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Massachusetts recommends testing, quarantining for students traveling this week (WHDH 7)
CDC: Nearly 80% of childcare, K-12 workers have had at least one shot (EdWeek)
Teens feel great relief at being eligible for vaccine (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
After year of turmoil, elite universities welcome a more diverse freshmen class (The New York Times)
White House closes in on 'families plan' centered on childcare, preK, paid leave (The Washington Post)
What the pandemic has done to the class of 2020 (The Atlantic)
Worcester schools says Verizon recalling hotspots given to students (MassLive)
Triton Regional plans prom, afternoon graduation (Newburyport Daily News)
North Andover students to make full time return by end of next week (Salem News)
South Shore Vo-Tech asks for debt authorization (The Patriot Ledger)
Dispatches from quarantine: how young people are documenting history (NPR)
School officials urge caution as many families set to travel for spring vacation (NBC 10)
Hoosac Valley schools welcome students back, ratify MOU with teachers (iBerkshires)
Amherst Regional High students reflect on return to classrooms (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
Holyoke Public Schools readying for return of middle school students to classrooms (MassLive)
Athol teachers' union rips state for denial of building closure (Athol Daily News)
Worcester School Committee votes to hold Durham bus company in breech of contract (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Newburyport superintendent says COVID cluster shows importance of vigilance (Newburyport Daily News)
How to talk about next school year presents a big test for education leaders (EdWeek)
For music teacher, virtual school meant teaching kids 'to hear the way I hear' (NPR)
NYC Summer School 2021: field trips, academics, and open to all (Chalkbeat)
New report shows some children with COVID-related syndrome develop neurological symptoms (The New York Times)
Hospital emergency rooms are bearing the brunt of the youth mental health crisis (NEPM)
Worcester School Committee to send breach of contract letter to Durham bus company (Spectrum News)
Lord to move to Peabody remote learning role (Salem News)
Pioneer poll find majority satisfaction with school districts (Metrowest Daily News)
Pandemic still growing exponentially, WHO says (The Guardian)
Studies confirm racial, ethnic disparities in COVID-19 hospitalization and visits (NPR)
Cardona's decision to grant D.C. testing waiver rankles education officials (U.S. News)
Opinion: Why Blue States failed their children by delaying reopening their schools for so long by MA Board of Ed member Paymon Rouhanifard (Time)
Worcester committee votes to send breach of contract letter to Durham busing (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Braintree School Department budget request includes 30-40 lost jobs (The Patriot Ledger)
The pandemic forced these high schoolers to work full-time, so they're going to school at night. (The Washington Post)
Online schools are here to stay, even after the pandemic. (The New York Times)
Biden proposes doubling Title I, sending more money to high poverty schools. (Chalkbeat)
When can kids get the COVID-19 vaccine? A pediatrician answers 5 questions parents are asking. (The Conversation)
Letter: In-person testing an unfair burden on English learners (Boston Globe)
Hamilton-Wenham cancels Monday classes after teachers receive COVID-19 vaccinations (WCVB)
Burlington High School switches to remote classes after spike in COVID-19 cases (NECN)
Worcester school cases among highest in the state for April (Spectrum News)
Lawrence school unions vote no confidence in superintendent (Eagle Tribune)
Gloucester schools air safety as part of school budget (Gloucester Daily Times)
Wareham School Committee approves older students' return to full in-person learning (Wareham Week Today)
Reports of abused and neglected children plummeted during the pandemic and now are rising (Lowell Sun)
Weekly positive cases reported among staff and students (Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
Mass reports new weekly high of positive cases among students: 821 (Boston Globe)
Building trust among parents and students is the key to reopening school building (The Conversation)
Biden education department approves one request to cancel tests but rejects others (EdWeek)
Massachusetts students don't have to take the MCAS, and some are arguing that they shouldn't (MassLive)
U.S. suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations (AP)
Does it hurt children to measure pandemic learning loss? (The New York Times)
Worcester school officials encouraged by district's improved graduation, dropout rates (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Millbury students' learning improves despite COVID-19 (Millbury Sutton Chronicle)
Haverhill schools to reopen Friday after attack on computers (Eagle Tribune)
How does sending a child to school change a family's risk of COVID-19? (EdWeek)
Back to School: The Effects of School Visits During COVID-19 on COVID-19 Transmission (National Bureau of Economic Research)
What the narrative on school reopening has missed (The Dispatch)
Opinion: What's more important than slashing child poverty? (The Washington Post)
Teaching during a pandemic: what four educators wish politicians and journalists would discuss (PBS News Hour)
Worcester parents must pick in-person or remote by Friday (Worcester Patch)
Haverhill schools hit by ransomware attack, classes cancelled Thursday (Eagle Tribune)
Salisbury principal, parents 'relieved' about return to school (Newburyport Daily News)
Old Rochester elementary students return to school buildings (Sippican)