NY mask mandate extended to Feb. 10

Governor Kathy Hochul has extended a mask mandate as a legal battle over the issue continues in state courts.

NY indoor mask mandate stays in place after confusing day

An appeals judge in New York is leaving the state's indoor mask mandate in place while state officials appeal another court's ruling that the mandate is unconstitutional.

A shorter, digital SAT test: What you need to know about changes to the college entrance examination

Officials with the organization responsible for the SAT college entrance exam have unveiled some major changes to the exam, including their decision to do away with paper-and-pencil tests. Here's what you need to know about the upcoming changes.

SAT exams go digital amidst changing college admissions landscape

With SAT exams going to a digital format, test-takers will be allowed to use their own laptops or tablets at a monitored testing site.

Texas schools closing, incentivizing substitutes to help

PfISD is one of many school districts in Central Texas that have temporarily closed or are taking other measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

LA Unified mask policy: Students to wear non-cloth face masks

Starting Monday, students must wear “well-fitted, non-cloth masks with a nose wire” at all times, including outdoors, the district announced.

USC to resume in-person classes Monday; UCLA on Jan. 31

The University of Southern California, which began the spring semester remotely due to locally rising COVID-19 cases, will welcome students back to campus on Monday.

UPenn voices support for transgender swimmer, new NCAA standards

The University of Pennsylvania says it will work with the NCAA under its newly adopted standards for transgender athletes.

Mask enforcement a problem for some Long Island schools

Some teachers at Connetquot High School are blaming the district and school board for not enforcing the indoor mask mandate.

Georgia teen accepted into 48 colleges, earns over $600K in scholarships

Kenyari Sawyer, a 4.0 senior in Albany, Georgia, was accepted into 48 universities and colleges and received more than $600,000 in scholarships.

Connecticut school where student overdosed closed for cleaning

The school in Hartford where a 13-year-old boy died from an fentanyl overdose was closed Tuesday in order to decontaminate it.

NYC schools quietly offer remote option

New York City students who are sick, in quarantine, or choose to stay home due to safety concerns can participate in remote learning without being marked as absent.

NYC remote option for schools now possible, Mayor Adams says

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he still believes the safest place for children to be is in school. But he is now considering a remote option because of the reality of high absenteeism.