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Parents Have a New Headache as Masks in School Become Optional

Hundreds of U.S. school districts are shifting from stern mask mandates to softer mask-optional guidelines, giving parents and children final say in a fraught debate.

school closings - Bloomberg
4:00am PST - March 7th, 2022

The best things to do in the D.C. area the week of March 3-9

Celebrate the reopenings of two D.C. museums, watch professional women's hockey or get an early start on St. Patrick's Day.

school closings - The Washington Post
5:00am PST - March 3rd, 2022

State of the Union speech: Full video of Biden’s address

Biden said much of the world is united against Russia while also using the moment to make Americans feel optimistic.

school closings - Al Jazeera English
2:11am PST - March 2nd, 2022

Education, traditionally a strength, has Democrats on their heels

The party has traditionally dominated on education issues, even when the GOP has outperformed it on the ballot. That may be changing.

school closings - The Washington Post
3:00am PST - February 21st, 2022

San Francisco voters oust three school board members in recall vote, CNN projects

Three San Francisco School Board members were removed from their positions by voters on Tuesday, CNN projects, following a tough recall campaign that pitted Democrats against Democrats as interlocking controversies over school closings and renamings fueled a …

school closings - CNN
3:24am PST - February 16th, 2022

Voters Fed Up With Covid Are Turning Against Biden and the Democrats

The White House insists it can “defeat the virus,” but the nation is increasingly willing to live with it.

school closings - Bloomberg
1:00am PST - February 9th, 2022

Chicago Teachers Union Head Touts Success But Won't Seek Re-Election

"In the eyes of many around our city, and our country, we succeeded," Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey wrote in a statement on Wednesday.

school closings - Newsweek
8:54am PST - February 3rd, 2022

Ottawa police strategy to change as COVID-19 protest abates - The Globe and Mail

  1. Ottawa police strategy to change as COVID-19 protest abates  The Globe and Mail
  2. Crime & Justice | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  3. Ottawa's police chief says the response to the protest has been a success. Not everyone agree…

    school closings - The Globe And Mail
    4:59am PST - February 2nd, 2022

Cleveland suburbs offer window into how pandemic policies could shape midterm election

The political fight over pandemic policy is playing out in America's suburbs, where some of the same voters -- namely suburban women -- who propelled Democrats to big wins in the 2018 and 2020 elections are now breaking ranks ahead of this year's midterms.

school closings - CNN
5:33pm PST - January 24th, 2022

School Closures Were a Catastrophe. Progressives Still Haven’t Reckoned With It.

If you don’t diagnose your error, you might repeat it.

school closings - New York Magazine
5:00am PST - January 17th, 2022

Chicago schools to resume in-person classes after teachers union and city reach deal - The Washington Post

  1. Chicago schools to resume in-person classes after teachers union and city reach deal  The Washington Post
  2. Chicago Teachers Union votes to accept deal to reopen city schools  CNN
  3. Chicago schools will reopen after deal reached betwee…

    school closings - The Washington Post
    4:08am PST - January 11th, 2022

EXPLAINER: Why are Chicago schools, teachers union fighting? - Associated Press

  1. EXPLAINER: Why are Chicago schools, teachers union fighting?  Associated Press
  2. Chicago Teachers Union votes to accept deal to reopen city schools  CNN
  3. Chicago schools will reopen after deal reached between union, city  Fox News school closings - Associated Press
    7:09pm PST - January 10th, 2022

Omicron and the Week America Is Calling In Sick - The Wall Street Journal

An estimated 5 million Americans could be stuck at home because of Covid-19, leaving many businesses short-handed

school closings - The Wall Street Journal
8:12am PST - January 7th, 2022

DC-area school closings for Jan. 7 - The Washington Post

  1. DC-area school closings for Jan. 7  The Washington Post
  2. Closures & Delays: Maryland Schools, Government Offices & Businesses  CBS Baltimore
  3. Western Montana school closures and delays for Friday  KPAX-TV
  4. Another snow day! …

    school closings - The Washington Post
    3:26pm PST - January 6th, 2022

Justin Trudeau's pandemic pep talks are wearing a little thin now - The Globe and Mail

  1. Justin Trudeau's pandemic pep talks are wearing a little thin now  The Globe and Mail
  2. Trudeau says Canadians 'angry' with anti-vaxxers  CTV News
  3. Trudeau says Canadians are 'angry' and 'frustrated' with the unvaccinated  CBC News <…

    school closings - The Globe And Mail
    5:38pm PST - January 5th, 2022

Donald Trump Criticizes 'Failing Government Schools' in Rant About Chicago Closings

