Politics closed American schools last year. Now politics are keeping them open.

If you're confused about why so few American schools are closed right now, you're not alone. After all, in many parts of the United States, COVID-19 case rates are higher than at any other point ... Read More

Crises converge on American education | CNN Politics

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Today it is national test score data suggesting that American 9-year-olds took a ... Read More

Republicans Open Schools, Democrats Still Keeping Them Closed - Reason.com

Public schools. Republicans Open Schools, Democrats Still Keeping Them Closed The latest data underscore an appallingly partisan split on what should be a more science-based decision. Read More

How did COVID closures affect schools? Lawmakers battle over shutdowns - USA TODAY

House members sparred over school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday, with Republicans arguing during a heated hearing that the measures lasted too long and caused irreparable harm to ... Read More

Politics, Not Science, Keeping Schools Closed

The CDC has recorded a total of 20 COVID-19 deaths in children ages 5-14 compared to almost 2,000 deaths from non-COVID causes in the same time period for the same age group. It means children ... Read More

While public schools closed on fear and politics, Catholic schools opened on love and science

Large public school systems remained closed in the 2020-2021 school year, while Catholic schools generally opened in fall 2020 and remained open in person all year. The Catholic schools reopening ... Read More

Analysis: A new partisan era of American education | CNN Politics

I read on the education news website Chalkbeat about a new study that predicts more politics in the classroom as Americans increasingly sort themselves by political ideology. Read More

Carol Swain: Democrats playing politics with coronavirus, but science doesn't support keeping schools closed - Fox News

Concerns over sending kids back to school in the fall are "not supported by the science" -- and people prioritizing their "political agendas" know it, former Princeton professor and Black Voices ... Read More

Education Secretary Cardona opens up on schools' spending of COVID-19 relief money, heat-related closures - Fox News

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reacted to Fox News' questioning about COVID-19 relief money sent to schools unprepared for the heat wave in major U.S. cities. Read More

Schools become political 'battlefield' in culture wars Trump cultivated - NBC News

Schools have become the focal point for culture war fights that animated former President Donald Trump's base and have been advanced by conservative activists and influencers since he left office. Read More