The coronavirus pandemic has shed a light on schools and sparked a figurative battle over America's classrooms. For months, the nation has not just been debating remote learning and when schools should reopen, but what children are actually being taught.
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The outlook is brighter for the US on Covid-19. It’s why school life may return to almost-normal in the fall
Between the first 12-year-olds receiving their Covid-19 vaccines and new guidance that vaccinated people can remove their masks indoors, the outlook for school in the fall resembles what it was like before the pandemic.
After more than a year in which many students were learning remotely, children and educators should expect to return to in-person and full-time classes, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told ABC on Friday.
“We have the capacity now, between vaccines and testing, screening, we believe schools can and should be a very safe place for people to go back to in the fall,” Walensky said.
States, business sort out new mask guidance
Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press and David C.L. Bauer Journal-Courier
May 15, 2021
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More than a dozen states quickly embraced new federal guidelines that say fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors or out in most cases. But other states and cities and some major businesses hesitated amid doubts about whether the approach is safe or even workable.
As many business owners pointed out, there is no easy way to determine who has been vaccinated and who hasn’t. And the new guidelines, issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, essentially work on the honor system, leaving it up to people to do the right thing.
Thu, 13 May 2021 19:48 UTC A conservative activist group, helped by a former British spy, secretly surveilled government employees during the Trump administration with the goal of discrediting perceived enemies of former President Trump,
Project Veritas with aid from a former British spy and Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater was part of a campaign that involved surveillance operations against members of the FBI.
The overall effort, the Times wrote, also included a plan for a sting operation against Trump s former national security adviser H.R. McMaster that involved some Veritas staffers, though Veritas itself has denied any involvement with that plot.
Oregon middle school teacher dies from COVID-19 within days of school reopening
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A beloved sixth and seventh grade language arts teacher, Samantha Fox, 46, died from COVID-19 last Saturday, May 8, in Estacada, Oregon. She passed away one week after contracting the virus, with no underlying health conditions. She had taught in the district for 20 years and leaves behind her mother, husband and two teenage sons.
Estacada, Oregon teacher Samantha Fox (Source: Twitter)
Roger Clound, Samatha’s ex-husband, told local press, “You can’t go anywhere in Estacada without someone coming up to talk to her.” Her mother, Mary Beck, cried as she said that Samantha “took care of everyone. The entire family loved her dearly.” She added that Samantha always had “a big smile” and was “fun to be with.”