How would you spend $2.5 billion in education funding? We bet there are programs and initiatives you do not want to see continued. See something; say something. DESE has opened a survey that allows educators, parents and community
Category: The Policy Minute
The number of new COVID-19 cases in public schools dropped again but 377 staff and 30 students tested positive in the week prior. The school year will be ending in the coming weeks for many districts with students
Positive news for school-based COVID-19 data recently. Three weeks of declining rates of positive COVID-19 tests in among students and staff. Pool testing continues in schools as an increasing number of students are returning to full time attendance.
1095 new cases of COVID-19 identified among districts who reported data to DESE. Requirements to quarantine remain in place for all close contacts (within 6 feet for 15 minutes) for each positive case. We’ll let DESE explain: With
As an increasing number of students return to school buildings, the number of positive COVID-19 cases continues to multiple each week. Among districts who reported data to DESE, an additional 821 new cases of COVID-19 were reported among
Not an April Fool’s Day joke. In the last week of reporting before elementary students in K-5 are rushed back into the classroom on April 5, we learn that fifty-five (55) Massachusetts communities are high-risk for COVID-19 and
The number of student COVID-19 cases continue on a sharp upward climb for the third consecutive week. The March 24th report shows the highest number of cases among students. It continues to be unclear if all districts reported
Positive case numbers jumped up for the second straight week. An increasing number of students and staff in buildings combined with expanded pool testing seems to be catching more cases. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
The weekly reports on positive cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts public schools continues to follow statewide trends. The total number of new positive cases among students and staff was once again lower than the previous week. The Department
The trends look positive as the number of new cases of COVID-19 among students and staff in Massachusetts public schools was lower than the prior weeks. A total of 582 new positive cases among individuals in schools. The