The word comes as many states – particularly in the Sunbelt – struggle to cope with the surge of COVID-19 cases and governments worldwide try to control fresh outbreaks.
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Mills administration issues guidelines for reopening schools, leaves decisions to districts
The framework includes a color-coded system for designating COVID-19 risk level by county, and outlines safety requirements – including mask wearing – that all schools are expected to meet.
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Portland voters show strong support for $120 million school budget
Portland Public Schools is still working to identify about $400,000 in reductions after meetings with the district’s 4 unions.
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Trump administration backs off plan to send foreign students home if schools go online
Bowdoin College was among many schools whose international students would have had to transfer schools or leave the country if their colleges hold classes entirely online this fall.
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Legal challenges mount to Trump administration rule on student visas
Universities, tech companies and 18 attorneys general are among the parties arguing that the administration’s decision is part of an apparent political strategy to force colleges to fully reopen despite rising COVID-19 cases.
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Democrats blast DeVos for insisting schools fully reopen
DeVos stressed the importance of getting students back in classrooms, but repeatedly dodged questions about how that could be done safely.
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Virus spread, not politics should guide schools, doctors say
Health experts say there are too many uncertainties and variables for back-to-school to be back-to-normal.
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Trump threatens to pull tax exemption for schools, colleges
The threat is just one more that he has issued as he ratchets up pressure to get them to open this fall.
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UNE’s return-to-campus plan includes hybrid learning
The plan also calls for a 4-tiered COVID-19 testing program and a requirement for all undergraduates to bring proof of a recent negative test to return to campus.
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Schools or bars? Opening classrooms may mean hard choices
Places that pose high risk of exposing people to the coronavirus may need to stay closed, if children are to get back to school safely.