School principals, some of whom have been driven out of the profession by the ordeals of the pandemic, are now losing support from the Republican side of the political divide.

Parents and guardians will only receive a close contact letter if schools determine "that the virus is being transmitted from person to person in a classroom, grade level or building."

New approach likely will no longer involve a number or letter grade for each campus–a practice that educators and others say reduce a school’s offerings and complex challenges to a single designation.

The recent politicization of education is making college students increasingly reluctant to study education.