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This year, just like last year, the nearly 200,000 kids in Chicago’s public elementary schools spent recess indoors during the first week of school, when the heat index hit 114 degrees. In the past ...

TULSA, Okla. — Schools are taking extra steps to protect children during the brutal stretch of summer weather. At lunchtime, silence at a school playground is not normal. "My daughter is very upset ...

This week, sweltering heat has forced districts around the country – up and down the East coast and across the Midwest – to close schools early or switch to virtual learning. Even more schools ...