COVID-19's impact on education
Educators share and reflect on how education has changed during the course of the pandemic.
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Abbott Elementary creator Quinta Brunson clapped back at a woman who tried to come for her on Twitter. The drama started when Jeanne Allen, CEO of the Center for Education Reform, took shots at Brunson with incorrect statements.
- Idaho Statesman
Idaho Republicans reject ‘liberal’ policy for free menstrual products in public schools
Currently, teachers and administrators are giving students tampons and pads at their own cost.
- The Columbus Dispatch
Letters: Against diversity, equity and inclusion? 'You are very likely a bigot and racist'
Letters to the Editor: 1,000-foot school safety zones needed. Wake up from the nonsense.
- Deseret News
Somebody wants the Bible removed from Davis County school libraries
Since the passage of Utah’s “sensitive materials” law in 2022, Utah school districts have received dozens of requests for book reviews, mostly for books related to race or LGBTQ themes.
- Gizmodo
OpenAI Says Stonemasons Should Be Fine in the Brave New World
A new paper released Monday says that 80% of the U.S. workforce will see the impact of large language models on their work. While some will only experience a moderate amount of impact on their day to day workload, close to 20% of those working today will likely find about half of their tasks automated to some extent by AI.
- The Hill
ChatGPT sends shockwaves across college campuses
In four short months, the GPT family of artificial intelligence chatbots have upended higher education like nothing since the arrival of Wi-Fi connections in classrooms. ChatGPT and its smarter, younger cousin, GPT-4, can create a realistic facsimile of a college term paper on command, or populate the answers to a midterm. At the start of…
- GOBankingRates
With Student Loan Forgiveness At Risk, Is a ‘Forever’ Payment Pause Possible?
With President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness plan in danger of being struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, the administration could put its focus on extending the loan repayment pause...
- The 74
In Rare Move, New Mexico Adds Weeks’ Worth of Extra K-12 Class Time
Lawmakers in New Mexico have moved to increase the amount of time students spend in school each year — a notably rare shift, even as educators around the country scramble to bring about a post-pandemic learning recovery. On Thursday, Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 130, which will lift the state’s minimum amount […]
- San Luis Obispo Tribune
Former Paso Robles school board member hired as critical race theory ‘expert’ in Temecula
Christopher Arend will be paid $15,000 to lead training sessions for Temecula teachers.
- Deseret News
‘Republicans are wrong about Democrats and Democrats are wrong about Republicans,’ Gov. Cox tells high school students in Tooele
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox talked about social media’s impact on mental health and division among Republicans and Democrats to Tooele high school students.
- The 74
Tough Love: Study Shows Kids Benefit from Teachers With High Grading Standards
They might not want to hear it, but it’s true: Students assigned to teachers with tougher grading policies are better off in the long run, research suggests. According to a paper released last fall through Brown University’s Annenberg Institute for School Reform, eighth- and ninth-graders who learned from math teachers with relatively higher performance standards […]
- The Telegraph
Prince Harry and Meghan back group that accuses parents of ‘gendering’ unborn children
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are backing a campaign group working in UK schools that accuses parents of “gendering” their unborn children.
- GOBankingRates
Student Loan Forgiveness: Are We Overlooking the Bigger Picture?
Student loan borrowers are waiting in limbo as Biden's federal forgiveness plan continues to be debated in the U.S. Supreme Court. But between this and the student loan pause, which GOBankingRates...
- MarketWatch
‘Enough — it’s hurting our business’: SoFi’s campaign to stop the student-loan payment pause that helps its own customers
The financial technology company is suing the government and lobbying lawmakers to force its customers to resume making student-debt payments.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Student dies after shooting at Arlington Lamar High School; suspect arrested, police say
A second student suffered minor injuries. The victims and the suspect are all under 17, police said.
- Fox News
University officials are ‘spineless cowards’ unwilling to enforce free speech policies: former law professor
A former law professor said university officials need to enforce their own policies after students and educators heckled a judge and stopped his remarks.
- CBS News Videos
Texas high school student charged with murder following deadly school shooting
One student is dead and another is in custody and facing a murder charge after a shooting outside a high school in Arlington, Texas.
- WFTV
New Florida bill would ban discussion of menstruation in elementary school
Legislation moving in the Florida House would ban discussion of menstrual cycles and other human sexuality topics in elementary grades.
- CBS-Dallas
Lamar High School students bussed to reunification center after shooting
Once the police cleared the scene at Lamar High School, students were bussed to the AISD Athletics Center. Police have not disclosed information about the suspect or their motive.
- Tacoma News Tribune
This local school district may change its bell schedules due to a lack of bus drivers
“We’ve determined that we are not using transportation resources efficiently,” a school district spokesperson said.