Category: school

Over 100,000 Ontario Students Return to In-person Learning

Over 100,000 students from several regions across southern Ontario returned to school on Monday for the first time since winter break. But they will have to follow stricter COVID-19 measures to keep themselves and school staff safe, according to the province education minister, Stephen Lecce. In his statement released on Sunday, Lecce told schools in…


Ontario Children Hospital Calls for Quick Return to In-person Learning

Ontario needs to reopen schools for in-person learning as soon as possible, as the harm of school closures outweigh the likelihood of COVID-19 spreading among children, according to Canada’s largest child health hospital. A guidance document for school operations was released on Jan. 21, conducted with the lead of the Toronto-based Hospital for Sick Children…


Students in LA School District Must Get COVID-19 Vaccine to Return to Classrooms

The 600,000 students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will have to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before returning to classrooms, school district officials said. In a pre-recorded briefing first reported by the Los Angeles Times, LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner said the COVID-19 vaccine mandate would be “no different than students who are vaccinated…


More Pupils At School Than During Last Shutdown, Say Teachers

Teachers say England’s lockdown is at risk of being watered down, with more pupils still attending school than expected after the government said that those without laptops are exempt from obligatory home learning. Alongside other rules, England’s third national lockdown stipulates that children cannot attend school unless their parents are classified as keyworkers or they…


5 Ways to Redeem the School Year

So, 2020 was rough. This school year, so far, hasn’t been stellar for many. With a fresh, new year, however, let’s take on a fresh, new outlook. There are a number of ways parents can redeem the school year before it’s done. It just takes a basic shift in mindset and a little bit of…


The Arrogance Behind Lockdowns

Commentary If you’re finding the lockdown aggravating, allow me to assist. With the aggravation, I mean. By saying the capricious way the authorities keep ordering lockdowns means they think whatever we might have been doing until they stopped us wasn’t important anyway. Of course, they pontificate about following “the science.” But it hasn’t worked very…


Children Don’t Need CCP Virus Vaccine to Get Back to School Safely: Brett Giroir

Adm. Brett Giroir, a leading member of White House Coronavirus Task Force, said Sunday that children don’t need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to resume in-person instruction in schools safely. Giroir told Fox News on Sunday that current data shows it is “safe and very important to get children back in school even…


Children Don’t Need CCP Virus Vaccine for Safe Return to School: Adm. Giroir

Children don’t need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to safely resume in-person instruction in schools, Adm. Brett Giroir, a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said on Dec. 27. Giroir, also the U.S. assistant secretary of health, told “Fox News Sunday” that current data shows it is “safe and very important to…