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Children worldwide have suffered “a nearly insurmountable” loss of learning due to prolonged school closures during the ongoing Chinese coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Monday.

At a press conference Wednesday, President Joe Biden claimed that “very few schools are closing” while 3,430 so far this week have closed due to the low-risk omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) urged for unity in the face of endless fear and further school closures, saying it is “not March 2020.”

A report of the results of elementary and middle school students’ performance on a standardized assessment of reading and mathematics showed more students began the 2021 school year below grade level.

Detroit-area schools are closed Thursday following “numerous reports of threats of violence” after Tuesday’s deadly school shooting at Oxford High School.

School closures across Japan in spring 2020 did not prevent the spread of the Chinese coronavirus, according to a new study published by the medical journal Nature Medicine, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported Monday. “Empirically, we find no evidence that

A new study published at the Boston-based Pioneer Institute points to the significant increase in families who are now regularly homeschooling as a sign the education option is now a “viable” choice.

More parents are homeschooling their children even as schools have been planning to reopen with in-person instruction.

States passed a bounty of school choice laws this year while teachers’ unions balked at reopening schools and vowed to teach Critical Race Theory.

The murder rate in Virginia rose 43 percent during Terry McAuliffe’s governorship, Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin said.

House Republican members demand an investigation into the massive “influence” teachers unions had over the Center for Disease (CDC) guidelines and the timeline for reopening schools.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made his intentions clear Tuesday for children returning to school in the fall semester during a bill signing ceremony.

The chiefs of America’s three largest public school districts have resigned within two months of each other following a tumultuous year.

An AP report states some black parents prefer remote learning as a means to better “shield their children from racism in classrooms.”

An Arizona school board will hold a retirement event for its superintendent but has cancelled and restricted student end-of-year activities citing COVID.

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) teachers and other district staff with young children will be returning to in-person learning with a $500 per month child care subsidy in order to further ensure schools are staffed appropriately, the district said.

The still-closed San Diego Unified School District is run by Cindy Marten, Joe Biden’s nominee to be U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education.

The Hartford, Connecticut teachers’ union said it is too early for the city’s schools to return to in-person learning in classrooms.

A poll found 69 percent of parents have concerns their children will face setbacks in school as a result of the pandemic school closures

Out of the families who have responded, 51 percent overall would return to an in-person class. Almost 62 percent of elementary school families favor returning, along with 44 percent of middle school families and 33 percent of high school families.

Nigerian government authorities have recently closed at least 618 schools across six northern states to protect students amid a recent string of abductions by bandits tied to the Islamic terror group Boko Haram, Nigerian newspaper This Day reported Monday.

Massachusetts teachers’ unions are backing a piece of emergency legislation filed by state lawmakers that would block the Bay State’s education commissioner from mandating that all districts return to in-person learning by April 5.

An urgent need exists to reopen schools soon, and this can be done safely, a report indicates.

President Joe Biden lamented the fact that many of the nation’s children have been out of school for an entire year during the coronavirus pandemic, even though he has supported the teacher’s unions that have refused to return to in-person learning.

On Monday the U.S. Senate confirmed Miguel Cardona, President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the U.S. Education Department, by a vote of 64-33.

New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced his resignation following delays in reopening schools and racism-focused policies.

Members of the Oakley Union Elementary School District in California were caught swearing and mocking parents during a virtual board meeting.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) released new coronavirus guidance Thursday, as President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration approaches, insisting “schools need to be open.”

The Chicago Teachers Union announced a mobilization effort against a plan to reopen the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for in-person learning.

The CEO of Chicago Public Schools said union pressure led half of all teachers who were ordered to return to work Monday not to show up.

Joe Biden plans to nominate Connecticut’s commissioner of education Miguel Cardona to head the U.S. Department of Education.

Republican congressional candidate David X. Sullivan says he is the “rule of law” candidate for Connecticut’s fifth district.

Parents have joined a lawsuit challenging California Gov. Gavin Newsom for keeping school shuttered in the wake of the coronavirus.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Thursday schools will stay closed for the first term and that all learning will be virtual.

Lower income children whose families can’t afford private tutors this fall may encounter greater loss of learning if schools remain closed.

Extended school closures would likely keep more minorities and women from finding jobs, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data.