Cory Turner
Stories
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Health
Schools Are Deciding What The New CDC Mask Guidelines Mean For The Classroom
It is unclear what impact this will have on teachers, staff and students in the near term. In some states, masks in schools are already optional.
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Food
USDA Moves To Feed Millions Of Children Over The Summer
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it's expanding a pandemic program into the summer to help families pay for meals their children won't get in school.
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National
Education Dept. Restores Debt Cancellation For Some Borrowers With Disabilities
Monday's announcement comes after thousands of borrowers with disabilities had their federal student loans erased, then handed back to them during the pandemic.
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Politics
Biden Says Schools Are On Track To Open As Promised, But Will Kids Go?
The president appears likely to reopen the majority of K-8 schools within his first 100 days in office, but many families are still opting out.
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Science
CDC Says Schools Can Now Space Students 3 Feet Apart, Rather Than 6
In many places, the 6-foot guidance was interpreted as requiring schools to operate on part-time schedules in order to reduce class sizes. A 3-foot rule would allow many more schools to reopen fully.
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Politics
Education Dept. Begins Rolling Back Trump-Era Policies On Defrauded Students
The U.S. Department of Education says it is scrapping a controversial, Trump-era policy that granted only partial student loan relief to borrowers who were defrauded by private, for-profit colleges.
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Education
A Year Of School Like No Other: How A Teacher, A Student And A Parent Have Coped
We've talked with hundreds of people since the pandemic shut down schools and colleges a year ago. We checked back back in with three of them about how their lives have changed.
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Science
New Education Secretary Miguel Cardona Wants Schools Open 'As Soon As Possible'
Biden's new Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says "it is our shared goal to reopen schools safely and quickly."
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Education
Biden Administration Makes Vaccines A Priority For Teachers
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has put out a list of things the federal government can do to get schools to reopen. It's not clear how many districts are currently closed for in-person learning.
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Politics
Lifelong Educator, Miguel Cardona, Confirmed As Education Secretary
The former fourth grade teacher, principal and state education commissioner will take the reins at the U.S. Department of Education as the fight intensifies over school reopening.