AUSTIN, Texas — Amid growing angst among parents and educators, the Texas Education Agency softened its stance on in-person instruction mandates as schools navigate around the coronavirus pandemic. The agency issued new rules Friday that give local school districts more control over the decisions on start dates and on how […]
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The coronavirus pandemic prompted California to spike all fall high school sports on Monday, in favor of a new calendar that will compact all games, like football, into a few winter and spring months. The California Interscholastic Federation, which regulates high school sports in the nation’s largest state, won’t stage […]
The Missouri Governor also says children not returning to school ‘will create more problems than the virus will ever think about creating’ On Friday, the Republican governor of Missouri not only pushed for kids to return to school, but he also controversially stated that once they do, they’ll get COVID-19, […]
WESTMONT, IL — The union representing teachers in Illinois called for the school year to begin with remote learning. A return to in-person instruction is currently too risky, according to the Illinois Federation of Teachers. In a statement issued Monday, the statewide teacher’s union provided a list of 10 safety […]
High school football in the state of California will not begin until December at the earliest. The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announced Monday that the sports season for the upcoming school year will begin with a modified schedule, beginning in December 2020 or January 2021. The unprecedented alteration is due […]
St. John Bosco’s Jake Newman, left, and Josh Alford pursue Mater Dei receiver Kody Epps in Bellflower, Calif., on Oct. 25, 2019. The 2020 high school sports season will be delayed. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) The start of the high school sports season in California will be […]