#Egyptian 12-year-old teaches neighbors during school closure

#Egyptian 12-year-old teaches neighbors during school closure

“#Egyptian 12-year-old teaches neighbors during school closure” ATMIDAH, Egypt – Every day up to 30 children gather for school lessons in a narrow village street in Egypt’s northern Dakahlia province. Their teacher is 12-year-old Reem El-Khouly, who started offering instruction to her younger neighbors in Atmidah, about 50 miles northeast of Cairo, when schools across…

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#Schools plan for potential of remote learning into the fall

#Schools plan for potential of remote learning into the fall

“#Schools plan for potential of remote learning into the fall” Parents of schoolchildren learning from home shouldn’t necessarily count on reclaiming the dining room table any time soon. After seeing two academic years thrown off course by the pandemic, school leaders around the country are planning for the possibility of more distance learning next fall…

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#Open Our Schools and other commentary

#Open Our Schools and other commentary

“#Open Our Schools and other commentary” From the right: Open Our Schools “Many liberals continually ignore the science that shows students can safely return to school,” notes Wisconsin ex-Gov. Scott Walker at The Washington Times. The CDC confirmed that “vaccinations of teachers is not a prerequisite for safely reopening schools,” and “plenty of teachers ….

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#Public school parents are fleeing to charters, too

#Public school parents are fleeing to charters, too

“#Public school parents are fleeing to charters, too” In this pandemic-stricken school year, one sector of New York City public education has thrived: Publicly financed, privately run charter schools in the city saw their enrollment boom by nearly 10,000 this term, new data show.    Charters have managed to thrive despite state-mandated enrollment caps and…

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#Big Tech’s war on indie news and other commentary

#Big Tech’s war on indie news and other commentary

“#Big Tech’s war on indie news and other commentary” From the left: Big Tech’s War on Indie News “Major press outlets celebrated” videographer Jon Farina’s footage of the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, shown on the Status Coup site, reports Matt Taibbi at his TK News blog. But on Jan. 18, “another Farina live stream was…

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#Families are fleeing NYC’s public schools — of course

#Families are fleeing NYC’s public schools — of course

“#Families are fleeing NYC’s public schools — of course” Parents have noticed the utter failure of the city Department of Education and are pulling their kids out at a record clip. Preliminary DOE figures show the nation’s largest school district losing 43,000 kids this year — or 4 percent of enrollment. Of course, enrollment’s been…

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