ unions over what education will look like this year.

Ahead of students returning to school, Mass. launches public awareness campaign

Massachusetts education officials announced Thursday they’ll be launching a public awareness campaign to remind parents, students, and teachers how to keep each other safe as school buildings begin to reopen.

Thousands of Boston’s neediest students remain in the dark about schools’ plans for fall

With less than three weeks left before the start of school, huge questions remain about what the fall will look like for thousands of students with disabilities in Boston, including when they will be able to return for in-person instruction and how extensive it will be.

Spotty broadband challenges Western Mass. schools

Six years after the state completed a $90 million data network to serve the region, thousands of Western Massachusetts families and small businesses still do not have access to reliable high-speed Internet service.

Wednesday would have been the first day of classes for many. These parents are pushing the schools to reopen.
Parents voiced frustration about school reopening plans, saying they don’t feel the data-based guidelines laid out by Governor Charlie Baker’s administration are being used to orchestrate a full-time return to learning.

Andover educators vote no confidence in superintendent, return to school buildings ‘under duress’
After refusing to enter school buildings Monday, members of the Andover Education Association returned “under duress” on Tuesday and voted that they have no confidence in the district’s superintendent, Sheldon Berman.

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Dozens of students were not admitted to Boston exam schools because of an error

Boston Public Schools mistakenly denied 62 students — many of them children of color who came from private, charter, or parochial schools — entry to the district’s coveted exam schools since last year.

State to allow remote learning pods, kids’ programs outside schools

State education officials announced Friday that families can form small remote-learning co-ops, after-school programs can operate during typical school hours, and churches and community centers can host students who might otherwise be unsupervised when out of school this fall.

Dreading the school year? Some parents are taking it on the road

“Roadschooling” is emerging as a COVID-19-era alternative for Americans who are limited by border closures but not by commutes.

A look inside a pandemic-era classroom: Scituate Public Schools give families a peek

In a creative approach to keeping families informed, Scituate Public Schools gave parents a “first look” this week inside the classrooms their students will be using this fall.

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Remote learning for kids means more work for parents

The fall is going to be better than spring, but that's a low bar to clear.