Schools are facing significant challenges in educating students during the pandemic.

The former state education secretary cautioned that weak implementation could further widen the state’s achievement gap.

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"Give kids enough reassurance that comes from predictability, but also flexibility," one expert says.

All public and private schools will remain closed through the end of this school year.

School counselors say the coronavirus pandemic has so destabilized kids' lives that the result is genuinely traumatic. And closed schools make it harder for counselors to help.

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing schools to conduct "distance learning." But online education must be equalized for all school districts, Reville says.

As teachers and students prepare to be out of school for at least another month, educators across Massachusetts are transitioning into a new phase of distance learning. It’s a huge, and sudden, adjustment.

The superintendent says the schools are keeping an eye on when classes may go back to normal, and in the meantime are working to keep families informed and upbeat during the pandemic.

With most schools closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, a national poll of young people ages 13 to 17 suggests distance learning has been far…