De reopening of schools remains in rocky start. Around the country, more than 1,500 students and staff from nine districts in seven states are quarantined after positive cases at schools that had just reopened. One school in Georgia had to be shut off for cleaning. Despite 35 positive cases, it …
Read More »States are re-examining schools as outbreaks of coronavirus spike
With Americans now dying at a rate of 1,000 people a day and coronavirus cases increasing in some states, parents and teachers are faced with difficult choices about when and how to return to school. COVID-19 cases have now top 5.1 million in the U.S., and the virus has killed …
Read More »New Jersey School District Changes Course on “Fruitless” Personal Learning Plan After More Than 400 Teachers Rejected
As schools national wrestling to finalize the opening of plans, some have changed course abruptly due to coronavirus erupted as a pushback from the community. One school district in New Jersey voted this week to keep all classes at a distance, despite Governor Phil Murphy insisting for months on some …
Read More »More than 900 students and staff in Georgia District quarantined after positive COVID-19 tests
More than 900 students and staff members have now been told to quarantine after a school district in northern Georgia reopened last week, school officials announced Tuesday. Thousands of positive COVID-19 tests have been confirmed and one high school has been temporarily shut down, Cherintee County District Superintendent Dr. Brian …
Read More »This student took viral photo of packed necklace. Well, she says they have received threats
A Georgian high school sophomore who shared a viral photo of a packed schoolyard said Sunday that she has received threats since posting the image last week. Hannah Watters said in an interview on CNN that North Paulding High School “used us as guinea pigs.” Watters said she was dealing …
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