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Less than 40% of fourth-graders are attending full in-person school, and less than 30% of eighth-graders, new data shows

Less than 40% of fourth-graders are attending full in-person school, and less than 30% of eighth-graders, new data shows
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By Elizabeth Stuart, CNN
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Students at Churchill High School in Livonia, Michigan, on Friday, January 22, 2021.
The nation s school districts are making strides in their efforts to reopen, but new data shows that many more students are still learning fully remotely than fully in-person.
Just 39% of fourth-graders are attending full-time in-person school and just 29% of eighth-graders, according to data released on Wednesday from the Department of Education s National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). ....

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Sky-high COVID-19 positivity rates in Austin schools worry health officials

Sky-high COVID-19 positivity rates in Austin schools worry health officials
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A custodial worker operates an electrostatic machine to clean a classroom at an elementary school in Leander, Texas, Sept. 18, 2020.
Sky-high COVID-19 positivity rates at schools in Austin, Texas, have local health officials on edge.
In Travis County, where Austin is located, the COVID-19 testing positivity rate is 20.2% at high schools, 27.1% at middle schools, 19.8% at at elementary schools and 10% at preschools.
All rates stand far higher than what the World Health Organization recommends, which is to get positivity testing thresholds below 5% for 14 days.
Part of the problem may be that schools in the area are nearly full. Some of our superintendents reporting that some individual schools are at between 70% and 90% of occupancy, said Dr. Mark Escott, interim medical director and health authority for Austin Public Health. ....

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