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Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yet another delay of in-person school for most New York City students Thursday, just days before the re-scheduled restart. Reaction was swift – and mixed, with parents and educators expressing some variation of frustration, concern and relief. There was also confusion. Katherine Creag reports.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is furloughing his City Hall staff, including himself. The measure, announced Wednesday, is a way to save money due to the budget constraints brought on by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. The news comes as New York City’s already delayed school year launched its remote start Wednesday, a soft opening intended to serve as...

The disruption to schools caused by the coronavirus pandemic constitutes a “global education emergency” that threatens to derail the education of at least 24 million students projected to drop out of school as a result, said Henrietta Fore, executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund.

More than a dozen COVID-19 cases were reported at a Queens Yeshiva, the DOE confirms. Meanwhile, public school teachers rally against returning to classrooms. Katherine Creag reports.

A number of New York City teachers are calling for this school year to be fully remote. Katherine Creag with the latest.

The Plainedge School District reopened Wednesday — one of the first school district on Long Island to reopen. Greg Cergol reports.

Earlier this month, the city’s largest teachers’ union threatened to strike — and that could still on the table if its agreements with de Blasio on how to safely welcome educators and kids back to in-person learning disintegrate further.The union’s at-time fractious relationship with City Hall has been made that much more tense by looming layoffs — 22,000 city workers,...

With thousands of individual school districts in the United States and no consolidated directive on how to begin fall classes — whether in-person, completely online or a combination of both — local communities are facing uncertain times.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled the city’s plan to allow public, private and charter schools to hold in-person classes outdoors. The initiative comes after the mayor faced mounting pressure from parents and local officials to leverage outdoor spaces to provide additional room for in-person instruction as the school year fast approaches while the city continues to grapple with the...

New York City lays out plans for outdoor classes to further ensure the safety and health of students, teachers and staff for the upcoming school year in the midst of a pandemic.

Less than three weeks before New York City is scheduled to reopen its schools, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is adding fuel to the already heated debate over whether students should start the year in person — even if only on a partial basis.

Facing mounting backlash from teachers and principals over safety standards for schools’ in-person reopening to students, Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a “back-to-school pledge” Thursday that he says should ease concerns. The pledge, the city’s latest effort to assuage safety concerns from educators and parents alike, includes a detailed list of what’s being done in each school across the...

The teachers’ union in Manhattan is sharing its plan for reopening schools this year. Tracie Strahan reports.

New York City parents could get fall school schedules as soon as Monday — meaning students will find out what days of the week they will be in school for in-person instruction and what days they will be learning remotely. The DOE announced last week that it approved hybrid learning schedules for roughly 1,200 schools.

The Department of Education of Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, announced that schools will remain remote for instruction for staff and students until the end of the first marking period, around mid-November, when the NBOE Reopening Task Force will once again reassess.

Every New York City public school building will have a certified nurse in the building this fall, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday. De Blasio said the availability of nurses had been a top concern of both teachers and parents due to the ongoing pandemic. Erica Byfield reports.

New York City schools are offering remote or blended learning, although a teachers union representative says they are concerned over blended learning plans. Erica Byfield with the latest.

Mayor Bill De Blasio said 74 percent of NYC students were planning to attend school in person, per the results of a city survey, and 85 percent of teachers intend to physically teach in schools. The remaining 26 percent of students and 15 percent of teachers opted for an all-remote model.

Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his plan for reopening city schools saying that it is extensive and the teachers’ union worked with the administration on those plans, but the union said the plans come up short for safety. Katherine Creag reports.

The first wave of college students returning to their dorms aren’t finding the typical mobs of students and parents. What they found Friday were strict safety protocols and some heightened anxiety amid a global pandemic where virus infections are growing in dozens of states. North Carolina State University staggered the return of its students over 10 days and welcomed the…