The Chicago Teacher's Union voted in favor of a return to remote learning, causing Chicago Public Schools to cancel classes on Wednesday.

school closings - Newsweek
3:07pm PST - January 5th, 2022

School, work, travel can wait as snow blankets US capital

A winter storm packing heavy snow has closed government offices and schools in the nation's capital and surrounding suburbs

school closings - ABC News
3:15am PST - January 4th, 2022

School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic are having a detrimental effect on students and families, research shows - The Globe and Mail

  1. School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic are having a detrimental effect on students and families, research shows  The Globe and Mail
  2. COVID-19 pandemic may not have been all bad for school students, study finds  ABC News
  3. View F…

    school closings - The Globe And Mail
    9:00am PST - December 29th, 2021

NYC Public Schools Sending COVID Tests Home, Randomly Testing Students to Keep Doors Open

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Mayor-elect Eric Adams unveiled the plan during a press conference.

school closings - Newsweek
12:33pm PST - December 28th, 2021

COVID puts a damper on Christmas Eve again around the world - Associated Press

  1. COVID puts a damper on Christmas Eve again around the world  Associated Press
  2. Christmas celebrations are scaled back again because of COVID  NPR
  3. Virus weighs again on Christmas festivities in Bethlehem  ABC News
  4. COVID put…

    school closings - Associated Press
    8:24am PST - December 24th, 2021

COVID puts a damper on Christmas Eve again around the world - Associated Press

  1. COVID puts a damper on Christmas Eve again around the world  Associated Press
  2. COVID puts a damper on Christmas Eve around the world... again  WKRC TV Cincinnati
  3. For a second Christmas, the Holy Land is closed to pilgrims because of…

    school closings - Associated Press
    8:24am PST - December 24th, 2021

Vatican Says Children the ‘Most Vulnerable Victims’ of the Pandemic

The Vatican said Wednesday that children have been the “most vulnerable victims” of the coronavirus pandemic, despite their remarkable resistance to the disease itself.

school closings - Breitbart News
9:26am PST - December 22nd, 2021

Vatican Decries ‘Parallel Pandemic’ Caused by Lockdowns

The Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) said Wednesday that more attention needs to be paid to the deleterious effects of measures such as school closings and lockdowns imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic.

school closings - Breitbart News
8:47am PST - December 22nd, 2021

School Closings Surge as Omicron Spreads Across the U.S.

For U.S. school officials struggling with a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, winter break can’t come soon enough.

school closings - Bloomberg
10:10am PST - December 20th, 2021

Your Evening Briefing: Omicron May Send Fewer People to the Hospital

Get caught up.

school closings - Bloomberg
2:24pm PST - December 17th, 2021
I haven't been able to stop thinking about this book I finished a few weeks ago. 

The book bans and school closings and destruction of knowledge and the ever present force of cultural genocide https://t.co/lPGpYLbxup

I haven't been able to stop thinking about this book I finished a few weeks ago. The book bans and school closings and destruction of knowledge and the ever present force of cultural genocide https://t.co/lPGpYLbxup

Katherine Montalto (the widow of the web) (@kathrnmontalto)
4:05pm PDT - July 26th, 2023

What Holcomb and others were able to do in Indiana — which is so unusual and so important — is basically say, ‘You know what? Public health is more than the pandemic. It’s more than masks and vaccines and school closings. Public health is about the health of your local community. https://t.co/pb4QQsIFnv

Kimberly M. Cooley (@kmcooley)
3:56pm PDT - July 26th, 2023

From the 20 school districts in the greater Austin area, GISD ranks number two in new home closings. https://t.co/8ETJjoO4si

Williamson County Sun (@WilcoSun)
2:58pm PDT - July 26th, 2023

Eve Ewing: A Paragraph from "Ghosts in the Schoolyard" about School Closings in Chicago https://t.co/zfMYSd7ym1 via @dianeravitch

Coopmike48 (we/us) (@coopmike48)
11:49am PDT - July 26th, 2023
Natasha Dunn with collective saying this board must prioritize black student learning. Need a real plan not just words. Says school closings and sorted system harms black students. Her kid can’t go to south shore, etc. want to work with boe. https://t.co/1RQRGqZCP7

