#Baltimore schools shut down for two days after cyberattack

#Baltimore schools shut down for two days after cyberattack

“#Baltimore schools shut down for two days after cyberattack” Schools in Baltimore will shut down for two days this week — and a ransomware attack, not the coronavirus, is to blame. The Baltimore County Public Schools tweeted Saturday that there will be no classes Monday and Tuesday due to the computer breach. “This provides much-needed…

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#NYC’s school closing makes zero sense

#NYC’s school closing makes zero sense

“#NYC’s school closing makes zero sense” Zero point two percent: That’s the rate at which people in the city’s public-school system have tested positive for the coronavirus. That’s two in every thousand tests — and it includes quite a few students and school staff who are all-remote, meaning they didn’t get the bug at school….

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#NYC conduct remote lessons from hammocks, moving cars

#NYC conduct remote lessons from hammocks, moving cars

“#NYC conduct remote lessons from hammocks, moving cars” The oddities of remote instruction now include teachers who can conduct classes just about anywhere — from the back seat of a moving car to a backyard hammock, officials acknowledge. A student at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn was stunned last week when teacher Nyeesha…

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#NY State resurrects fight over private-school curriculum standard

#NY State resurrects fight over private-school curriculum standard

“#NY State resurrects fight over private-school curriculum standard” The fight over school independence is set to flare once again. The state is reviving its plan to hold private-school curriculum to public-school standards. The New York State Education Department has announced a series of public meetings in the coming months as it develops a “substantial equivalency”…

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#If they won’t fully reopen schools now, when will they?

#If they won’t fully reopen schools now, when will they?

“#If they won’t fully reopen schools now, when will they?” Last week, some fantastic news from the science world should’ve given full-time-schooling advocates real hope. Instead, officials are signaling that we may never return to full in-person learning, at least not like pre-COVID. A New York Times piece, “Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges,…

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#Success Academy protests NYC’s field use fees for athletics

#Success Academy protests NYC’s field use fees for athletics

“#Success Academy protests NYC’s field use fees for athletics” Dozens of Success Academy charter school backers gathered at a field in Harlem to protest the city’s demand of $500,000 to use their athletic facilities on Tuesday. Citing coronavirus budget cuts and maintenance costs, City Hall wants permit fees for all city schools — including traditional…

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