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A police department in Maryland has released body camera video that captured two of its officers berating a 5-year-old boy who had walked away from his elementary school, calling him a “little beast” and threatening him with a beating.The video released by the Montgomery county police department shows one of the off...

Students demand terminations over photos from 2014USA president announces independent investigationThree professors at the University of South Alabama have been placed on leave over racially insensitive Halloween photos, the university said. Related: Rochester police officer off streets after pepper-spraying woman with toddler Continue reading...

President calls for teachers to be vaccinated sooner as he describes plans for tackling Covid-19 in televised town hallJoe Biden laid out his plans for fighting the next stage of the coronavirus pandemic in a primetime town hall on Tuesday, pledging to make 600m doses of the Covid-19 vaccine available by the end of July, saying teachers should be moved “up the hierarchy” of...

In her first solo address as first lady, Jill Biden hosted her first solo event by praising the work of teachers and promising them support during the coronavirus pandemic.Biden hailed their 'heroic commitment' and explained that she was teaching a class on the morning of the inauguration of her husband, Joe BidenJoe Biden to focus on economic recovery – US politics live Continue reading...

Closure plan after city reaches 3% Covid test positivity rateMayor Bill de Blasio: ‘We must fight the second wave’Public schools in New York City will close again on Thursday, officials announced, after the city reached a 3% Covid test positivity rate. Related: Covid deaths near 250,000 as US urged to act to stop 'unrelenting' spread Continue reading...

Socialite and reality TV star organized demonstration near Provo Canyon school after saying she suffered abuse at boarding schoolSocialite and reality TV star Paris Hilton has been speaking out about abuse she said she suffered at a boarding school in Utah, and on Friday took her push nearly to the school’s front doors.Hilton organized a protest in a park near Provo Canyon school, along...

Demetria Bannister taught elementary school in South CarolinaNew York City to resume in-person classes in 11 daysA 28-year-old elementary school teacher in Columbia, South Carolina, died this week from complications due to Covid-19, authorities said.Demetria “Demi” Bannister, who taught third grade at Windsor elementary school, died on Monday. Continue reading...

Most of Georgia State’s students come from low-income backgrounds hard-hit by the pandemic. The school could serve as a model for others nationwideIf anywhere was going to take a pummeling from the coronavirus, you’d think it would be a place like Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta.Georgia State is not a glamorous flagship university – that would be the University of Georgia in Athens,...

Nation’s second-largest school district says it will provide regular Covid-19 testing and contact tracing for students, staff and familiesIn the most ambitious plan of its kind, Los Angeles Unified has announced plans to test its roughly 600,000 students and 75,000 employees as the nation’s second-largest school district prepares for the eventual return to in-person instruction.The superintendent of Los Angeles Unified, Austin Beutner, said in...

Arizona public school district forced to abandon plans after more than 100 teachers and staff members called in sickAn Arizona public school district was forced to cancel its plans to reopen on Monday after more than 100 teachers and other staff members called in sick.“We have received an overwhelming response from staff indicating that they do not feel safe returning to classrooms with students,”...

Rate of new deaths could rise in California and Colorado over the coming four weeks and decline in Arizona, CDC saysThe US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is set to reach 200,000 by Labor Day as children across the country prepare to return to school, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) forecast.The rate of new deaths could rise in...

23 July 1955 Each year, thousands of American students visit Europe in the long vacation. A lecturer appointed to prepare them in the ways of the continent’s natives writesBetween fifteen thousand and twenty thousand American students are now making the Grand Tour of Europe at a cost of about a thousand dollars a head. The American business or professional man, having put his children...

‘Angry’ AFT president Randi Weingarten tells Guardian proposal from Trump and Betsy DeVos could result in teaching exodusPlans put forward by Donald Trump and his education secretary to reopen America’s schools in the fall are “reckless” and could result in many teachers leaving the profession, the president of one of the country’s biggest teaching unions has warned. Related: Betsy DeVos insists all US children...

FDA ban brings an end to decades-long battle against use of ‘aversive therapy’ at the Judge Rotenberg Center in MassachusettsThe US government has banned an electric shock machine that is used to zap children and young adults with special needs in a school outside Boston – the only institution in the world known to practice the controversial punishment “treatment”. Related: Elizabeth Warren drops out...

Proposal to ease Michelle Obama guidelines would let schools cut the amount of vegetables required The Trump administration took further steps on Friday towards rolling back healthier standards for school lunches in America championed by Michelle Obama, proposing rules to allow more pizza, meat and potatoes over fresh vegetables, fruits and whole grains.The new proposals would allow schools more flexibility, the Department of Agriculture...

More than a dozen hate incidents at Syracuse University in upstate New York have created a climate of fear among students – and tough questions for the school’s leadersIt’s a university, it says, for those wanting a “quintessential college experience”, and which touts its “gorgeous campus” and 150 years of history.But in recent weeks, Syracuse University in upstate New York – a five-hour train...

Monica Toro Lisciandro said she felt demeaned after Covenant Christian school insisted she teach one last class to ‘pass the baton’ A Florida teacher has attacked the “hypocrisy” of a private Christian school that fired her for being gay, then insisted she stick around to teach one more class after giving her a lecture about the sin of homosexuality.Monica Toro Lisciandro said her summary...

Peter Vlaming lost his job after claiming his religion prohibited him from using male pronouns for a student who transitionedA Virginia high school teacher who was fired for refusing to use a transgender student’s new pronouns has filed a lawsuit.The Washington Post reported that Peter Vlaming filed suit on Monday against West Point Public Schools, a system outside Richmond. Continue reading...