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A majority of New York City residents think reopening city schools in September for in-person instruction is a bad idea — and they think Gov. Andrew Cuomo is doing a much better job of handling the coronavirus pandemic than Mayor Bill De Blasio, according to a new NBC 4 New York / Marist Poll released Thursday. Some 53% of NYC…

Parents from across the country are expressing conflicting emotions about school reopening plans for the fall. Some parents want to keep their children out of school until there is a vaccine while others believe that children will suffer mentally and emotionally without proper in-person instruction.

The debate over reopening New York City schools continues between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Katherine Creag reports.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he won’t decide the fate of New York’s schools until early August, despite mounting pressure to do so. He made the announcement Wednesday roughly an hour after Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed a preliminary fall reopening plan for New York City schools that involves a hybrid approach of both in-person and remote learning and intense...

After coronavirus forced millions of school children to stay home for the rest of the academic year, there’s now hope for kids and parents of a return to in-person classes in the fall as COVID-19 cases number drop around the tri-state. While some parents are still skeptical about schools reopening after summer, worried about the spread of infection, others...

The final phase of re-opening, colleges, museums, zoos, sports with no fans, and more have re-opened today, Greg Cergol reports.

Mayor De Blasio released a plan for part remote part in-person learning for the upcoming school year, Andrew Siff reports.

Members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force say why schools should reopen this fall.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will make decisions on schools across the state by the first week of August.

Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed a preliminary reopening plan for New York City that involves a hybrid approach of both in-person and remote learning and intense COVID safety precautions. Rana Novini reports.

With fall school still in limbo, NYC’s Board of Health approved a plan Tuesday to reopen more than 3,000 childcare centers across the five boroughs starting July 13 to give parents some relief. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

President Trump meeting with officials on how to safely re-open schools for the next school year,Susan McGinnis reports.

New York City’s Board of Health approved a plan Tuesday to reopen 3,000 child care centers citywide starting July 13, giving parents much-needed relief for the first time in four months. Strict state safety requirements will apply, including a 15-child cap per room, social distancing, mask mandates for staff and kids, daily health screenings and frequent cleanings and disinfection, among…

President Donald Trump is launching an all-out effort to press state and local officials to reopen schools this fall

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School districts across America must make wrenching decisions over how to resume classes in settings radically altered by the coronavirus pandemic

With as little as a month before school starts in some areas and COVID-19 diagnoses spiking in some of those same places, parents are wondering whether they have to choose between their jobs and their kids. After word reached parents in New York City that the department of education was considering a hybrid plan for reopening schools that would allow students...

An overwhelming majority of New York City parents want to send their children back to the five boroughs’ public schools in September, but a surprising number of families aren’t so eager to get back to in-person learning, according to a survey Mayor Bill de Blasio discussed at his daily COVID briefing Thursday. The city’s Department of Education surveyed more...

Mayor De Blasio says NYC schools will be re-opening this fall, but Governor Cuomo says not so fast, Ray Villeda reports.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says he believes most schools will be able to open in the fall, helping parents get back to work.