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Quarantines, closures and confusion reign as schools reopen

By Tammy Webber, Kimberlee Kruesi, Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press

For countless families across the country, the school year is opening in disarray and confusion, with coronavirus outbreaks triggering sudden closings, mass quarantines and deep anxiety among parents.

Students have their own demands for school reopening

By Charlotte West, The Hechinger Report

Mental health support, better remote instruction and a focus on vulnerable students -- high schoolers are pressing legislatures and school boards to make their appeals heard.

France sticks to school openings despite jump in infections

By Associated Press

France's president insisted that the country will send millions of students back to school starting Sept. 1 despite seeing the biggest weekly spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since the height of its outbreak in the spring.

WATCH: Georgia governor says school reopenings going well despite photo of crowded hallway

By Jeff Martin, Jeff Amy, Associated Press

Photos shared widely on social media last week showed hallways packed shoulder to shoulder with students at North Paulding High School northwest of Atlanta.

WATCH: House Oversight hearing on challenges of reopening schools amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Associated Press

Is it safe for schools to reopen during the pandemic? The House Oversight Committee is expected to hold a hearing on the challenges and risks of reopening schools amid the global outbreak.

Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft defends comments about schools reopening

By Associated Press

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says comments he made that fathers would risk dying to send their children back to school are being misconstrued.

Why parents are forming ‘learning pods’ — and how they might deepen inequality

By Carolyn Thompson, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press

As the coronavirus pandemic has clouded hopes of reopening schools nationwide, parents who want more than remote instruction have been scrambling to hire tutors and private teachers for small groups of children.

Washington D.C. will not reopen school buildings in fall

By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press

Officials have abandoned their initial plans to use a combination of distance and in-person instruction. The announcement Thursday by Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser was widely expected as all surrounding school districts in northern Virginia and southern Maryland had already made…

WATCH: Biden delivers remarks to American Federation of Teachers members

By Courtney Vinopal and Associated Press

Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will deliver remarks July 30 at the American Federation of Teachers' virtual convention.

Pence urges in-person school during visit to North Carolina

By Bryan Anderson, Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence said schools around the country will have the resources they need to reopen for in-person learning during a visit to a classroom of masked fourth graders at a North Carolina private school.