Natasha Dunn with collective saying this board must prioritize black student learning. Need a real plan not just words. Says school closings and sorted system harms black students. Her kid can’t go to south shore, etc. want to work with boe. https://t.co/1RQRGqZCP7

Wendy Katten (@wjk1971)
10:44am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @MilaKoumpilova: A decade ago, @beckyvevea met Henson Elementary's principal & its eighth-grade valedictorian while reporting on Chicago…

Maureen Kelleher (@KelleherMaureen)
9:55am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @MilaKoumpilova: A decade ago, @beckyvevea met Henson Elementary's principal & its eighth-grade valedictorian while reporting on Chicago…

Moms for #FAPE, #Literacy, and #EducationFreedom (@Moms4FAPE)
9:29am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @MilaKoumpilova: A decade ago, @beckyvevea met Henson Elementary's principal & its eighth-grade valedictorian while reporting on Chicago…

Kalyn Belsha (@kalynbelsha)
8:30am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @MilaKoumpilova: A decade ago, @beckyvevea met Henson Elementary's principal & its eighth-grade valedictorian while reporting on Chicago…

Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso)
8:21am PDT - July 26th, 2023

Chicago closed 50 schools a decade ago. Here’s a look at what’s happened since then. https://t.co/T3DYA7bTAE

Lois Porter (@FreeLois)
8:10am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @beckyvevea: Chicago closed 50 schools a decade ago. Here’s a look at what’s happened since then. @chalkbeatCHI https://t.co/t1vsBBxqjx

D.A. Bullock (@BullyCreative)
6:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023
Our school utilizes the SchoolMessenger system to deliver text messages, straight to your mobile phone with important information about events, school closings, safety alerts and more. Opt-in today! #ehtpride #ehtstrong https://t.co/aWRQOxObrv

Our school utilizes the SchoolMessenger system to deliver text messages, straight to your mobile phone with important information about events, school closings, safety alerts and more. Opt-in today! #ehtpride #ehtstrong https://t.co/aWRQOxObrv

EHT School District (@EHTNJSchools)
5:00am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @reemadamin: ".'..the entrance to Henson was still blocked by boards on which someone had painted a mural. It read: “Our lives begin to…

leonie haimson (@leoniehaimson)
10:19pm PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @beckyvevea: Chicago closed 50 schools a decade ago. Here’s a look at what’s happened since then. @chalkbeatCHI https://t.co/t1vsBBxqjx

Jan202021 (@Dixie202021)
9:45pm PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @beckyvevea: Chicago closed 50 schools a decade ago. Here’s a look at what’s happened since then. @chalkbeatCHI https://t.co/t1vsBBxqjx

Strannik (@Strannik_REB45)
8:57pm PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @DovBear: The left was wrong on covid school closings. An attempt to save people. A mistake they owned The right was wrong on covid va…

DovBear - Follow and follow back (@DovBear)
8:52pm PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @beckyvevea: Chicago closed 50 schools a decade ago. Here’s a look at what’s happened since then. @chalkbeatCHI https://t.co/t1vsBBxqjx

Preservation Chicago: Love Your City Fiercely! (@Pres_Chicago)
8:51pm PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @beckyvevea: Chicago closed 50 schools a decade ago. Here’s a look at what’s happened since then. @chalkbeatCHI https://t.co/t1vsBBxqjx

andie (@LandinAndie)
8:27pm PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @beckyvevea: Chicago closed 50 schools a decade ago. Here’s a look at what’s happened since then. @chalkbeatCHI https://t.co/t1vsBBxqjx

Pat Whalen (@ThePatWhalen)
8:15pm PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @ElginTxISD: ICYMI: Wildcat Nation: Elgin ISD will be offering text message notifications this school year, for important information ab…

Miguel Castillo (@spqrmiguel)
12:15pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023
ICYMI: Wildcat Nation: Elgin ISD will be offering text message notifications this school year, for important information about events, school closings, safety alerts and more.
Sign up by simply texting “Y” to our school district’s short code number: 67587
https://t.co/zA7iWYrVYB https://t.co/Fd0QDel1IS

ICYMI: Wildcat Nation: Elgin ISD will be offering text message notifications this school year, for important information about events, school closings, safety alerts and more. Sign up by simply texting “Y” to our school district’s short code number: 67587 https://t.co/zA7iWYrVYB https://t.co/Fd0QDel1IS

Elgin ISD (@ElginTxISD)
9:46am PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @KowalskisKid: @HollyBriden Remember when the head of the CTU deleted her IG because she was found out to be vacationing in Puerto Rico…

Jerome Goolsby (@JLG1956)
12:06am PDT - July 23rd, 2023

RT @nrookie: After the mass school closings in Chicago, Louisiana and Detroit we really have to see the pattern here.

