Our campaign is gaining momentum and attracting lots of great media coverage! Many stories appeared following our virtual press conference with Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance prior to the monthly meeting of the MA Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on Sept. 21.
Broadcast TV
- WBZ-TV (Channel 4): Parents Call For Remote Learning Option For Mass. Students Not Yet Eligible To Be Vaccinated
- WCVB-TV (Channel 5): Groups call for remote learning option for Massachusetts students not eligible for COVID-19 vaccine; Education commissioner giving return to school update as parents press for remote option
- WHDH-TV (Channel 7): news story ran Monday night-no clip onlineNBC10 (Channel 10): Mass. Parents Demand Remote Learning Option Amid Delta Spike
- WWLP-TV (Channel 22): Parents lobbying for remote learning in Massachusetts; MA parents of immunocompromised children calling for remote learning option
- WFXT-TV (Channel 25): Parents keep pressing DESE for virtual option
- Cable TV Telemundo Nueva Ingleterra: Padres de Massachusetts exigen la opción de aprendizaje remoto en medio del pico de Delta
- Univision Boston: news story ran Monday night-no clip online
- NECN: Mass. Parents Demand Remote Learning Option Amid Delta Spike
Other Media
- WBZ NewsRadio 1030: news story ran Tuesday morning-no clip online
- State House News Service: Parents Demand Remote Learning Option Amid Delta Spike
- GBH News, Parents Demand Remote Learning Option Amid Delta Spike
- CHNI (Lawrence Eagle Tribune, Salem New, other North of Boston newspapers): Remote learning options urged
- Boston.com: ‘This literally scares the hell out of me’: Parents call on state officials to make remote learning options available
- WBUR, Massachusetts Parents Demand Remote Learning Option Amid Delta Spike
- WickedLocal.com, Parents demand remote learning option for schools amid COVID-19 spike
- State House News Service: Daily Advances
- Politico Massachusetts Playbook: Monday preview
- Politico Massachusetts Playbook: Tuesday recap
- Bloomberg Baystate Business (Radio): live at 2:15pm today
Matt Murphy, Parents Demand Remote Learning Option Amid Delta Spike, WGBH News, September 20, 2021.
Louisa Moller, Parents Call For Remote Learning Option For Mass. Students Not Yet Eligible To Be Vaccinated, CBS4 News, September 20, 2021.
NBC10 staff, Mass. Parents Demand Remote Learning Option Amid Delta Spike, NBC10 (Channel 10), September 20, 2021.
WCVB staff, Groups call for remote learning option for Massachusetts students not eligible for COVID-19 vaccine, WCVB, September 20, 2021.
Dialynn Dwyer, ‘This literally scares the hell out of me’: Parents call on state officials to make remote learning options available, Boston.com, September 20, 2021.
CBSBoston.com Staff, Parents Call For Remote Learning Option For Mass. Students Not Yet Eligible To Be Vaccinated, CBS Boston, September 20, 2021.
Matt Murphy, Parents Demand Remote Learning Option Amid Delta Spike, State House News Service, September 20, 2021.
Christian M. Wade, Remote learning options urged, Salem News, September 20, 2021.
Yawu Miller, Governor’s remote learning ban sparks concern: Parents of children with respiratory ailments say they’ll keep children home, Bay State Banner, September 16, 2021.
Roy Karp, Remote learning options would keep kids safe and tied to their school communities, Dorchester Reporter, September 15, 2021. (The author is a founding member of MAPRLO.)
Jim Morelli, Some unvaccinated kids kept out of the classroom, WCVB News, September 14, 2014.
Emily Maher, Massachusetts parents push for remote learning option for some students, WCVB News, September 13, 2021. (featuring interview with MAPRLO member Courtney Feeley Karp).
Roy Karp & Courtney Feeley Karp, Removal of virtual school option would force cruel choice on many parents, Boston Globe, Septmber 13, 2021. (Letter to the Editor by MAPRLO members)
Carrie Yung, Parents Demand More Remote Learning Options, WBUR (public radio), September 7, 2021.
MA Parents for Remote Learning Options 