SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– Springfield Public Schools has announced it will go virtual next week beginning Tuesday, January 25. Monday will be used as a training day for SPS teachers to prepare virtual instruction to all students beginning on Tuesday. No classes will be held Monday, January 24th. After the district […]
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PFW to offer music therapy master’s | Schools
Purdue University Fort Wayne is preparing to launch the first Master of Music Therapy program in northern Indiana, according to a news release. Nancy Jackson will direct the new program, which is designed for professional music therapists and those without a music therapy undergraduate degree, the university said. It is […]
Ohio schools Native American mascots
*** Watch our previous story from last summer when a meeting was held to discuss the name of Parma School District’s Redmen mascot*** COLUMBUS (WJW) – Two Ohio lawmakers are urging schools across the state to retire Native American mascots. The resolution introduced Wednesday by Representative Adam Miller (D-Columbus) and […]
South Dakota schools set to change social studies standards
What is Critical Race Theory? CRT examines systemic racism as a part of American life and institutions and how it gives white people an advantage. Erin Davoran and Dwight Adams, Wochit The South Dakota Department of Education has released new proposed social studies standards. Proposed standards will go to four […]
Here’s how two mothers in the same county have totally different views on masks in schools
Maleah has asthma and many other students at Navarre High School no longer wear masks, her mom tells CNN, wearing a KN95 mask as she chats outside. “It’s a very simple means to help prevent disease spread, and it’s been something that people have been doing for years,” she said. […]
Private schools pledge to open facilities in win for Telegraph Sport
Up to 670 private schools could open up their sporting facilities for all children over the holidays to help tackle the alarming slump in activity during the pandemic. In another victory for Telegraph Sport’s Keep Kids Active campaign, the nation’s body of prep schools is “exploring” plans to help pupils […]
Teachers in two East Valley districts plan possible “sick out” as kids return to school | State of Arizona Schools
CHANDLER/GILBERT, AZ (3TV/CBS5) — Thousands of students are heading back to the classroom this week despite record breaking COVID-19 cases in our state. But many parents and teachers are concerned in-person learning will make the crisis in our state worse. Arizona Department of Health Services reported over 200,000 […]
San Dieguito Schools Will Not Reopen In January (San Diego News Now)
San Dieguito School District Board voted to step away from their plans to bring students back to school in January. Meanwhile, San Diego awaits to hear today if stay-at-homes orders will be extended. Also, CVS pharmacy is joining the efforts to vaccinate California’s nursing homes. Good Morning, I’m Annica Colbert….it’s […]
South Korea shuts schools and warns of ‘greatest crisis’ since pandemic began
South Korea has ordered schools to close from Tuesday in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas as it battles its worst outbreak of novel coronavirus since the pandemic began, surpassing the previous peak in February. Schools in the capital region will move classes online until the end of the month, in the latest […]
South Korea orders schools to shut as COVID-19 cases spike
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea ordered schools to close from Tuesday in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas as it battles its worst outbreak of novel coronavirus since the pandemic began, surpassing the previous peak in February. Schools in the capital region would move classes online until the […]
South Korea Orders Schools to Shut as COVID-19 Cases Spike | World News
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea ordered schools to close from Tuesday in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas as it battles its worst outbreak of novel coronavirus since the pandemic began, surpassing the previous peak in February. Schools in the capital region would move classes online until the end of […]
Michigan Catholic High Schools fight state’s epidemic order
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) – Catholic families and schools in the Diocese of Lansing have today filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the order by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to keep high schools closed for another 12 days without any guaranteed date for re-opening as […]
Medical schools call 18 percent increase in applications ‘Fauci effect’
Medical school applications have increased 18 percent this year in what the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is calling the “Fauci effect.” Geoffrey Young, the AAMC’s senior director for student affairs and programs, told NPR the increase is akin to the wave of recruitment the U.S. military saw in the wake of […]
Rockwood and Normandy schools send students to virtual learning ahead of winter break
ST. LOUIS – Changes are coming to the Rockwood School District and Normandy Schools Collaborative. St. Peters pregnant woman stabbed to death, man she met online charged with murder Rockwood schools are taking a couple of days off to prevent COVID spread and quarantining ahead of the winter break. The […]
When schools reopen, will they send their kids?
Adrian Rivera hugs his mother, Yesica Aguirre, outside their apartment complex in Cudahy. Aguirre is torn about sending her son, who is doing well in online learning, back to campus. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Amid anxieties over online learning and a dangerous surge in coronavirus cases, Los Angeles […]
Opinion: To open schools safely, mask up and close bars and malls
First, schools are not superspreaders. We know much more now than we did when the pandemic started, how the virus spreads and how to decrease transmission. Emerging evidence in Europe shows schools have not been major centers of transmission of the virus, especially for young children. And public health officials […]
3 Scottsdale high schools will return to online learning for rest of semester | State of Arizona Schools
SCOTTSDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS5) — Three Scottsdale high schools will return to online learning starting Tuesday, Dec. 1, due to COVID-19 concerns and staffing shortages. Scottsdale Unified School District Superintendent Scott Menzel, said in a letter to parents Monday that Chaparral High School, Arcadia High School, and Desert Mountain High School will return […]
Florida issues new emergency COVID order on public schools
Parents fearing they might have to send their children back to in-person classes despite their coronavirus concerns can relax. The Department of Education on Monday released a new emergency order that keeps live, remote classes available as an option for the second semester of classes, along with the funding that […]
Will DC-area schools have snow days in year of online learning?
Will school systems in the area still close when there’s snow? Or will systems simply move — or continue — online learning when the weather gets rough? With so much learning moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic, will school systems in the area still close when there’s snow? Or will […]
A blueprint to safely open schools
The United States has the sad distinction of having the most confirmed coronavirus cases and death in the world, which has kept many schools shuttered for instruction in person. Parents and educators know that our children do best at schools, where they can get support, and they worry that the […]