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NYC closing in-person public school prompts snarky Twitter storm: 'Can kids go to school in restaurants'?
The decision to close NYC public schools prompted exasperation and outrage online — particularly since gyms, bars and indoor dining would remain open for the time being.
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School Report Card: Utah mandates weekly COVID-19 testing for college students and Missouri loosens school quarantine rules
This week, the state of Utah mandated weekly COVID-19 testing for college students and Missouri loosened school quarantine rules.
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School Report Card: This week, schools save snow days, and homecoming parties cause 75 to quarantine
A N.J. school district has saved the "magic" of snow days, and in Michigan, homecoming parties caused 75 high school students to quarantine.
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School Report Card: This week, teen sues school over Trump face mask policy and student newspaper halts over mental health concerns
Student journalists in South Carolina took a stand for their mental health and a teen in Pennsylvania fights to wear a pro-Trump mask.
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School Report Card: This week, college 'condemns' students exposing themselves to COVID-19 and a school president resigns after campus outbreak
Brigham Young University-Idaho is investigating students who expose themselves to COVID-19 to sell their antibody-rich plasma, and the president of SUNY Oneonta resigned.
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The new normal of high school homecoming: Reverse parades, mask mums and outdoor dances
Schools are getting creative as they celebrate homecoming during the pandemic.
Yahoo LifeSchool Report Card: This week, sorority sisters are forced to quarantine in a basement and FSU president tests positive for COVID-19
The president of Florida State University and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19; Syracuse University pinpointed an emerging cluster; and Boston schools have delayed in-person classes.
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These teachers faced fallout over supporting Black Lives Matter at school: 'If I compromise I’m not actually doing anything'
One teacher was fired for refusing to stop wearing handmade Black Lives Matter face masks.
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School Report Card: This week, Notre Dame president tests positive for COVID-19 after White House event and parents protest virtual school
The president of Notre Dame tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a White House event to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court and parents continue rebelling against virtual school.
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Meet the high school students who are creating and donating PPE to frontline heroes
Andrew Zhang, Jerry Wu, Nick Genovese, and Rishi Peddakama are the founders of Shield our Health Heroes, a nonprofit organization that is raising money to protect the heroes on the frontline with their homemade, high quality and reusable face shields.
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College students are staging fake kidnappings during virtual class
College students are pranking their virtual classes by staging their own kidnappings.
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College freshmen say being on campus in the age of COVID is 'complicated and weird'
Yahoo Life checked in with five college freshmen living in dorms around the country to get a sense of what this surreal semester is like so far.
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School Report Card: This week, parents flout pandemic rules and Trump flags cause controversy in virtual school
Teachers are at odds with students and parents over flags showing political support and spring break is canceled for many college students across the U.S.
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Watch 'Citizen Verizon Assembly: Education Is Not Up for Debate' live town hall
Watch as Yara Shahidi, Gabrielle Union, Soledad O’Brien, professors, politicians and business leaders come together in a virtual town hall for an urgent debate on today’s education system, with a look to the future.
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Wi-Fi buses and beyond: How schools are creating internet hotspots for students in the era of remote learning
Several school districts are trying to keep students connected.
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School Report Card: This week, parents sue schools over mask mandates and a college president dies of COVID-19
COVID-19 infections continued rising among schools, causing officials to issue quarantines and shelter-in-place orders.
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Kids from across the country sound off on the challenges of learning in a pandemic: 'We probably can't hug each other'
Yahoo Life checked in with four kids to hear their feelings about returning to school, whether from home or in-person, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Teachers turn to TikTok to give a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to make virtual learning happen
Educators across the country are using the hashtag #virtualteaching to show TikTok users what it takes.
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The Unwind: How teachers are coping with back-to-school stress during the pandemic
From yoga to video games, teachers and faculty members share what's helping them switch off from stress.
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Ohio State University has already canceled spring break. Experts predict 'this will become very common.'
Infectious disease experts say the move by officials at Ohio State University is a smart one — and they expect other schools to follow suit.
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Why this mom set up a 'luxury learning' pod in Bel-Air
Yoga, gardening, female empowerment studies — it's all part of the "boutique education" experience.
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Soledad O’Brien investigates: How the coronavirus pandemic is causing college students to go hungry
Soledad O'Brien reports for Yahoo Life on the crisis sweeping the nation during the coronavirus pandemic: college students going hungry and turning to food pantries, food stamps and more.
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'Hungry to Learn': Soledad O’Brien examines the untold student hunger crisis (exclusive)
Yahoo Life partners with award-winning broadcaster Soledad O'Brien with the exclusive digital premiere of the documentary “Hungry to Learn.” The documentary is an important chronicle of a nation-wide crisis: college students who are so strapped to pay tuition that they don’t have enough money to eat.
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Why COVID outbreaks on college campuses due to risky behavior were predictable: 'Many young people end up feeling that risks do not apply to them'
Experts say teens' risky behavior during the global pandemic isn’t surprising — and part of that is because adolescent brains are still developing.
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'I'm hungry all the time': How hunger has reached crisis level on college campuses (exclusive)
Forty-five percent of college students are struggling to eat. In this exclusive investigation, Soledad O'Brien examines the growing crisis at universities across the country, and how the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating it.
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How 4 college freshmen are dealing with the disappointment of remote learning: I 'feel like I'm stuck'
To reflect on the unexpected challenges that college student are facing this year, Yahoo Life spoke with incoming freshmen from the BUILT BY GIRLS community.