Commentary It’s September and California’s students are back in school. They endured more than a year away from their campuses, thanks to the governor’s lockdown response to the COVID-19 virus. How did the pandemic impact the finances of Orange County’s school districts? The audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 are…
Chasing A’s: Grades Aren’t All That Matter
Every fall, my husband Mike and I sit outside with our morning coffee and watch the neighborhood kids sprint down the street to catch the school bus. Each year, I consider writing this story and then lament the thought of digging up old regrets. Away from home as a college freshman, I messed up academically….
Nikole Hannah-Jones Says Her Privately Funded School Program Won’t Teach Critical Race Theory
September 4, 2021
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The New York Times’ 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones said her free after-school literacy program in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, will teach black history, not critical race theory (CRT), the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported. The privately funded “1619 Freedom School” headed by Hannah-Jones will be for students in the Waterloo Community School District in…
Back-to-School May Lift US Retail Shares After Recent Lull
NEW YORK—Strong late-summer back-to-school sales could provide U.S. retailers some needed momentum after many sector shares lagged the broader market in recent months. The S&P 500 retailing index, which includes Amazon.com Inc, is up just about 2 percent for the quarter so far, compared with a 6 percent gain in the S&P 500. Some retailers,…
Colorado High School Students Stage Walkout to Protest School Mask Requirement
High school students in Douglas County, Colorado, staged protests Wednesday calling for the end of a classroom mask mandate, ABC 7 Denver reported. Students from ThunderRidge High School walked out of class around 9:30 a.m. in protest of the classroom mask requirement, ABC 7 reported. On Monday, the Tri-County Health Department board voted in favor…
10-Year-Old Urges Citizens to ‘Be Like Power Rangers and Fight Back!’ After Florida School Board Imposes Mask Mandate
On Aug. 31, the Hernando County School Board convened an emergency meeting and voted by a measure of three to two to impose a mask mandate for students in the Hernando County School System. This makes Hernando County the 11th Florida school board to impose mask mandates on children. In response, a 10-year-old Hernando County…
Pennsylvania Orders Masks on School Children
After weeks of debate over schoolchildren wearing masks as a COVID-19 mitigation measure, Pennsylvania’s acting Health Secretary Alison Beam has issued an order requiring masks to be worn inside K-12 school buildings, early learning programs, and childcare providers. The order, announced Tuesday, takes effect Sept. 7 and applies to everyone in education buildings, vaccinated or…
Florida Withholds Funds From 2 School Districts Over Mask Mandates
Florida’s Department of Health on Monday announced that it is withholding funds from two school districts that defied Gov. Ron DeSantis’s order banning mask mandates. “Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran announced that the Florida Department of Education has withheld the monthly school board member salaries in Alachua and Broward County, as directed by the State…
Biden Admin Opens Civil Rights Investigations in 5 States That Ban School Mask Mandates
The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it has opened investigations in five Republican-led states that ban mask mandates in schools, saying such policy could be discriminatory against students with disabilities. In letters sent to chief state school officers of Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah, the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights…
Boy With Rare Condition Gets Special Escort on 1st Day of School After Mom’s Social Media Plea
After his mother posted a plea for kindness on social media, a little boy with a rare condition was escorted to his first day of kindergarten by local firefighters and police. The day was made even more magical by the attendance of his two favorite superheroes. Five-year-old Michael Murphey of Dallas, Texas, was born with…
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