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Teachers' unions are under scrutiny in the wake of a Harvard study that shows racial and economic achievement gaps widened during the COVID-19 virtual-learning lockdowns supported by the labor groups.

Teachers' unions are under scrutiny in the wake of a Harvard study that shows racial and economic achievement gaps widened during the COVID-19 virtual-learning lockdowns supported by the labor groups.

In a press conference a year into his presidency, President Biden claimed that “very few schools are closing.” But is it true?

By Kendall Tietz Students across the U.S. are planning school walkouts in protest of in-person learning as COVID-19 cases spike amid the rise of the Omicron coronavirus variant. There are 3,494 schools actively disrupted as of Friday, according to Burbio’s K-12 School Opening Tracker, which tracks school closures for 1,200 districts, including the 200 largest […]

Students across the U.S. are planning school walkouts in protest of in-person learning as COVID-19 cases spike amid the rise of the omicron variant.

The stresses of the pandemic is taking its toll on teachers.

Five-year-old dies of COVID-19 in Georgia as Biden administration pushes to fully open schools On Friday, Wyatt Gary Gibson died from COVID-19 at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, after a short battle with the virus. He was just 5 years old. Wyatt was the son of Alexis Gibson and her husband Wes Gibson, a deputy with the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office, and brother to a 9-month-old sister. Local reports indicate that the entire Gibson family contracted COVID-19. However, Wyatt wa...

Joe Bidens First 100 Days: What Did He Promise and What Did He Deliver? On 4/29/21 at 6:00 AM EDT President Joe Biden has largely kept a laser-like focus on combating the coronavirus pandemic and promoting his economic recovery package as he nears the 100-day mark in office, while setting aside or delaying dozens of promises he made on the campaign trail. Thursday marks the milestone, which often seen as a critical point in any presidents first term and shows what priorities became the administ...

Growing anger against Biden administration’s mandate for standardized tests during pandemic Last month, President Biden’s Acting Assistant Education Secretary Ian Rosenblum sent a letter to state education administrators instructing them that standardized tests had to be administered to students in some form this spring, summer or fall. Rosenblum—whose previous job was executive director of the Education Trust-New York, a pro-standardized testing and pro-business organization—said state...

Major US school districts reopen despite spread of more contagious and lethal COVID-19 variants Across the US, numerous school districts began reopening Monday in a reckless move that will exacerbate the spread of COVID-19. Over the past month and, in particular, following the February 10 betrayal by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), the corporate media, both big business parties and the teachers unions have conspired to send millions of children into classrooms at the most dangerous stage of ...