Coverage slipped for vaccines that prevent diseases like measles and mumps. National vaccination coverage for kindergarteners during the 2020-2021 school year fell below the nationwide target of 95% ...

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On the first day of virtual public school in Los Angeles, teachers marked 6,000 kindergartners as absent, according to the LA Times. Early numbers show that kindergarten enrollment is down throughout ...

2020 has a been a first of its kind school year separating teachers and students. For kindergarten teacher Lindsey Collins of Baucom Elementary in Apex, it's been filled with emotion. Her response was ...

Gavin Morris, a 5-year-old in Alamance County, was excited to enter kindergarten this fall. Then the pandemic hit, and Gavin’s parents reworked his education plans. “We didn’t want his first ...

The pandemic has intensified a multiyear trend of dwindling public school student enrollment statewide, causing a steep drop this year with more than a third of the decline stemming from 61,000 ...

Now that all the kids in our area are back in school, those born during the pandemic, known as COVID babies, are now in ...

Brittany Kinley and her family were really excited when they found out their son, Mason, would be able to attend kindergarten in person this year at his Mansfield school. She was hoping it would mean ...

Brittany Kinley and her family were really excited when they found out their son, Mason, would be able to attend kindergarten in person this year at his Mansfield school. She was hoping it would mean ...