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Missouri Governor Insists on Sending Kids Back to School Amid COVID
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson stated that children have to go back to school in the fall and that some of them will get COVID-19 but they will "get over it."
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Only 40.7% of Greene County households have completed the Census Greene County’s Census response rate lags behind state and national rates
By John Zippert,Co-PublisherGreene County DemocratAccording to the U.S. Census2020 website as of today, only 40.7% of the households in Greene County have responded to the Census, which counts the population of the entire country every ten years. The 40.7% rate for Greene County lags behind the
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SPS Announces Plans For Remote Learning To Start School 2020-21 School Year - The Seattle Medium
Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Denise Juneau announced the district’s recommendation to use a remote learning model beginning with fall classes of the 2020-21 school year, and to continue the remote learning model until the risk of significant transmission of Covid-19 has decreased enough to
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Opinion: Mandatory College Football Practices at Time of Pandemic are Nuts
The NCAA has just ruled that mandatory football practices can begin in July, anticipating a full season of college football. This is nuts. The pandemic isn’t going away; it’s surging in more than 29 states, with seven reporting new records for cases in a day. States that opened early without
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Bowser Delays School Reopening Decision Until July 31
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, in a surprise move Thursday, delayed the decision on how the District's public school system will start the 2020-2021 academic year until July 31.
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McDonalds, Honda Helping HBCU Students During COVID-19 Pandemic
McDonald's and Honda are both stepping up to help HBCU students who have been severely affected by the public health crisis.
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Schools reopening a ‘collaborative effort’ – Daytona Times
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters on Wednesday the Florida Department of Education should not dictate local school-district decisions, even though the department issued an emergency order that says schools must reopen in August unless health officials say
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If coronavirus cases continue spiking, SCS Supt. Ray says he cannot ‘in good faith’ open school buildings - TSDMemphis.com
If coronavirus hospitalizations and cases continue to surge, Memphis students will start the school year online, Supt. Joris Ray said Friday. “If we are where we are today, in good faith I could not open schools,” the Shelby County Schools leader told Chalkbeat. “And when I say open
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Arkansas daycare kicks out girl, 6, for wearing Black Lives Matter shirt - TheGrio
A mother in Arkansas is alleging her 6-year-old daughter was kicked out of her daycare because she wore shirts that supported Black Lives Matter and racial justice. READ MORE: Mother sues Franklin County Board of Education for racial discrimination Journei Brockman has attended daycare at His Kids
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Creating a Creative Virtual Learning Space, Online Resources Teachers can Use | Chicago Defender
The end of summer is drawing near, and the return to school is upon us. With the ongoing conundrum of returning to the classroom full-time, implementing the hybrid method, or … Continued
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TSTA sues education commissioner over charter rules, alleging they illegally remove teacher certification, contractual requirements - North Dallas Gazette
The Texas State Teachers Association on Wednesday sued state Education Commissioner Mike Morath for adopting charter school partnership rules they say illegally deprive public school teachers of contractual and other employment rights and allow corporate charter chains to operate in Texas without
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Newswire: Cuba’s two pandemics: The Coronavirus and the US Embargo
By Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Al Jazeera The Trump administration is trying to hinder Cuba's efforts to tackle the coronavirus emergency at home and abroad.As soon as the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in Cuba, our country mobilized all its resources to contain the spread of the virus.Our
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Michigan Chronicle/TCF Bank S.W.A.G. Awardees Continue to Build Community and Reach Higher | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
As the cost of higher education continues to trend upwards, students are searching far and wide for scholarships to pay for college. Recognizing the need to remove the financial barrier to higher education, the Michigan Chronicle partnered with TCF Bank to develop the S.W.A.G. Scholarship Awards to
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Opinion: How Can Working Parents Still Teach Their Kids at Home This Fall?
