Tag: Distance learning

Louisiana school board settles BB gun suspension lawsuits

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NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana school board agreed to pay $165,000 to settle lawsuits by parents of two children suspended last year for holding...

Learning setbacks coming into focus with new testing results

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AUSTIN, Texas — The scores from the first U.S. standardized tests taken during the pandemic are offering an early glimpse of just how far...

Indiana seeks $620K after audit finds students not online

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — State education officials want a northern Indiana school district to repay more than $620,000 after an audit found it claimed...

Virus dispute could force Iowa schools leader out of job

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Like superintendents across the U.S., the leader of Iowa’s largest school system has faced plenty of criticism from parents, politicians...

Virus testing strategies, opinions vary widely in US schools

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MISSION, Kan. — Children are having their noses swabbed or saliva sampled at school to test for the coronavirus in cities such as Baltimore,...

US schools fight to keep students amid fear of dropout surge

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — U.S. educators are doing everything they can to track down high school students who stopped showing up to classes and...

Some Black parents say remote learning gives racism reprieve

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CHICAGO — Before schools shuttered during the pandemic, Ayaana Johnson worried every time she dropped her daughters off at school. ...

Virus, technology, unrest make stressful year for teachers

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MANOR, Texas — The school bell rings, and about a dozen masked first-graders turn to the monitor and wave hello to their classmates —...

California public schools see ‘sharp decline’ in enrollment

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SAN FRANCISCO — California public schools have experienced a sharp decline in enrollment this year as the pandemic forced millions into online school, according...

Asian Americans wary about school amid virus, violence

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BOSTON — A Chinese American mother in the Boston suburbs is sending her sons to in-person classes this month, even after one of them...