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Pooled COVID testing to start at these 120 Massachusetts schools and districts this month Updated Feb 04, 2021; A program to offer weekly pooled COVID-19 testing for students and educators is starting in Massachusetts this month, with 120 schools and districts signed up to participate so far, according to education officials. Those 120 schools and districts represent more than a quarter of the state’s public school students, said a spokeswoman for the state Department of Elementary and Seco...

At stake in several states including Maine are the rules governing school voucher programs and whether some students and certain types of private schools can be excluded from the programs.

Vermont lawsuits, New Hampshire legislation part of renewed push for school choice Trevor Sunn, 18, of Grafton, follows along during a practical math class at the Ledyard Charter School in Lebanon on Thursday. The school provided Sunn with a wireless hotspot because he did not have internet access for attending remote classes at his home. Sunn said he relies on his mother for rides to school while his car is broken. Valley News photographs — James M. Patterson Science teacher Alison Crowley, ...

Vermont is facing at least its second lawsuit in four months over a voucher program that...

Vermont lawsuits, New Hampshire legislation part of renewed push for school choice Trevor Sunn, 18, of Grafton, follows along during a practical math class at the Ledyard Charter School in Lebanon, N.H., Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. The school provided Sunn with a wireless hotspot because he did not have internet access for attending remote classes at his home. Sunn said he relies on his mother for rides to school while his car is broken, and he did not have internet access at home until the school...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   WESTMINSTER — A group of Vermont parents is suing the state and three school districts, including Windham Northeast Supervisory Union, over “unequal access to education.” According to the Liberty Justice Center, which is representing four families, including Brianna Schaefer, of Grafton, and Sara and Louis Vitale, of Athens, the state’s educational tuition system “violates the state constitution by allowing children r...