News about teaching and learning, schools, colleges, universities, and the events and people who are related to these institutions.
The benefit concert special to raise funds for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and WhyHunger — FOX News
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an abrupt shift in managing schools during the pandemic. Officials had faced criticism that they prioritized activities like indoor dining over the well-being of children. — NYT: Top Stories
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has presented an education agenda that is starkly different from the Trump era, beginning with a far more cautious approach to school reopenings. — NYT: Top Stories
The school system, the nation’s largest, has had strikingly few virus cases. Even so, the mayor may end in-person classes because the city’s overall rate is surging. — New York Times: Top Stories
Sanda Dia’s death after an initiation ritual was regarded as a tragic accident. Newly released videos and photos have made it a symbol of growing intolerance. — NYT: Matt Apuzzo and Steven Erlanger
Fellowship program honors Dr. Just, a pioneering biologist and one of the most prominent African American scientists of the twentieth century WASHINGTON & PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$BMY #UNCF–The UNCF and Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced the second cohort of the Ernest
A new wave of coronavirus outbreaks in nine New York City regions, including Brooklyn, Queens, Rockland County and elsewhere, have officials worried about a resurgence in cases that may force another set of school closures just days after reopening. — FOX
Wiley Announces Quarterly Dividend, HOBOKEN, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–John Wiley and Sons (NYSE:JWA)(NYSE:JWB), a global research and education company, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3425 per share on its Class A and Class B Common
After wildfires consumed an entire town, students and teachers who had planned for remote classes found some comfort in staying connected amid the chaos. — NYT: Dan Levin and Kate Taylor