The figures come after the CDC last week backed off of mask requirements for schools in communities with low to medium risk of COVID-19 spread and severity. The number of school districts that are mask-optional within the 500 largest in the U.S. has for the first time in the course of the pandemic exceeded the … Read more
How Online Learning Is Reshaping Higher Education Two years ago, as COVID-19 caused campuses to close, some institutions were able to shift their students to already robust online learning programs. But many other colleges and universities scrambled to build online education curricula from scratch. Students and faculty often found themselves logging onto Zoom or other platforms for … Read more
Latest US Education News: Chicago Schools to Reopen After Deal With Teachers Union on Coronavirus Safeguards. A feud between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Teachers Union over coronavirus precautions led to a brief shutdown of schools. Teachers in Chicago are back in classrooms Tuesday and students are set to join them on Wednesday after … Read more
Schools Have Reopened But Coronavirus Didn’t Go Anywhere, and these are the two realities. Vicky Wireko’s thoughts are shared on the subject in this article. Read: On Monday, March 23, 2020, schools in Ghana were closed down because COVID-19 had made a rude raging entry. Ten months on, schools are back in full force when … Read more