Gov. Newsom orders most California schools to stay closed until coronavirus spread lessens

Gov. Gavin Newsom handed down strict guidelines that will require most California schools to keep their buildings closed to start the year to cope with the coronavirus outbreak. Those that…

Trump’s demand that schools fully reopen spurned by big districts

President Donald Trump has spent the past two weeks demanding — often in all caps on Twitter — that American schools reopen this fall. But America’s biggest school systems are…

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

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, which President Donald Trump’s son Barron attends, in Potomac, Md., April 29, 2020. (Samuel Corum/The New York Times) WASHINGTON — The school attended by President Donald…

Which Country Gets High Marks for Reopening Schools?

Carl Court/Getty As American school officials debate when it will be safe for schoolchildren to return to classrooms, looking abroad may offer insights. Nearly every country in the world shuttered…

UM professors upset over school’s plan to have in-person classes amid rising COVID cases

As Miami-Dade County — the epicenter of the pandemic in Florida — reports thousands of COVID-19 cases each day, some faculty and staff at the University of Miami are pushing…

Success Academy Offers Sobering Lesson for Reopening NYC Schools

(Bloomberg) — If any school in America could find an edge just now — a magic way to reopen kindergarten or teach Algebra online — you might think it was…