schools Why These Doctors Recommend Kids Mask Up at School The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends masking in schools, as many children are still unvaccinated and the vaccines have not yet been cleared for kids under 12. Spokesperson Dr. Jennifer Shu from the AAP explains why masks are still being recommended.
graduation Why This Harvard-Bound Student Gave Up Her $40K Scholarship Recent Massachusetts high school graduate Verda Tetteh is off to Harvard University this fall – and helping some of her fellow classmates along the way. We spoke to Tetteh about why she declined a $40,000 scholarship and asked it be given to other kids headed to community colleges.
Education We Shouldn't Shy Away From Kids' Questions About Race, Teacher Says With many bills in state legislatures seeking to ban teaching of critical race theory, we reached out to Becky Pringle, a 30-year veteran science teacher who now heads the NEA, the largest teachers’ union in the country. Pringle says when kids ask questions about race, adults need to be “courageous enough to answer those questions truthfully.”
children Study: Bullying Victims Are More Likely to Think Violent Thoughts Victims of bullying carry the effects of it into adulthood, and that can manifest as violent thoughts toward their aggressors. A psychologist says it’s important to know where violent thoughts are coming from to intervene before than turns into violent actions.
personal finance Do More Schools Need Financial Literacy Courses? 25 states have introduced bills calling for more personal finance education in schools. In some districts, even kindergarteners are learning early lessons about the basics of saving, spending and debt. Sharon Epperson, senior CNBC personal finance correspondent, talks with LX News about students across the country who called for more real-life financial guidance.
schools TikTok's ‘Dr. Jen' is Calling for Better Sex Ed in the U.S. “It’s a complete embarrassment when you see what we teach and what we don’t teach young people,” says Dr. Jennifer Lincoln, @drjenniferlincoln on TikTok. She posts sex education and health lessons and debunks myths and misinformation that pop up online.
schools School Segregation Is Getting Worse Instead of Better Ever since white Americans used cheap debt to move out of cities and into the suburbs, school segregation has accelerated in the U.S. And in recent decades, the problem has gotten worse rather than better. Mike Magee, the CEO of Chiefs for Change, explains why racial disparities in education are getting worse and what can be done about it.
The New York Times The Smell of a Packed Subway Train and the Other Mundane and Absurd Things We Missed in 2020 Human interaction, made up of a million mundane moments, is among the things we missed most in 2020. The New York Times highlighted some of the big, small, everyday and absurd things we lost in the pandemic this year (and a few things we may have gained).
schools Inside a Bronx Elementary School's Fight to Keep Its Students Learning During the Pandemic In late September New York City reopened public schools with a warning of closure if the city’s COVID-19 positivity rate hit 3%. The New York Times chronicled the journey of Community School 55 in the Bronx and its fight to educate its students during a pandemic.
remote learning New Research Shows How Remote Learning Is Failing Low-Income Students and Students of Color After months of remote learning in many parts of the country, new research is revealing how Black, Hispanic, and low-income students are disproportionately falling behind. Washington Post reporter Laura Meckler breaks down some of the reasons why remote learning is failing so many of our kids and the effects of long-standing equity gaps.
