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Amid COVID, thousands of students remain absent from classes this school year

BY Shannon Rae Green On this episode of 5 Things: With schools starting in-person, teachers and community leaders are on an unprecedented quest to find missing students who stopped attending school due to the pandemic. USA TODAY reporters Erin Richards and Alia Wong talk with 5 Things host Shannon Rae Green about how educators are reconnecting with students to ensure … [Read more...] about Amid COVID, thousands of students remain absent from classes this school year

Over 20,000 Mississippi students under quarantine after 1st week of school

More than 4,500 students tested positive for the virus last week. By Marlene Lenthang More than 20,000 students across Mississippi are in quarantine after the first week of in-person classes. Mississippi, which has the lowest vaccination rate among all states -- about 34%, according to state data -- is reeling from rising COVID-19 cases and the highly transmissible … [Read more...] about Over 20,000 Mississippi students under quarantine after 1st week of school

Florida school district rattled by Covid-related teacher deaths days before classes begin

The deaths prompted officials to stress the importance of mask mandates while also pushing plan to incentivize vaccinations by paying staff hundreds of dollars. By Antonio Planas Two teachers and one teaching assistant died this week from complications of Covid-19, rattling a school district in southern Florida only days before students are scheduled to return to … [Read more...] about Florida school district rattled by Covid-related teacher deaths days before classes begin