Some of us have been homeschooling, some of us have been “virtual” schooling, some of us have been “hybrid” schooling, and a few of our children have actually enjoyed “in-person learning,” to add to the list of terms we never needed before. It has been a year colored with worry about physical health, mental health,…
Massachusetts Teachers Unions Push to Delay Return to Classroom: ‘This Whole Process Is Being Rushed’
The leaders of three teachers’ unions in Massachusetts are supporting an emergency legislation that would delay the school reopening for the state’s youngest students for another three weeks. State Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley, who heads the Bay State’s K-12 systems, has ordered school districts to bring students from pre-K to 5th grade back to classrooms…
Virginia Governor Signs Bill Giving Students Day Off to Attend Protests
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed a bill into law that gives students across the state an excused absence when they use it to “engage in a civic or political event,” such as a protest. Fairfax County Public Schools, the largest public school system in Virginia, began giving students from 7th-12th grade a day off…
High School Sweethearts Reunited by Biological Daughter Given Up for Adoption 50 Years Ago
When a high school athlete and his first love, a cheerleader, were separated by circumstances, they had far more to contend with than their broken hearts as the then-teen girl was pregnant and had given the baby up for adoption. Fifty years later, that very same baby—now a mom of two named Laura Mabry—would meet…
Idaho House Approves Bill Letting Some Staff Carry Guns at School
House lawmakers in Idaho have passed a bill that would let some school employees carry concealed firearms without the need for school board permission. In a 52-18 vote on Thursday approving the measure—called House Bill 122 (pdf)—lawmakers moved to expand the ability of school staff members to carry weapons on school grounds, which under current…
And Now, the School Pep Rally Against Whiteness
The sight of high schoolers clapping and chanting in an explosion of collective energy could easily be mistaken for pep rally before the Big Game. But these students at the Social Justice Humanitas Academy in Los Angeles aren’t getting psyched up for a football game. They are mentally preparing themselves to do battle against a…
Researchers: CDC Misinterpreted Analysis on Reopening Schools, Should Immediately Loosen Rules
Researchers whose analysis the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cited in recent school reopening guidance say the agency misinterpreted their findings and should immediately loosen the recommendations. Four doctors said in an op-ed this week that the guidance “is an example of fears influencing and resulting in misinterpretation of science and harmful policy,”…
Chicago Schools Open Doors to Thousands More Students
CHICAGO—Thousands of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students returned to school on Monday morning, the second—and largest—wave of students to go back to classrooms after almost a year of remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. CPS did not immediately provide any details on how many of the 37,000 students in kindergarten through fifth grade who…
CA Teachers’ Union Head Seen Taking Daughter to In-person Preschool Amid School Closures
The head of a local California teachers’ union has come under fire in recent days after a video showed him taking his 2-year-old daughter to a private preschool for in-person instruction—as public schools remain closed in many cities across the state. A group of Berkeley-area parents known as Guerrilla Momz posted the video on YouTube on Feb….
CA Teachers’ Union President Seen Dropping Daughter Off at In-person Preschool After Leading School Closures
The head of a local California teachers union president has come under fire in recent days after a video showed him taking his 2-year-old daughter off at a private school for in-person instruction—as public schools remain closed in many cities in the state. “Matt Meyer Berkeley Federation of Teachers President blocks opening public schools in-person,…
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