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9 votes
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Illinois law bans schools from fining students. So local police are doing it for them.
6 votes -
Greenland offers a roadmap for how to get Inuktut taught in Nunavut's schools
3 votes -
Local school districts are caught in the middle of the culture wars as the right tries to gain control
10 votes -
Tennessee school board bans Holocaust graphic novel ‘Maus’ – author Art Spiegelman condemns the move as ‘Orwellian’
28 votes -
Supreme Court weighs mandating public funds for religious schools in Maine
8 votes -
US libraries report spike in organised attempts to ban books in schools
18 votes -
‘I think we should throw those books in a fire’: Movement builds on right to target books
17 votes -
Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the old way of grading
12 votes -
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first US Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later.
8 votes -
Bus driver shortages are latest challenge hitting US schools
8 votes -
The tragedy of America's rural schools
9 votes -
The cult in a boarding school
3 votes -
Inderkum High School teacher to be fired after allegedly indoctrinating students with "antifa" ideals
6 votes -
Virginia school board to pay $1.3 million in transgender student’s suit
13 votes -
California high school stripped of basketball title after tortillas were thrown at opposing Latino players
6 votes -
When this high school valedictorian started giving a speech about being queer, the principal took the mic
11 votes -
After the worst school year ever, here's what students want most
7 votes -
Furor over Pennsylvania teacher's pension fund widens with push to oust leaders
7 votes -
A project of one's own
5 votes -
Ottawa says it's not liable for cultural damage caused by Kamloops residential school: court documents
9 votes -
Lake Highlands, Texas high school valedictorian discards her pre-approved commencement speech to read a statement about abortion rights
15 votes -
Georgia sixth-grade student challenges school suspension over "Zoom bombing" allegations
15 votes -
Yearbook photos of girls were altered to hide their chests
21 votes -
NYC snow days: Dismay as school snow days cancelled
12 votes -
School almost 'eliminates bullying' with break-time ban on games
23 votes -
Israel lifts outdoor mask mandate and fully reopens schools, leaders stating full reopening of the economy could happen next month
5 votes -
Pakistan’s first transgender-only madrasa breaks barriers
8 votes -
I've received a school project where I need to read a book but I've never really wanted to read a book and don't know many books at all. What book should I read?
People like me are why I believe the slippery slope is a fact, not a fallacy... I'm asking this in the context of a school project mainly because of 2 things: 1: 2 of the questions of the project...
People like me are why I believe the slippery slope is a fact, not a fallacy...
I'm asking this in the context of a school project mainly because of 2 things:
1: 2 of the questions of the project are about main and secondary characters and their physical and psychological characteristics, so the book is gonna require those unless I'm misinterpreting those questions.
2: The project is for March 12th so something like 1984 with 300+ pages is probably too long. (Although there are probably many technicalities to blur this, like how much text there is in a page and the actual amount of pages I can read in a given time and how much time can I dedicate to reading the damn book.)
19 votes -
Alabama House votes to overturn ban on yoga in schools - but "namaste" is still forbidden
8 votes -
The lost year: What the pandemic cost US teenagers
8 votes -
Parents with disabilities face extra hurdles with kids' remote schooling
8 votes -
Americans - What is a "pep rally"?
5 votes -
The school
5 votes -
Here’s what one week of online school is like for my seven- and five-year-old kids, explained in a comic
17 votes -
The Bully's Pulpit - On the elementary structure of domination
3 votes -
Spreadsheet of all confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in United States schools
13 votes -
How are schools preparing in your country?
Primarily non-US, as there's been a lot of discussion for various places in the States. In my country (Croatia, EU), nobody knows anything, including the government, and the school year starts in...
Primarily non-US, as there's been a lot of discussion for various places in the States.
In my country (Croatia, EU), nobody knows anything, including the government, and the school year starts in three weeks. With the govt change this summer, and the new ministers enjoying their summer vacations, they only created a "task force" last week, which only met today for a few hours and concluded "there are challenges ahead". The minister in charge "thinks" schools will start normally, and "thinks" masks won't be required, with no straight answers or plans.
Teacher associations, individuals, parent groups have been calling for development of some kind of strategy for weeks (as a tourism-powered 2nd wave hit us), but there doesn't seem to be any sense of urgency on the part of govt.
This leaves parents (we'e gor one kid in primary school, other in kindergarten) in total fog, there's no way to prepare. Our family is better placed to handle this due to grandparents around to help and flexible schedule (self employed), but the online school from this spring was a disaster and I don't see a chance of the fall doing any better.
Even with preparations it would be hard, right now looks like it's going to be a disaster.
How is your country (not) coping with these challenges?
(edited to clarify the school year start)
7 votes -
"I'm sorry, but it's a fantasy" - Arizona school superintendent on trying to reopen his schools safely
18 votes -
Why can’t we just hold classes outdoors instead?
11 votes -
Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at risk: "Most parents have no idea how bad this is going to be"
40 votes -
Children from age 10-19 spread the coronavirus just as much as adults: A study of nearly 65,000 people in South Korea suggests that school reopenings will trigger more outbreaks
21 votes -
What are your thoughts on the possibility of public schools re-opening?
My feelings are a bit mixed as there are painful consequences on both sides of the equation. However, I ultimately feel that schools in their current set up cannot work in the current environment...
My feelings are a bit mixed as there are painful consequences on both sides of the equation. However, I ultimately feel that schools in their current set up cannot work in the current environment and shouldn't be re-opened. The likelihood of the virus spreading and killing grandparents, parents, and teachers is guaranteed. But I feel like the US has to address the negative consequences of kids staying at home. What that would look like, I'm not 100% sure. I don't even think you can apply a set of guidelines that would fit every situation out there.
Some things that I think would work in some areas:
- Open air schools
- Cafeteria food delivery to students on free, or reduced lunch.
- School-provided internet hot spots (I think this is being provided for already in some places)
- Traveling teachers- teachers providing some sort of in-person check ups on students, especially those that are at-risk.
- Schools move towards being open in the Spring, Summer, and partial Fall, with Winter break replacing Summer break.
- Schools partially re-open, with 1/5th the students coming in on one day a week.
Would really be interested in hearing the thoughts and ideas of others on this topic. Especially the people who work in the education field.
22 votes -
I’m an epidemiologist and a dad. Here’s why I think schools should reopen
9 votes -
US pediatricians call for in-person school this fall
12 votes -
Indigenous chief says RCMP beat him up and manhandled his wife over expired licence plate
9 votes -
Schools turn to surveillance tech to prevent Covid-19 spread: "We are very much interested in the automated tracking of students"
6 votes -
US schools lay off hundreds of thousands
8 votes -
More than 200 schools in South Korea have been forced to close just days after they re-opened, due to a new spike in virus cases
13 votes -
Why I’m learning more with distance learning than I do in school
8 votes