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 …
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LONDON – In a U-turn after days of criticism, the British government on Monday scrapped an exam grading policy that was introduced to deprive thousands of graduates of secondary school – especially minor disadvantages – from places at universities. Roger Taylor, chairman of UK Exam regulator Ofqual, said the use …
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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 …
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(Reuters) – After becoming Dean of the University of Illinois School of Business in 2015, Jeffrey Brown worried that politics as a virus would choke a major source of income for his school: Chinese graduates. Jeffrey Brown, dean of Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois, poses at …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government on Sunday faced the threat of legal action and criticism from its own lawmakers after anger caused by the abuse of English diplomas during the pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Students wearing protective face masks hold placards as they protest outside the Department of Education, amid …
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