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FILE — Kelly Sheridan, left, and her first grade students wear face masks as one of the students makes a presentation during class in a hallway at the Milton Elementary School, May 18, 2021, in Rye, N.Y. The New York State Education Department is telling schools to continue to require masks despite a judge’s ruling overturning the state's mask mandate. But some school districts already are rushing to drop the requirement. The Education Department said in a statement Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 that the state was appealing the ruling, which could temporarily halt it, and that schools should follow the mask rule in the meantime. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

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Judge temporarily restores New York's mask mandate
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Tue,01/25/22-10:41AM , 96 Reads
An appeals judge restored New York’s mask mandate Tuesday, a day after a judge in a lower court ruled that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration lacked the constitutional authority to order people to wear face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In this photo taken Jan. 17, 2016, a student looks at questions during a college test preparation class at Holton Arms School in Bethesda, Md. The SAT exam will move from paper and pencil to a digital format, administrators announced Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, saying the shift will boost its relevancy as more colleges make standardized tests optional for admission. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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SAT going digital in shifting college admissions landscape
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Tue,01/25/22-7:04AM , 125 Reads
The SAT exam will move from paper and pencil to a digital format, administrators announced Tuesday, saying the shift will boost its relevancy as more colleges make standardized tests optional for admission.
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This photo shows Daniel Santos, a middle school history teacher during class, in Houston, in November, 2021. Teachers around the U.S. are confronting classrooms where as many as half of students are absent. That's because they have been exposed to COVID-19 or their families kept them at home out of concern about the surging coronavirus. F (Courtesy Daniel Santos via AP)

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Teachers confront half-empty classrooms as virus surges
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Thu,01/13/22-12:56PM , 98 Reads
Teachers around the U.S. are confronting classrooms where as many as half of students are absent because they have been exposed to COVID-19 or their families kept them at home out of concern about the surging coronavirus.
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FILE — Teachers from the Earth School speak out on issues related to lack of coronavirus testing outside P.S. 64, Dec. 21, 2021, in New York. In the nation's largest school system, New York City, 2 million at-home test kits provided by the state will be used to increase testing following the break, the mayor announced this week. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

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Schools adapt for return from break as COVID-19 cases surge
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Sun,01/02/22-7:26AM , 108 Reads
Mask requirements are returning in some school districts that had dropped them. Some are planning to vastly ramp up virus testing among students and staff. And a small number of school systems are switching to remote learning — for just a short while, educators hope.
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