Most of the school buildings in the state remain closed because of high coronavirus positivity rates, but the governor has been under pressure to provide guidance for bringing the neediest students back.

The issue will be an early test for Miguel Cardona, the state superintendent of education in Connecticut whom President-elect Joe Biden tapped to be education secretary.

Also the state of press freedoms, from the News Literacy Project.

An excerpt from the new book "Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School."

And what a bad year it has been.

Researchers are warning that a surge of disinformation could threaten acceptance of the coronavirus vaccines. From the News Literacy Project.

Some say it's the only way. Others say no way.

An excerpt from the brilliant "Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own."

The club didn’t have permission to actually open the school — and never got it.

School reform policy was a flash point in his administration. Here's what he says.

Plus two excerpts.

Among the advantages: Open-book exams more closely replicate the kinds of tasks students will need to carry out in the work world — and reduce, if not eliminate, the urge to cheat.

From the News Literacy Project.

The messages in tweets.

The authors call for new federal action to end the stubborn pattern.

What the president-elect has said and what it means.

And a look at a rare front-page editorial about the Georgia elections.

Buildings will be shuttered and teachers are being told to take home what they will need for remote learning.

A high school student explains why it is vital that she and her compatriots be involved.

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