school closings

The White House will soon issue a guidance on public schools closings to slow the spread of coronavirus, Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday. “We’re working very closely with California, Washington, New York and Florida to develop community...

There’s nothing routine about the coronavirus epidemic, but experts say keeping a regular learning schedule for kids and teens is a must. That’s why when Massachusetts mom Jessica McHale started keeping her kids home from school last Friday, she...

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday defended his decision to keep city schools closed until the fall over the coronavirus crisis — calling it a “moral question” amid his battle with Gov. Andrew Cuomo over policy-making power. De Blasio said he...

A Kansas school teacher’s passion project has become a national database, cataloging coronavirus-related events including school closings, cases and deaths. Alisha Morris was overwhelmed by the information she found online when she attempted to get...

Bad enough parents must play Red Light, Green Light on kids’ in-person learning; worse, the rules of the game are unclear, ever-changing and set sometimes by Mayor de Blasio, sometimes by Gov. ­Cuomo — two officials who are rarely on the same...

Where are all the feminists when women need them? The US jobs numbers for December were grim: 140,000 jobs were lost amid new lockdowns across the country. But the gender breakdown of the losses was stunning. As the National Women’s Law Center...

The racially-charged fight over Los Angeles school closings took an ugly turn when an outspoken, pro-opening mom said she got an email from the teachers union asking what her ethnicity is — after the union head claimed reopening pleas are largely...

Randi Weingarten leads the nation’s second-largest teachers union — which is alarming, since her recent remarks show her thinking on school reopenings to be confused, offensive and downright creepy. In an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic...

Calls to a major child abuse hotline increased in the early months of the pandemic, new research has revealed. The findings add fuel to worries that hidden child abuse may have been a consequence of school closings and lockdown measures due to the...

American Federation of Teachers boss Randi Weingarten "responded" to an editorial slamming her for fighting to keep schools closed by changing the subject.

Jennifer Sey was pushed out of her job as Levi’s Global Brand President because she advocated for opening public school playgrounds and unmasking toddlers.