#Singapore plan to use monitoring app on students’ computers sparks privacy fears

#Singapore plan to use monitoring app on students’ computers sparks privacy fears

“#Singapore plan to use monitoring app on students’ computers sparks privacy fears” SINGAPORE – A Singapore government scheme to ensure children have access to computers for home learning has raised privacy concerns over monitoring software installed on the devices. The scheme, accelerated by the closure of schools last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, offers subsidies…

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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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#De Blasio degrades school standards

#De Blasio degrades school standards

“#De Blasio degrades school standards” It’s remarkable enough that a leader sitting in America’s financial capital would deliver such a faithful update of Karl Marx’s disastrous dictum, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” But to do so as a preamble to announcing the removal of selection criteria in middle-school…

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#therapy dog cheers Spanish special-needs kids during COVID

#therapy dog cheers Spanish special-needs kids during COVID

“#therapy dog cheers Spanish special-needs kids during COVID” SANT VICENC DELS HORTS, Spain – Surrounded by parents and teachers, five children with disabilities in a Spanish special-needs school cannot hide their excitement when Soul the therapy dog walks in wagging her tail. “What we have noticed a lot during the time of the pandemic is…

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#Students in Burkina Faso fear extremists more than COVID-19

#Students in Burkina Faso fear extremists more than COVID-19

“#Students in Burkina Faso fear extremists more than COVID-19” DORI, Burkina Faso — Balkissa Barro’s been waiting for months to go back to school, but now that she has, the 10-year-old fears classes might once again stop. Children returning to school in Burkina Faso’s volatile Sahel region have to practice safety drills to prepare for…

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