Brandon Dell’Orto listened to the comments and complaints as the school board meeting dragged on hour after hour. Many parents were angry. Their kids were sad, bored, borderline depressed, fed up with a school model that didn’t allow them to be on campus every day. The parents wanted schools open. […]
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Frustrated parents are calling on the Jersey City Public Schools to reopen, but the local teachers union wants staff members vaccinated before in-person learning resumes. Dozens of parents and students called into the Board of Education’s virtual meeting on Thursday, urging the district to reopen schools as soon as possible […]
Carolyn Muyskens | The Holland Sentinel DOUGLAS — A group of parents in Douglas are ramping up fundraising efforts to buy playground equipment for Schultz Park and Beery Field, in the hopes of installing the first pieces this summer. The group aims to raise about $320,000 in total for new, accessibly designed play structures […]
Having quality friendships with people of different races is associated with less biased racial attitudes, better social skills, increased empathy and decreased anxiety in racially mixed settings. Yet despite the many benefits, cross-racial friendships are still relatively uncommon. “America is both anti-racist in its aspiration and racist in its current […]
WHITESBORO – Just like Zoom meetings and virtual game nights, livestreamed sporting events have become a routine of pandemic-era life. According to a release, Middle Township has now put a new twist on the trend by bringing livestreaming to youth rec sports. The Middle Township Recreation Department pulled together a […]
Morse Street Public School. Schools remain closed in Toronto. Ontario faces stricter restrictions to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto. February 1, 2021. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images) The Ontario government is considering cancelling March Break for students across Ontario. The Chief Medical Officer’s recommendation will […]
In the Before Times — aka, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic — in-person childbirth classes were a rite of passage for many expectant parents. A couple of months before their due date, pregnant people and their partners would gather in an austere hospital space for a couple of hours at […]
Happy family with two children going on holiday, wearing face masks at the airport. A fresh new year offers numerous opportunities to envision how you want the year ahead of you to look. It’s an especially good time to tackle a new (or a first) budget for the family that […]
Last year, we’d planned to spend the UK summer holidays there, a plan that quickly began to unravel as more about the virus became known. I was also due to go back, for a shorter, solo, visit, in October, to attend a wedding – a trip that was also scuppered. […]
The transition will last through Winter break, and in-person students will return to their buildings on January 5, 2021. KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — What has it been like to have a kid learning from home? We asked a set of Knox County Parents with students from elementary to high school […]
Find all of the most important pandemic education news on Educating N.J., a special resource guide created for parents, students and educators. A group of parents, students and residents will lead a protest this weekend with the goal of having the South Orange-Maplewood School District reopen for in-person instruction on […]
If you want to make a holiday wreath, learn about pruning or how to start beekeeping, there are dozens of classes to check out, online and in-person throughout December. Throughout the Lancaster County region, there are hands-on classes that teach things like how to make a kokedama string garden, a […]
If you want to make a holiday wreath, learn about pruning or how to start beekeeping, there are dozens of classes to check out, online and in-person throughout December. Throughout the Lancaster County region, there are hands-on classes that teach things like how to make a kokedama string garden, a […]
Isolated for months now, tweens and teens are actively searching for online friends, often describing them as IBFs (Internet best friends), via TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and online games. The #IBF hashtag has more than 670 million views on TikTok, and variations of that hashtag on Instagram contain hundreds of thousands […]
Contrary to popular belief, there are benefits for kids who play video games. We know, it’s kind of a shock, considering people have been saying video games have been rotting brains for decades. But what are the benefits? Improved coordination and problem-solving skills, to name a couple. Plus, games can […]
TipRanks Shift Into 5G Could Fuel a Rally in These 3 Stocks The tech world is in the midst of a shake-up. Since the end of 2017, the new 5G wireless technology has been moving forward, bringing with it a combination of faster connection speeds and lower latency, and the […]
Available via PBS Kids streaming. Age 6+ Animated alien adventure has learning, empathy, teamwork. “Terra Willy” (also known as “Astro Kid”) is a French animated space adventure (dubbed into English) that’s full of positive messages with a bit of mild peril. After his family’s ship is destroyed by asteroids, Willy […]
Jennifer Parson, who served as a gestational surrogate for a couple, cared for the child she carried until the parents could travel to the United States. Jennifer Parson/@jennparson/TikTok Jennifer Parson, a teacher’s assistant and mother from Arizona, recently went viral on TikTok after sharing her unique experience as a gestational […]
© Provided by Pinkvilla We all know that Vijay Deverakonda became a dog parent a couple of months back. He has been constantly sharing photos and videos of his dog baby Storm Deverakonda. Photos of Vijay from his Europe trip surfaced online. Now, he has returned home after his vacation […]
Roger McKinney | Columbia Daily Tribune Columbia students and parents struggling with online learning offered heartfelt testimony during a Friday hearing of the Joint Committee on Education held at the Columbia Activity and Recreation Center. In Columbia, elementary students returned to classrooms four days a week on Monday, with Wednesdays […]