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UpdatedMon, Mar 15, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET Replies(5) School bus driver John Sullivan (left) accepts a sticker from volunteer Colleen McNamara as he departs a Boston Public Schools vaccination clinic. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) MASSACHUSETTS — It's Monday, March 15. Here's what you should know this afternoon: Few teachers will be fully vaccinated by the time the education commissioner expects students back in class five days a week — and the state appears to be fine with that, even if educators aren't. You know this won't be just another race: The first running of the Boston Marathon in 30 month...

UpdatedSat, Mar 6, 2021 at 7:10 am ET Reply School board members want further review of enrollment studies, but reaffirmed a commitment to moving the Windermere School project forward in the future. (Tim Jensen/Patch) ELLINGTON, CT — A renovate-to-new construction project at Windermere School, put on hold last May in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic amid concerns about unknown financial impacts, will be delayed another year per a recent vote of the Board of Education. The board opted for further review of enrollment studies on the project, but reaffirmed its commitment to moving ...

Replies(8) School staff, churches, veterans and bars all stand to benefit from the latest executive order signed Thursday by Gov. Ned Lamont. (Shutterstock) CONNECTICUT — School staff, churches, veterans and bars all stand to benefit from the latest executive order signed Thursday by Gov. Ned Lamont. It is the 89th such order issued by the governor since the start of the coronavirus health crisis in the state last March. The new executive order requires local and regional boards of education to continue to provide two weeks of paid leave (or equivalent for part-time staffers) for school dis...

UpdatedThu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:18 am CT Replies(28) School districts' failure to implement and enforce Illinois Department of Public Health guidance and requirements for schools puts the health of the teachers, students and communities at risk, the IEA said in a news release. (Shutterstock) PLAINFIELD, IL — Education unions in the state are asking the government to take steps to make schools safer for staff and students when they finally return for in-person lessons. One of the five measures the Illinois Education Association and Illinois Federation of Teachers want the government to work o...