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Panicked Teachers Explain Why They Are Creating Wills Before School Starts
“This is a place where many people believe the virus is a hoax or overblown. I have been told I’m weak and not a good Christian, that if I covered myself and my students in prayer, I would be fine.”
‘We Don’t Usually Have Light When the Classes Are On’ – How Coronavirus Made Nigeria's Education Gap Worse
Forty-seven percent of Nigerians do not have access to grid electricity.
Ontario Is Shutting Down All Public Schools Due to Coronavirus
Schools will be closed until April 5.
22 Million Kids Rely on School for Meals. Here's What They're Doing During Closures.
School systems across the country weigh "grab-and-go" schemes to feed low-income kids while not exposing them or staff to COVID-19.
What Amazon Infiltrating America's School System Might Look Like
The corporate giant's computer science initiative could help local kids find decent tech jobs. But will it put a dent in inequality?
One School District's Plan to Stop Mass Shootings: Arm Students with Rocks
"If an armed intruder attempts to gain entrance into any of our classrooms, they will face a classroom full of students armed with rocks and they will be stoned."
Stop Putting Minority Kids in ESL Classes if They Don’t Need It
Apparently if you’re young and a visible minority, you belong in an English as a Second Language class.
Why schools can't expect "a guy with a gun” to stop shootings
There's no evidence more cops in schools make campuses safer
America's Mass Incarceration Crisis Begins in Its Schools
We spoke with Anna Deavere Smith about Parkland, the school-to-prison pipeline, and her new HBO film, 'Notes From the Field.'
People Who Actually Work in Schools Don't Want Armed Teachers
As a product of Florida's school system, I hate to think of who might be attracted to teaching if we paid them extra to have guns. Turns out I'm not the only one who thinks it's a bad idea.
The Republicans' Plan to Stop Mass Shootings: Nothing
As survivors called for gun control, Trump made vague noises about "mental health."