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This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Shutdown orders prevented about 60 million novel coronavirus infections in the United States and 285 million in China, according to a published Monday that examined how stay-at-home orders and other restrictions limited the spread of the contagion.A separate from epidemiologists at Imperial College London estimated the shutdowns saved about 3.1 million lives in 11 European...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Shutdown orders prevented about 60 million novel coronavirus infections in the United States and 285 million in China, according to a published Monday that examined how stay-at-home orders and other restrictions limited the spread of the contagion.A separate from epidemiologists at Imperial College London estimated the shutdowns saved about 3.1 million lives in 11 European...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump sees two school issues as key to reelection, and after paying almost no attention to education for most of his presidency, he’s pushing both in negotiations over the next pandemic relief bill.The president’s first priority is getting schools to reopen this fall, which he sees as central to economic recovery and getting parents back to work. Trump regularly tells advisers that he believes it is “totally safe” for children to return to school, a senior White House official said.He is also newly focused on...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump sees two school issues as key to reelection, and after paying almost no attention to education for most of his presidency, he’s pushing both in negotiations over the next pandemic relief bill.The president’s first priority is getting schools to reopen this fall, which he sees as central to economic recovery and getting parents back to work. Trump regularly tells advisers that he believes it is “totally safe” for children to return to school, a senior White House official said.He is also newly focused on...WW…

Education An AP history teacher who pushes kids to their limits. Four students forced home by the pandemic. And 69 days to prove whether remote learning can work for them. By As usual, Eirik Nielsen is running late. It’s a Friday in March, the day that turns out to be his last inside Burton High School, and his carpool is waiting to go home. Traffic is brutal on the Bay Bridge heading out of San Francisco, where the city’s wealth boxes out teachers and strains the lives of his students, some of the poorest in the city. As the day ends, two freshmen stop him to turn in applications for next...…Education An AP history teacher who pushes kids to their limits. Four students forced home by the pandemic. And 69 days to prove whether remote learning can work for them. By As usual, Eirik Nielsen is running late. It’s a Friday in March, the day that turns out to be his last inside Burton High School, and his carpool is waiting to go home. Traffic is brutal on the Bay Bridge heading out of San Francisco, where the city’s wealth boxes out teachers and strains the lives of his students, some of the poorest in the city. As the day ends, two freshmen stop him to turn in applications for next...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Florida on Sunday reported a record 15,300 new coronavirus cases, the most by any state in a single day and a bleak sign of the United States’s failure to control the pandemic about six months after the first infection surfaced in the country.The staggering number was the result of both increased testing and widespread community transmission that has affected the state’s...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Florida on Sunday reported a record 15,300 new coronavirus cases, the most by any state in a single day and a bleak sign of the United States’s failure to control the pandemic about six months after the first infection surfaced in the country.The staggering number was the result of both increased testing and widespread community transmission that has affected the state’s...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIn just a matter of weeks, tens of millions of children will start a new school year, and what that will look like has become the nation’s thorniest political and epidemiological issue. School officials have to figure out how to resume schooling while limiting the risks to children, their teachers, school staffers and their communities.This pivotal moment in the coronavirus pandemic comes as scientists are still trying to understand precisely how the virus affects children and how children affect the spread of the virus....…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIn just a matter of weeks, tens of millions of children will start a new school year, and what that will look like has become the nation’s thorniest political and epidemiological issue. School officials have to figure out how to resume schooling while limiting the risks to children, their teachers, school staffers and their communities.This pivotal moment in the coronavirus pandemic comes as scientists are still trying to understand precisely how the virus affects children and how children affect the spread of the virus....WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week laid out its detailed, delayed road map for reopening schools, child-care facilities, restaurants and mass transit, weeks after covid-weary states began opening on their own terms.The CDC cautioned that some institutions should stay closed for now and said reopening should be guided by coronavirus transmission rates.For schools, the CDC recommended a raft of social distancing policies: desks at least six feet apart and facing the same direction, lunch in classrooms,...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week laid out its detailed, delayed road map for reopening schools, child-care facilities, restaurants and mass transit, weeks after covid-weary states began opening on their own terms.The CDC cautioned that some institutions should stay closed for now and said reopening should be guided by coronavirus transmission rates.For schools, the CDC recommended a raft of social distancing policies: desks at least six feet apart and facing the same direction, lunch in classrooms,...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareNew York City on Friday announced major changes to how thousands of students are assigned to middle schools, replacing a merit-based system that critics say exacerbated segregation with a lottery that is expected to create more diversity at the most sought-after schools.The move was driven by the coronavirus pandemic, because tests typically used for admissions were not administered last spring. Selective high schools in D.C., and have also jettisoned admissions tests for the coming academic year, citing the crisis....…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareNew York City on Friday announced major changes to how thousands of students are assigned to middle schools, replacing a merit-based system that critics say exacerbated segregation with a lottery that is expected to create more diversity at the most sought-after schools.The move was driven by the coronavirus pandemic, because tests typically used for admissions were not administered last spring. Selective high schools in D.C., and have also jettisoned admissions tests for the coming academic year, citing the crisis....WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareOnline classes in the District of Columbia in spring had been a disaster. Thousands of students . Many were falling behind. So as spring gave way to summer, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) was determined to open schools again.By mid-July, she had a plan. But it depended on cooperation of the teachers, and their union responded with protests.Hours before the mayor was to make an announcement, she said she needed more time.The city spent the next five months trying to bring students and teachers back to classrooms. A combination...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareOnline classes in the District of Columbia in spring had been a disaster. Thousands of students . Many were falling behind. So as spring gave way to summer, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) was determined to open schools again.By mid-July, she had a plan. But it depended on cooperation of the teachers, and their union responded with protests.Hours before the mayor was to make an announcement, she said she needed more time.The city spent the next five months trying to bring students and teachers back to classrooms. A combination...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareTwo lesser-known educators have emerged as top candidates for education secretary — a former dean at Howard University and the commissioner of schools in Connecticut, people familiar with the process said.The first is Leslie T. Fenwick, dean emeritus of the Howard University School of Education and a professor of educational policy and leadership. The second is Miguel Cardona, who last year was named the top education official in Connecticut.Both have positions that could draw fire, though in different ways. Fenwick is a...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareTwo lesser-known educators have emerged as top candidates for education secretary — a former dean at Howard University and the commissioner of schools in Connecticut, people familiar with the process said.The first is Leslie T. Fenwick, dean emeritus of the Howard University School of Education and a professor of educational policy and leadership. The second is Miguel Cardona, who last year was named the top education official in Connecticut.Both have positions that could draw fire, though in different ways. Fenwick is a...WW…