A national standard for sexual consent education in schools is needed, the NSW government has said, after thousands of women and girls across the country shared stories of being assaulted as students. NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said a national curriculum review currently underway is an opportunity for states and territories to consider how to teach…
Laguna Beach High School Resumes In-Person Classes
March 19, 2021
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After a year of distance learning over Zoom, Laguna Beach High School (LBHS) and Thurston Middle School have reopened for modified in-person classes. The change came after Orange County moved into red tier in the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy March 14, and while the schools are not fully back to normal yet, the announcement was celebrated by staff and students….
Chicago Schools Open Doors to Thousands More Students
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LA County Elementary Schools Will Be Permitted To Reopen
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Ontario Government Keeps Majoring on the Minors
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Union Approves Deal With Chicago Schools to Return to Class
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School Principal Works Night Shifts at Walmart for Students in Need, Gifted $50,000
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Students in China Brainwashed to Hate God and Force Parents to Renounce Faith
Brainwashing school students to raise a generation of atheists is a long-term weapon being viciously used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to crack down on spiritual beliefs. The regime has ruinously exploited the field of education—a potential tool that can positively transform any society—to instead propagate hatred for religions by indoctrinating students with communist…
LA City Councilman Plans Motion To Explore Legal Options To Reopen Schools
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino plans to introduce a motion next week asking the city attorney to explore legal options for forcing the L.A. Unified School District (LAUSD) to reopen its campuses for in- person learning, despite the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. “I stand with the 1,500 pediatricians in Southern California as well as…
Extended School Closures Are Harmful to Students
Commentary It’s been just over a year since the first COVID-19 case was identified in Canada. Since that time, the federal and provincial governments have struggled to contain this virus through a series of rotating lockdowns. Last spring, virtually every school in the country was closed, and most closures lasted for the remainder of the…
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