Teachers and School Employees

New Twist in Pandemic’s Impact on Schools: Substitutes in Camouflage

ESTANCIA, N.M. — The chorus of small voices ringing from a third-grade classroom on a recent morning signaled how far Estancia Elementary School had come in resuming a sense of normalcy after the latest coronavirus surge. Students in the small, remote community of Estancia, N.M., were enthusiastically engaged in a vocabulary lesson, enunciating words with […]

‘Attempted Security Threat’ Disables Software at Some New York Schools

An online platform used in some New York City public schools has been out of service since last Saturday after a “security incident,” forcing teachers to rely on more traditional ways of recording grades, tracking attendance and contacting students and parents. School officials were unable to provide a figure for how many schools had been […]

London Schools Are Determined to Stay Open. Staff Illnesses Make It Hard.

LONDON — Evelyn Forde hoped that January would bring some relief. As the head teacher at Copthall School in north London, she spent the final weeks of 2021 dealing with major staffing shortages as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus began tearing across the city. But on Tuesday, as the all-girls secondary school reopened its […]

Schools Are Closing Classrooms on Fridays. Parents Are Furious.

But, she said, teaching during the pandemic has been awful. “You have to think about not just trying to teach, but to stay safe as well,” she said, adding, “everything just can’t fall on the plate of a teacher.” Research shows that disruptions during the pandemic led to students falling behind in math and reading, […]