New York State Education Department

NY Education Department to schools: Masks still required

By Marina Villeneuve Jun. 07, 2021 03:30 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Students, teachers and staff in New York schools were still required to wear masks indoors Monday, despite a conflicting letter from the...

FILE - In this March 19, 2020, file photo, Anna Louisa, 18, holds her school-issued laptop at the Lower East Side Preparatory School in New York. About 8% of New York's public school students did not have a laptop or other device to use for remote learning in the first months of the school year, and about 6% lacked adequate internet access, survey results released Wednesday, May 5, 2021, show. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Survey: Many NY students began year without device, internet

By Carolyn Thompson May. 05, 2021 06:40 PM EDT

A Scripps health official draws from a vile the COVID-19 vaccine prior to administering it to a patient at their new drive-thru vaccination site at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 in Del Mar, Calif. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)

The Latest: Mexico to lower virus alert level in many states

By The Associated Press Feb. 12, 2021 04:45 AM EST

New York outlines the when and hows of a return to school

By Carolyn Thompson Jul. 13, 2020 03:32 PM EDT
New York parents and educators got some long-awaited answers to their back-to-school questions Monday, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying schools will be allowed to...