Wataru Yoshida had had enough. He wasn’t going back to school. He disliked his teachers, chafed against the rules and was bored by his classes. So in the middle of…
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Proposed changes to school lunches aim to reduce sugar and sodium, but flavored milk stays
CNN — If new US Department of Agriculture school food guidelines stand as proposed, chocolate milk is in, but for the first time ever, at least some added sugars will…
Children lost about 35% of a normal school year’s worth of learning during the pandemic, study suggests
CNN — A new paper adds to the mounting evidence that school-age children across the globe experienced significant setbacks in their learning progress during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read moreParents Find…
Students Lost One-Third of a School Year to Pandemic, Study Finds
Children experienced learning deficits during the Covid pandemic that amounted to about one-third of a school year’s worth of knowledge and skills, according to a new global analysis, and had…
Harvard Medical School Joins Boycott of U.S. News Rankings
Harvard Medical School will no longer submit data to U.S. News & World Report for the magazine’s annual “best medical schools” rankings, becoming the university’s second graduate school to boycott…
Families Struggle as Pandemic Program Offering Free School Meals Ends
Like other parents, April Vazquez, a school nutrition specialist in Sioux Falls, S.D., is cutting coupons, buying in bulk and forgoing outings and restaurant meals. Still, a hot lunch in…
Virginia school downplayed warnings from teacher before she was shot by 6-year-old boy
Officials at the elementary school in Newport News, Virginia, where a first-grade teacher was shot by her six-year-old student apparently downplayed previous complaints issued by the teacher about boy, the…
Kim Kardashian Gives Speech At Harvard Business School
Kim Kardashian visited Harvard Business School as a guest lecturer Friday to speak about SKIMS, her multi-billion dollar shapewear company, according to NBC10 Boston. The reality TV star was accompanied…
FBI releases video of missing North Carolina 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari walking off school bus
The FBI has released a video of missing 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari, showing her last known location before she disappeared in North Carolina. The 20-second video shows the sixth grader wearing…
Opposition to School Vaccine Mandates Has Grown Significantly, Study Finds
For generations of most American families, getting children vaccinated was just something to check off on the list of back-to-school chores. But after the ferocious battles over Covid shots of…