Back to School

State plans to send weekly at-home tests for students, school staff enrolled in testing program

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Gov. Baker, DESE commissioner to make announcement on schools, COVID-19 testing

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MA schools mostly reopen despite COVID surge

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Gov. Baker talks about in-person learning at Salem K-8 school

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Boston superintendent: 155 teachers, staff tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend

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More Headlines

DESE: school rapid test kits have arrived, distribution starts this weekend

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DESE denies Curley waiver for 7 remote learning days to count towards state requirement, approves 4

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Vaccinated students, staff at Xaverian Brothers High School can go maskless after 80% threshold met

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Childhood obesity up 16 percent nationwide during pandemic

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Amherst school district to require student COVID-19 vaccines

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Boston Public Schools dealing with supply chain issues for lunch deliveries

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Public health expert: Don’t dump masks in schools Nov. 1

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Racist email on UMass Amherst campus raises questions

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Boston 25 ‘Gets Real’ about the youth mental health crisis

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Masks in schools: CDC releases new data to support school masking rules to prevent COVID-19

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Demand blamed for weekly testing hiccups in 600+ MA districts

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Spring MCAS scores (mostly) go south

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Parents keep pressing DESE for virtual option

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Role of MCAS exam continues to rile education world

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COVID-19 updates: 20 new deaths, 1,543 new cases

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Some unvaccinated kids kept out of the classroom

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Some MA parents want remote learning option back

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25 Investigates: Hundreds of Mass. schools yet to receive state supplied COVID testing tools

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Bus issues mar Boston’s back to school

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Lack of availability and high cost of child care leaving many working women in tough predicament

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Coronavirus Headlines

CDC eases coronavirus quarantine, screening recommendations

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Coronavirus: FDA authorizes Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

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COVID-19: US officials working on a plan to OK second booster for all adults

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Changing times: DPH will now post COVID dashboard once a week

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‘Centaurus’: WHO is tracking new COVID-19 sublineage

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STUDY: Are we getting closer to curing long COVID-19?

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Coronavirus: FDA allows pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill

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CDC recommends Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children and adolescents

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Coronavirus: Mayim Bialik says getting COVID-19 was ‘no joke’

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Moderna COVID-19 booster shot effective against omicron subvariants, company says

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Vaccination of youngest Americans gets underway

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Experts warn increase in pandemic drinking already having disastrous effects

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