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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 , 286 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 , 282 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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Security protocols leave threat responses up to schools
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Sat,12/18/21-7:15AM , 324 Reads
School systems nationwide rely on high-level expertise from the U.S. Secret Service and others as they work to stay vigilant for signs of potential student violence, training staff, surveilling social media and urging others to tip them off.
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Schools step up security in response to threats on TikTok
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Thu,12/16/21-6:20PM , 229 Reads
Educators announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the country Friday as officials assured parents the viral posts were not considered credible.
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