Last Friday, Gov. Newsom held a press briefing to announce his “Pandemic Plan for Learning and Safe Schools.” Although his plan offers clear guidance on when and how schools should reopen, it doesn’t answer some pressing questions.   The governor’s plan incorporates the California Department of
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SPC has releases preliminary comeback plan and guidelines for fall 2020
Dr. Tonjua Williams, St. Petersburg College president PINELLAS COUNTY Starting Aug. 17, St. Petersburg College will hold a portion of classes on campus, including labs, healthcare, public safety, and other programs that require hands-on learning, as well as some general education courses where
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Billionaire Robert F. Smith Launches Student Freedom Initiative to Ease Student Debt at Historically Black Colleges
Robert F. Smith—the billionaire who pledged during a commencement speech last year to pay off the student debt of the Morehouse College class of 2019—is, according to time.com, launching a new init…
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In the first week of June, a food services employee in the El Centro Elementary School District in Imperial County tested positive for the coronavirus. By early July, about a dozen nutrition and transportation workers had been infected. The positive test result briefly halted the meals distribution
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NAACP Sues U.S. Education Secretary Over COVID-19 School Money
The coronavirus pandemic has focused the nation’s attention on the essential role public schools play in families and communities’ lives. The NAACP said it’s also exposed severe racial inequalities that continue to plague the country’s education system and disadvantaged students of color. Rather
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Voter Suppression Goes to College - Voice and Viewpoint
By Cash Michaels and Peter Grear, Greater Diversity News If preliminary data estimates on the recent 2020 primaries in North Carolina are accurate, student voters on HBCU campuses must raise their turnout game come the general election this November. So says Dr. William Busa, founder of EQV
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El Camino College President Dena P. Maloney Announces Retirement - Los Angeles Sentinel
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US Supreme Court supports Black Gwinnett College students freedom of speech | Atlanta Daily World
Georgia Gwinnett College’s speech policies previously forbid any expression “which disturbs the peace and/or comfort of person(s)” and restricted speech to two tiny speech zones that made up less than 0.0015 percent of campus and were open only 18 hours per week. School officials used the policies
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“Maddie on a Mission” Virtual Interactive Read-A-Loud - Dallas Post Tribune
Grab your kids and the popcorn and join in on the fun. On Sunday, July 26th, Author/Illustrator Sharon Jones-Scaife and The Innovative Learners will host a virtual interactive read-a-long. Author Sharon Jones-Scaife will read “live” on Instagram and Facebook her latest book, “Maddie on
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Newswire : Congress moves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act measure forward
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent The House Judiciary Committee has introduced the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, the first-ever bold, comprehensive approach to hold police accountable, end racial profiling, change the law enforcement culture, empower communities, and
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California State University Trustees Vote to Make Ethnic Studies or Social Justice Class Mandatory for Students Statewide
According to the Los Angeles Times, all 430,000 undergraduates attending California State Universities will be required to take an ethnic studies or social justice course, a curriculum change appro…
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Sandra Walker is candidate for Mayor of Eutaw
I, Sandra Walker, introduce myself as a candidate for Mayor of the City of Eutaw, Alabama. I have dedicated my life to helping and serving others. As a child, I dreamed of a life that was conducive to loving and treating others as I wanted to be treated; to extend help to the needy and […]
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Minority-Owned Miestro.com Paves Faster, Simpler Path for the Massive E-Learning Space Industry | BlackPressUSA
NPA NEWSWIRE — “It’s never been a better time for professionals to leverage their knowledge and expertise and build recurring revenue through the development of online courses,” says Justin Burns, the 33-year-old founder of Miestro.com. “Our platform was created to allow users to easily create
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The state of Black and Hispanic student academic performance in Pinellas – the COQEBS view
Dr. Ricardo A. Davis, President, COQEBS By Dr. Ricardo A. Davis, President, COQEBS PINELLAS COUNTY The primary issue with social justice and public education (not unique to Pinellas) is the achievement gap.  This phenomenon has existed for as long as we have been evaluating public schools (Brown
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Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate Join Forces With Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times to Adapt the 1619 Project Into Films, Television Programming Other Content
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Dr. Glover: TSU methodically moving toward fall semester - TSDMemphis.com
A month out from the projected Aug. 17 start of Tennessee State University’s 2020 fall semester, Dr. Glenda Glover was asked if she would open the state’s only public HBCU that day given the COVID-19 status of Metro Nashville-Davidson County. Her answer – yes –  came with amplification. “Two weeks
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Urban One To Host Voting Virtual Town Hall with 97.9 The Beat | Dallas Weekly
Urban One's Dallas station KBFB-FM will host a “Voting Virtual Town Hall” on Sunday, July 26th, 2020 at 6pm on 97.9 The Beat’s Facebook page in order to discuss the importance of voting, the impact of the recent COVID-19 surge in Texas, and the expectations for the upcoming academic school
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