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For our young people and our schools. kevin courtney, the general secretary of the national education union, said england needed to follow scotlands strategy in schools. at the very least, we would like to see the government in westminster following the government in scotland about mitigations in school. in scotland, six children in secondary school are still wearing masks and perhaps more importantly, if youre the very first contact, if your brother or sister test positive for covid—i9, to gi...

Their attack on cyclist mark radfield took seconds and it was terrifying. ijust suddenly noticed that i was being followed by a motorbike, and it wasnt overtaking me, which was strange. so i looked back and i could just see them eyeballing my bike, and then next thing i know they pull up alongside me, pull out a machete and were like, "give me your bike." my reaction was just to flee as quickly as possible, and then they hit me with the motorbike at, like, 36 kilometres per hour, and then i went...

Point, erin -- is that when we think about schools and when we think about what schools mean to students, its important to remember -- and maybe, you can remember back to your time, erin, in school -- when school was, yes, about learning. but it was also about the opportunity to develop relationships with our educators, with students, with, you know, just people in the school kmunt. community. so, one of the things that we believed in oregon thats very important is to maintain the in-person inst...

Ive got english literature, i got a nine. english language i got a nine, drama, i got a nine. girls got two thirds of the top grade nines in england. they also edged ahead for the first time in maths. with teacher assessed grades, top grades remained higher than before the pandemic. it made it a lot more nerve—racking than probably normal gcses would be. yeah, i got more than i hoped for. im just really proud of myself. they kept learning through lockdowns and self isolating, knowing it was ha...

There was this meeting to hear about there was this meeting to hear about the benefits or not of having masks in school and the council wanted to hear from in school and the council wanted to hearfrom members of in school and the council wanted to hear from members of the community and ifelt like i with parents in the school system that i should command and my voice. i did not expect what would be there which was a very large crowd of highly organised and charged up and frankly very angry parent...

Its rules will be different for afghan civilians compared to the 19905 afghan civilians compared to the 1990s and the fear is for a groups strict interpretation of sharia law will return. afghanistan, 2021 — the taliban are back, taking city after city from government forces. the withdrawal of foreign troops has left a power vacuum the taliban are rushing to fill. if they take power, many people here fear a return to their brutal regime of the �*90s, characterised by public executions, stoni...

Nows the time to use your va home loan benefit to get cash before mortgage rates begin to rise. call now. >> dana: education secretary said the renew battle over masks is threatening to derail plans for getting kids back in classrooms. now with the delta variant fueling uncertainty. he isnt committing to in-person learning watch. >> we know it works and yes, were loorking at the metrics and in close consultation with cdc and local health directors. many local factors that contribute to whether o...

Interviews and on cnn earlier today seemed like she was trying to get into the legal aspects of that requirement for all teachers and she brought up some religious exceptions, etc., perhaps health exceptions along the way. see how that goes. meanwhile should you wear a mask? a poll found 55% believe its a good idea. 41% believe it is not. would it be best, doctor, to wear a mask and get the kids in school across the board? retreating back to this zoom world again? >> bill, i dont know the value ...

Now were about to start school again and they are flirting with the idea they wont be able to open, is that right? >> im very, very concerned by that tone by education secretary yesterday. i will tell you why. last year we saw a tremendous amount of harm done to children by remote learning, anxiety, developmental delays, nutritional issues, all kinds of issues that we take care of in school, not to mention lack of bonding. then the studies rolled in and showed less than 1% spread of covid-19 fro...

Maybe you are a parent or teacher, oran maybe you are a parent or teacher, or an employer, having to give parents time off. i will read out some more of your comments. figures showing how many children are absent from school due to covid—related isolation will be released at midday. last week numbers trebled, with around a quarter of a million children out of school — the highest number since schools fully reopened in march this year. jane davis, headteacher at lanchester ep primary school i...