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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.
Beth GreenfieldParents Protest High School’s Screening of ‘White Guilt Video’ for Black History Month
A high school that’s been under fire for showing an affirmative-action video that some parents found racially divisive has apologized this week, pulling the video from its curriculum.
The Stir on Yahoo9 Things Your Kid Really Learns in Kindergarten
Love them or hate them, the Common Core State Standards are being swiftly implemented into schools and programs throughout the country, and although its ultimate goal is to prepare students for college and their careers, it all starts early. Kindergarten early.
Esther CrainParents Protest High School’s Ban on Cultural Headdresses
When a school makes wearing a specific item of clothing off limits, it’s usually the students who stage a protest to have the rule changed.
Beth GreenfieldJudge Awards PTA President $5.7 Million After Bizarre Fight With Other Parents
A spat between parents that just made its way through the court system is making Dance Moms–fighting look like kindergarten this week.
Yahoo ParentingHere's What Will Change With the New SAT
Starting in March 2016, students will be taking a new version of the SAT. Here's what students and parents need to know.
YourTango on Yahoo4 Ways Parents Make Kids' Grades Worse By Trying to Help
In a recent study published by the American Psychological Association, research showed both positive and negative results of high parental expectations on kids’ academic performance. The lead author of the study, Kou Murayama, said that “although parental aspiration can improve children’s academic performance, excessive parental aspiration can be poisonous.” Yes, poisonous.
SheKnows on YahooCommon Core: 5 Teachers Open Up, And They Don't Hold Back
It looks like Common Core will soon follow NCLB into the dustbin. Is this something to cheer?
Beth GreenfieldParents Face Felony Charges After Kids Play Hooky. Is It Fair?
Hopping aboard the growing national trend to criminalize parents of truant kids is at least one middle school, which charged two moms and one dad with felonies on Tuesday after authorities had deemed their adolescents’ lack of attendance to be excessive.
Rachel BertscheThe Outrageous Kindergarten Application Question One Mom Refused to Answer
The mother of an incoming kindergartner in Connecticut has persuaded officials to revise their school forms after speaking out about a question that she says got too personal. The inquiry: “Type of birth: Vaginal__ Cesarean__.”
Rachel BertscheProm Dress Sparks Debate for Being Too Revealing
The mother of an 18-year-old girl is speaking out this week after her daughter was kicked out of her high school prom on Friday for supposedly violating the school dress code. Connie Briceno went prom dress shopping with her daughter, Mireya, and did so with the Muskegon High School dress code in mind, she says. “The guidelines specifically said backless dresses are acceptable,” the Michigan mom tells Yahoo Parenting.
Rachel BertscheKindergarten Trip to Visit Santa Canceled After Mom Complains, Parents Stage Walkout
Parents of kindergarten students pulled their kids out of class recently to protest the cancellation of an annual Christmas tradition: a school trip to see Santa.
“To fire him carries a political risk that Trump is apparently unwilling to take — for now.”
“Trump could simply ignore him rather than work with him.”
“While Trump may have turned against Fauci, he is unlikely to go away.”
“The only federal official who stands between us and repeated waves of COVID will continue to be downsized by Trump.”
“Even if you put aside the political firestorm it would cause, Trump could not just oust Fauci from his position by tweet.”
