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Oakland students threaten to boycott classes unless school district meets covid demands
Students from the Oakland Unified School District have threatened to strike and not attend in-person classes unless the California district reverts to remote learning or complies with a list of health and testing demands that include KN95 masks for each student, more testing and expanded outdoor space for lunchtime.
Geometry before algebra? Schools will try more new angles in 2022.
Algebra and geometry, two high school courses most of us have taken, have been taught in that order since they were installed by U.S. colleges two centuries ago and by U.S. high schools one century ago. But now, some schools have boldly reversed the sequence: geometry first, then algebra.
Gen Z most stressed by coronavirus, citing pandemic toll on careers, education and relationships, poll says
Higher proportions of Americans between ages 13 and 24 say the pandemic has made their education, career goals and social lives more difficult, compared with millennials and Gen X.
Middle school is always hard — and the pandemic made it worse. Here’s what these kids need now.
Middle school has long been difficult for young people to navigate, in part because children are becoming adolescents and social pressures increase. Add to that complications — grief, mental health issues, etc. — brought on by the pandemic, and middle school right now may be more difficult than ever.
Minority teens more likely than White teens to say graduating from college is important, according to Washington Post-Ipsos poll
Nearly 9 in 10 minority teens ages 14 to 18 said graduating from college is “very” or “fairly” important, compared with 75 percent of their White peers, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll.
Will that college degree pay off? A look at some of the numbers
New data about cost of higher education and the income of graduates has become publicly accessible.
What happened to America’s teens when coronavirus disrupted high school?
Nearly half of teens said the pandemic had a negative impact on their academics.
‘This is a crisis’: Tens of thousands of children affected by pandemic-related deaths of parents
New study estimates 140,000 children have experienced the death of a caregiver due to covid or other causes in excess of what occurs in a typical year.
The post-pandemic future of college? It’s on campus and online.
Students are back, but their classes are a remarkable mix of virtual and in person.