Jack Womack (@jwomack)
12:44pm PDT - July 22nd, 2023

RT @nrookie: After the mass school closings in Chicago, Louisiana and Detroit we really have to see the pattern here.

Deborah E. McDowell (@dem8z)
11:17am PDT - July 22nd, 2023

RT @nrookie: After the mass school closings in Chicago, Louisiana and Detroit we really have to see the pattern here.

XoKII (@yoydoitwit2)
10:29am PDT - July 22nd, 2023

RT @nrookie: After the mass school closings in Chicago, Louisiana and Detroit we really have to see the pattern here.

Donnalyn Washington, MA ConversationsJohnJennings (@Notingshaw)
10:05am PDT - July 22nd, 2023

RT @nrookie: After the mass school closings in Chicago, Louisiana and Detroit we really have to see the pattern here.

McJulie, doing the 2023 Clarion West Write-a-thon (@mcjulie)
9:53am PDT - July 22nd, 2023

RT @nrookie: After the mass school closings in Chicago, Louisiana and Detroit we really have to see the pattern here.

David Foster Wallace and Gromit (@haszombiesinit)
9:46am PDT - July 22nd, 2023

RT @nrookie: After the mass school closings in Chicago, Louisiana and Detroit we really have to see the pattern here.

DR. KIMBERLY (Dr. Kim) CHANDLER (@DrKimChandler)
9:43am PDT - July 22nd, 2023

RT @nrookie: After the mass school closings in Chicago, Louisiana and Detroit we really have to see the pattern here.

Angie. (@angiewrites)
9:36am PDT - July 22nd, 2023

After the mass school closings in Chicago, Louisiana and Detroit we really have to see the pattern here. https://t.co/Rd7elxdowg

noliwe rooks (@nrookie)
9:35am PDT - July 22nd, 2023

It varies somewhat with school openings and closings over the decade

Ellie-rose Boegel (@RoseBoegel24159)
7:35am PDT - July 22nd, 2023
Our school utilizes the SchoolMessenger system to deliver text messages, straight to your mobile phone with important information about events, school closings, safety alerts and more. Opt-in today! #ehtpride #ehtstrong https://t.co/GEgx5wBjIE

Our school utilizes the SchoolMessenger system to deliver text messages, straight to your mobile phone with important information about events, school closings, safety alerts and more. Opt-in today! #ehtpride #ehtstrong https://t.co/GEgx5wBjIE

EHT School District (@EHTNJSchools)
5:00am PDT - July 22nd, 2023

About TIME! Fauci should have been fired in April 2020 when it became clear that he was more interested in Democrat Partisan interests than exposing the truth of Covid MANY mistakes led to disasters & mishandling of mandates lockdowns & school closings! VERY BAD! https://t.co/zfQCz2ldI2

Sheryl Glick (@sherylglick)
1:14pm PDT - July 21st, 2023

RT @DrCIKingdom: Flashback to COVID school closings: It felt like we had a chance to do something different with teaching & learning, but…

Rahul Sharma (@007ayanokouji)
5:09pm PDT - July 20th, 2023

RT @noahsloss: This @ppsf piece makes some excellent arguments against the rumored public school closings in SF. They would make attend…

Duke Zero (@DukeZer0)
3:07pm PDT - July 20th, 2023

RT @noahsloss: This @ppsf piece makes some excellent arguments against the rumored public school closings in SF. They would make attend…

MuserMom (@sophierich47)
12:42pm PDT - July 20th, 2023

This @ppsf piece makes some excellent arguments against the rumored public school closings in SF. They would make attendance more difficult for kids in low income areas, where closures are most likely to occur. More about "student outcomes" here: https://t.co/C8C7Z4qhYJ https://t.co/hzIGxS6Z6Y

Noah Sloss (@noahsloss)
12:34pm PDT - July 20th, 2023

RT @DrCIKingdom: Flashback to COVID school closings: It felt like we had a chance to do something different with teaching & learning, but…

abolicionista (@qttocscholar)
11:37am PDT - July 20th, 2023

RT @DrCIKingdom: Flashback to COVID school closings: It felt like we had a chance to do something different with teaching & learning, but…

ajcoleman (@ILC_AJC)
11:07am PDT - July 20th, 2023