In the most ambitious plan of its kind, Los Angeles Unified has announced plans to test its roughly 600,000 students and 75,000 staff as the nation’s second-largest school district prepares for the eventual return to instruction. Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner said in a statement that the program will …
Read More »Johns Hopkins University students to return to campus – via Minecraft | American news
Las many college students, what feels like an endless pandemic, Johns Hopkins University students will not be returning to campus this fall. But there is still a way for them to attend school, albeit a fantastic one – through the video game Minecraft. The Baltimore-based university gives every enrolled student …
Read More »Jared Kushner will send his children ‘absolutely’ to school despite Covid-19 risks | American news
White House adviser and president-in-law Jared Kushner has said he will “absolutely” send his children back to school when classes reopen, despite widespread concerns that personal learning puts children, faculty and their families at risk from Covid -19 . The Trump administration has urged schools across the country to reopen, …
Read More »US cause of death for coronavirus is set to reach 200,000 by Labor Day, says CDC forecast | World news
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is set to reach 200,000 by Labor Day, as children across the country prepare to return to school, according to a forecast by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC). The rate of new deaths could increase in the next …
Read More »Emergence in Covid cases among children raises fears about reopening of US schools | World news
An exponential rise in Covid-19 cases among children in the US, the alarm has sounded alarm among experts as the new school year begins. A recently released study by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association found that nearly 339,000 cases of coronavirus among children have been …
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