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Test scores and death counts

Oct. 3, 2022
Newly released results from the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) show that the reading and mathematics scores of 9-year-old students fell significantly between...
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Connecticut allocates $150 million in grants for upgrading HVAC in schools

Sept. 15, 2022
The funding will supplement $165 million that schools in the state have committed for air quality improvements since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Biden administration announces $500 million grant program to boost energy efficiency in public schools

April 4, 2022
The Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure will award funds to school systems so they can make their facilities more energy efficient.
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Principal at Catholic school in Chicago suburbs is fired for defying Archdiocese's mask mandate

Feb. 17, 2022
The pastor at Queen of Martyrs parish in Evergreen Park, Ill., said that Jacob “Doc” Mathius has been removed as school principal
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Proposal in Illinois would enable only vaccinated school employees to use paid leave for Covid-related absences

Jan. 26, 2022
Employees at K-12 schools, universities, colleges who are fully vaccinated will be able to use paid administrative leave if they have contracted Covid or if they were a close ...

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Jan. 7, 2022
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New York teacher faces charges after allegedly giving teen Covid-19 vaccine without parents' consent

Jan. 5, 2022
Laura Parker Russo, 54, a biology teacher at a high school in New Hyde Park, N.Y., has been charged with unauthorized practice of a profession.
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About 1,500 Boston school employees call in sick after holiday break

Jan. 5, 2022
461 teachers, about 1,000 staff members, and 52 bus drivers called in with an illness.
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Stricter testing in New York City aims to keep asymptomatic Covid-exposed students in school

Dec. 31, 2021
The "Stay Safe and Stay Open" policy will take effect on Jan. 3 when students return from winter break.