Category: students

Ontario Schools to Offer Rapid Tests, Ventilation, Cohort Protocols as Students Return on Monday

As children in Ontario return to in-person learning on Monday, they can expect the schools to offer two rapid antigen tests, better ventilation, and temporary cohorting protocols as measures to protect them against the COVID-19 pandemic, said Ontario’s education minister Stephen Lecce. Lecce announced these added safety measures and facilities in schools during a press conference…


LA Unified Students and Staff Must Test Negative for COVID-19 Before Returning to School

Students and staff in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) must show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before returning to campus Jan. 11 regardless of vaccination or booster status, the district announced. “In preparation for schools reopening on January 11, and in light of the rise in COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron…


Boat Carrying Nigerian Students Capsizes, Killing at Least 29

KANO, Nigeria—A boat carrying Nigerian students capsized in Kano state in northern Nigeria, killing at least 29, local officials told Reuters on Wednesday. The boat on the Watari dam was carrying roughly 40 students from an Islamic school, most of whom were under 18, and capsized around 5:30 a.m. local time Tuesday evening, a local…


Train Hits Van in Pakistan, Killing 3, Injuring 7 Students

LAHORE, Pakistan—A passenger train crashed into a college van carrying female students at an unmanned railway crossing in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday amid smog, killing three people and injuring seven others, police said. The accident happened in the district of Sheikhupura in the Punjab province, according to Rana Shakeel, a senior district administration official. He…


Thousands of California Parents Protest Newsom’s Vaccine Mandate for Students

Thousands of California parents, students, and teachers on Monday participated in a statewide walkout to protest Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for all students in both public and private schools. Newsom, a Democrat, earlier this month announced the vaccine mandate for schoolchildren in grades 7 through 12 once the vaccines have received…


Thousands of California Parents Join in Statewide Walkout Against Vaccine Mandate for Students

Thousands of California parents, students, and teachers on Monday participated in a statewide walkout to protest Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for all students in both public and private schools. Newsom, a Democrat, earlier this month announced the vaccine mandate for schoolchildren in grades 7 through 12 once the vaccines have received…


Scheduling Kids Activities as a Working Parent

Being a working parent can make your life extremely busy by itself. That’s not even including scheduling kid’s activities in as well. With students back in school and fun activities now more of an option, it’s only natural that kids will want to do more, and as a parent, this will fill your weekly schedule….


Colorado High School Students Stage Walkout to Protest School Mask Requirement

High school students in Douglas County, Colorado, staged protests Wednesday calling for the end of a classroom mask mandate, ABC 7 Denver reported. Students from ThunderRidge High School walked out of class around 9:30 a.m. in protest of the classroom mask requirement, ABC 7 reported. On Monday, the Tri-County Health Department board voted in favor…


A School Movement Targeting Minorities That Works. But Progressives Don’t Like It.

Michael Landsbaum hit bottom after his father lost his job and couldn’t pay rent, leaving the teenager homeless in Dallas. He slept on friends’ couches for months until he was rescued by an unlikely source: his high school. But Pathways in Technology Early College High School did much more than provide him with a place…


California Teacher Encourages Class to Pledge Allegiance to LGBT Pride Flag Instead of American Flag

A Southern California high school teacher is under investigation after a video in which she talked about encouraging students to pledge allegiance to an LGBT pride flag went viral on social media. In a video she posted to TikTok, Kristin Pitzen of Newport Mesa United School District in Orange County said she took down the…