17 hours agoDetroit public schools, teachers reach agreement to return to classroomsThe Detroit Public Schools Community District and its teachers have reached an agreement to return to classrooms for in-person learning under updated COVID safety standar...
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Michigan school districts reconsider mask mandateThe American Academy and Pediatrics is strongly recommending masks be worn by all students and staff in school for the upcoming academic year.
More Chicago high schools vote to remove school police, a year after George Floyd’s murder intensified calls to oust CPD from CPSchicagotribune.com
Michigan’s first transgender teacher of the year speaks out on bill targeting transgender student athletes
More than $1 billion in federal funding to help Detroit Public Schools Community District get students safely into classrooms
Detroit Public Schools Community District to receive federal funding to help get students safely back into classrooms
One mom’s legacy lives on as a neighborhood picks up: ‘If you’re feelin’ good, let me hear, “Englewood!”’chicagotribune.com
MEA President pushes for schools to suspend in-person learning due to spring break travel, COVID surge
Teachers union wants to delay high school reopening, but Mayor Lori Lightfoot counters there’s ‘no basis’ for waiting despite rise in city COVID-19 caseschicagotribune.com
More CPS students sign up for in-person learning but still no high school return date set; district sets pre-Labor Day opening for next fallchicagotribune.com
Huge crowd gathers in Naperville for rally demanding full return to in-person classes: ‘All we’re asking for is an option’chicagotribune.com
U.N. uses empty desks of "Pandemic Classroom" in call on nations to end "very worrying" COVID school closurescbsnews.com
CPS opens its schools Monday to the most students since last March. Is it ready? Some principals say schools lack staff to resume in-person classes safely.chicagotribune.com
CPS calls for 2 days of ‘cooling off’ as it reports progress in averting a CTU strike; remote learning continues Tuesday and Wednesdaychicagotribune.com
Chicago Teachers Union authorizes collective action to remain remote, but some students may return to school Feb. 1 as negotiations continuechicagotribune.com
Elected officials, community groups demand more from CPS reopening plans, say families have ‘great trepidation about returning to schools this fall’chicagotribune.com
