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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends masking in schools, as many children are still unvaccinated and the vaccines have not yet been cleared for kids under 12. Spokesperson Dr. Jennifer Shu from the AAP explains why masks are still being recommended.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends masking in schools, as many children are still unvaccinated and the vaccines have not yet been cleared for kids under 12. Spokesperson Dr. Jennifer Shu from the AAP explains why masks are still being recommended.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending all children over the age of 2 wear masks when returning to school this fall.

A New Jersey elementary school teacher will resign and a principal will be reinstated following a school board investigation into an incident involving a student who wrote an essay in Adolf Hitler’s point of view and later dressed as Hitler for an assignment. On Monday at a school board meeting, the board voted to accept the teacher’s resignation after...

The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in places such as Texas, Illinois, Florida, Missouri and Kansas, offering what some fear could be a preview of the upcoming school year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the guidance Friday.

New Jersey education and health officials are outlining health and safety guidance for the 2021-2022 school year on Monday, including mask rules for students and staff.

Recent Massachusetts high school graduate Verda Tetteh is off to Harvard University this fall – and helping some of her fellow classmates along the way. We spoke to Tetteh about why she declined a $40,000 scholarship and asked it be given to other kids headed to community colleges.

The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday expanded its interpretation of federal sex protections to include transgender and gay students

With many bills in state legislatures seeking to ban teaching of critical race theory, we reached out to Becky Pringle, a 30-year veteran science teacher who now heads the NEA, the largest teachers’ union in the country. Pringle says when kids ask questions about race, adults need to be “courageous enough to answer those questions truthfully.”

When it comes to reopening New Jersey schools amid the pandemic, not all superintendents are on board with a “one size fits all” approach. While remote learning will no longer be an option, Gov. Phil Murphy said he’s openminded about the school mask mandate. NBC10’s Cydney Long explains.

Victims of bullying carry the effects of it into adulthood, and that can manifest as violent thoughts toward their aggressors. A psychologist says it’s important to know where violent thoughts are coming from to intervene before than turns into violent actions.

Children are having their noses swabbed or saliva sampled at school to test for the coronavirus in cities such as Baltimore, New York and Chicago.

The CDC released guidelines on Friday recommending that K-12 schools continue to require face masks for the 2021-2022 school year.

A New Jersey school district says it has responded in a “swift and serious” way to the case of a vice principal who threw beer on people who were videotaping his wife’s extended rant against a transgender woman’s use of a public bathroom

In 2020, hate crimes against Asian Americans increased 15 percent.

On the same day Jersey City students finally returned to their classrooms, a high school teacher was removed from them while under investigation for allegedly going on a vulgar tirade aimed at the children in his class.

25 states have introduced bills calling for more personal finance education in schools. In some districts, even kindergarteners are learning early lessons about the basics of saving, spending and debt. Sharon Epperson, senior CNBC personal finance correspondent, talks with LX News about students across the country who called for more real-life financial guidance.

We know parents, kids, and school staff all have questions about getting children back into classrooms five days a week. There is no single answer, and information is changing daily. Districts across our area will make different decisions as we learn new things about the virus, community transmission, and the vaccination progress. To get you answers, we hosted virtual roundtables…