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Yahoo News 360Universal pre-K: Common sense or calamity?
President Biden has proposed providing free schools to all 3-and-4-year-olds, but critics say the plan would do more harm than good.
Yahoo News 360Should colleges require students to get the COVID vaccine?
Vaccine mandates raise a number of logistical and ethical issues, but supporters say it's worth the effort to keep campuses safe in the fall.
Yahoo NewsVirtual-only schooling drops below 10% for 1st time
The share of school districts continuing to offer virtual-only instruction to students fell below 10 percent for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to statistics compiled by the data firm Burbio.
Yahoo News 360Should teachers be prioritized for COVID vaccines?
President Biden has called for moving teachers to the top tier of vaccine eligibility to help schools open. Would doing so be a mistake?
Yahoo News'You don't have American history without Black people': How one Utah school failed its students
A public charter school in Utah sparked controversy over the weekend after announcing that parents could “exercise their civil rights” and opt their children out of the school’s Black History Month curriculum. After widespread backlash, it’s walking back this decision.
Yahoo News 360Science says schools are safe, so what’s keeping them closed?
Evidence suggests that schools can be reopened without causing major coronavirus outbreaks. But there are still a number of forces keeping students out of the classroom.
Yahoo NewsThe coronavirus closed schools. Our diseased politics is keeping them closed.
Evidence is already emerging that online learning is leading to an education gap, one that is almost certainly growing wider by the week.
Yahoo News 360Should colleges discount tuition when they go remote?
Students at colleges across the country are demanding tuition be reduced because classes are being held online. Schools say any discount would cripple them financially.
Yahoo News 360Learning pods: A safe alternative to school?
Parents across the country are creating learning pods to avoid the risks of in-person schooling and make up for the shortcomings of distance learning. Are pods a smart solution, or do they leave too many kids behind?
Yahoo NewsCase of teen jailed for missing online classwork shows how schools and courts oppress Black students
A Michigan teen sits in a juvenile detention center because she didn't do her online schoolwork.
Yahoo News 360Reopening schools: Do the benefits outweigh the risks?
The debate over whether schools should reopen in the fall has reached a new level of urgency as start dates for schools across the country grow closer. Do the benefits of bringing kids back to campus outweigh the health risks?
Yahoo News 360Should colleges bring students back to campus in the fall?
Universities across the country are wrestling with the decision of whether or not to hold in-person classes in the fall. Is bringing students back worth the risk of an on-campus outbreak?
Yahoo News 360What needs to happen for schools to reopen?
Most schools in the country are closed for the rest of the school year. What steps need to be taken for them to be ready to welcome students back in the fall?
Yahoo NewsOnline College Board tests are planned if lockdowns extend to fall. How would they work?
With schools and testing sites closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, testing companies are scrambling to make alternative arrangements for administering exams such as the SAT and the ACT.
Yahoo News 360Life after pandemic: How will coronavirus change us?
The coronavirus pandemic has upended normal life around the world. Will its impact last after the outbreak has come and gone?
Yahoo NewsLiberty University students split over decision to reopen school
Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr.’s decision to reopen the school this week was met with wide-ranging reactions. While many critics feel Falwell is endangering the lives of students and faculty, others think it was the right decision.
Yahoo News 360Is online learning the future of higher education?
As the coronavirus pandemic causes school closures, educators nationwide are moving classes online. Is the learning method effective?
Yahoo NewsMiss USA ‘not sure’ she would compete in Trump-owned pageant
Newly crowned Miss USA Cheslie Kryst had a quick answer when asked if she would have competed in the pageant under President Trump’s ownership: “I’m not sure.”
Yahoo News 360SAT 'adversity score': Is it necessary?
About 2 million aspiring college students take the SAT every year, and soon their results will include more than whether they correctly answered the test questions. The College Board, which runs the SAT, announced it will start giving a new metric to colleges that provides context for a student's educational and socioeconomic background. The number — widely being referred to as an "adversity score" — will consider factors about a student's neighborhood and school, such as average income level, crime rate and education level.
Yahoo NewsAdmissions scam adds insult to injury for minority applicants
In what a federal prosecutor called “the largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice,” dozens of people were charged in a bribery scheme to cheat on SAT and ACT entrance exams and buy admission to elite schools for the children of wealthy parents. Through payments disguised as donations, parents involved in the cheating scandal paid between $250,000 and $400,000 per student to its “mastermind,” William Singer, who then laundered the money through his college counseling service to bribe college officials and coaches.
Yahoo NewsAs teachers in Denver demand better pay, Republicans in Washington say lack of money isn't what ails public education
At a House hearing, Democrats argued for more money to fix crumbling schools while Republicans said more charter schools are needed to give students choices.
Yahoo NewsScott Senate campaign calls opposition ad 'dangerous' in light of hurricane
An ad produced by a political action committee supporting Bill Nelson claims the Florida governor cut funding to education while giving tax breaks to the rich.
Yahoo NewsGrowing shortage of ob-gyn doctors threatens women’s health
There are about 20,000 ob-gyns in the U.S., but nearly half of U.S. counties lack an ob-gyns, according to the American College of Nurse- Midwives. The American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG) projects the U.S. could face a shortage of up to 8,000 ob-gyns by 2020 and 22,000 by 2050.
Yahoo NewsDept. of Education apologizes for misspelling W.E.B. Du Bois
The U.S. Department of Education apologized Sunday for a tweet that misspelled the name of W.E.B. Du Bois while quoting the late writer, historian and civil rights activist.
Caitlin DicksonCampaign rhetoric inspires chaos, anxiety in classrooms around the country
A Catholic bishop in Indiana denounced the Andrean High School students who waved a picture of Donald Trump and shouted “Build a wall!” at their opponents from a largely Hispanic school in nearby Hammond, Feb. 26, 2016. Barbie Garayua Tudryn first noticed that the presidential election was having an unusual effect on the students at Frank Porter Graham Elementary back in September. Tudryn, who has been the guidance counselor at the English-Spanish bilingual school in Chapel Hill, N.C., since 2008, usually kicks off each school year with a lesson on diversity.
“Every college has a public health responsibility to require its students to be vaccinated.”
“While the vast majority of students will likely get the vaccine, schools should honor the decisions of the few who object.”
“A vaccinated campus could be the step toward normality that college leaders are seeking.”
“College students are mobile and spread COVID-19 with them whenever they travel.”
“There almost certainly are going to be legal challenges because the anti-vaccine movement is already preparing for them.”