By Nia Harden, WRAL journalist Raleigh, N.C. – Teachers and school staff can register in Group 3A of the North Carolina Vaccine Rollout to get vaccinated in Wake County on Monday. Each county will distribute different vaccines to school and child care workers and vaccinations are expected to begin Wednesday. …
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French President Emmanuel Macron condemned Friday’s Islamist terrorist attack on a history teacher in the suburbs of Paris and called on the nation to stand united against extremism. Officials said the teacher discussed the strategies of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad with his class. The suspected assailant was shot and killed by …
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(Newser) – At least six U.S. Teachers have died from coronavirus complications The Daily Beast has seen since the start of the school year that “students from across the country returning to classrooms are an ominous sign of what is to come.” There is no clear evidence, however, that teachers …
Read More »Coronavirus is feared for protests, dismissal and retirement of teachers
Teachers in the US are protesting, calling sick, quitting or retiring early, instead of returning to classrooms during a pandemic that kills more than a thousand Americans every day. Some of the country’s largest school systems, including in Chicago and Los Angeles, choose to remain closed this fall for personal …
Read More »More than 1,500 students and staff are quarantined when schools reopen
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 …
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