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The nation’s largest school system just ended—at least for now—its three-month-long attempt to provide some in-school instruction to students.

Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead, the British government has declared it is opposed to Critical Race Theory and Black Lives Matter movement, and warned teachers it is unlawful to teach concepts like “white privilege” as fact.

The San Francisco Unified School District announced the names of 44 school names could be changed because of alleged links to racism and “colonization,” including those named after presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) namesake is also on the list.

Remote learning appears to have choked off some back-to-school spending—although the effects have been uneven. Data released from the Department of Labor on prices paid by consumers and received by businesses suggest that this years back-to-school spending was anemic in

A Brown University economist’s analysis of data on nearly 200,000 children in 47 states has concluded K-12 schools are not “super-spreaders” of the coronavirus.

A so-called “challenge” shared across social media in a Swedish city has called on children to set fires in their schools.

The New York City principals union has issued a vote of no confidence over Mayor Bill de Blasio’s (D) handling of re-opening and demands he cede control of the schools to the state’s education department.

Joe Biden has joined in the globalist pile-on against conservative Poland, asserting that there is “no place” for resistance against LGBT ideology “anywhere in the world”.

White working-class children have been systematically disadvantaged in the United Kingdom as educational institutions prioritise children from minority backgrounds, a report submitted to the House of Commons Education Select Committee found.

Schools that were supposed to reopen on Monday will be closed for at least another week.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, House Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) stated that without a “comprehensive” relief package, “most school districts will not have the resources they need to safely reopen and provide students with a quality

New York City’s public schools will not reopen until September 21, under a deal Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio struck with the teachers’ unions at the last minute, officials said.

School officials in Wylie, Texas, apologized Thursday for a cartoon students received as part of an assignment that likened police to the KKK and slave owners.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivered her Democratic National Convention (DNC) address Wednesday from a preschool classroom, with toy block letters arranged into “B-L-M” — short for the credal phrase “Black Lives Matter” — in cubbies in the background.

Afghanistan is set to reopen schools by the end of August, its education ministry said on Tuesday. The move comes after the country shut down schools and delayed the start of the academic year by six months in response to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

There is “very little evidence” the coronavirus is spreading in U.K. schools, a study, described as one of the largest in the world, found.

Over 97,000 children tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus in the final two weeks of July, a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association indicated.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is authorizing schools statewide to reopen for in-person learning this fall, he announced on Friday.

A school in England has become the first in Britain to make wearing a mask a mandatory part of the uniform, despite the government advising against masking children.

The U.N. said this week that the pandemic had triggered the “largest disruption of education ever,” affecting “over 1 billion students.” 

Leading British educator Katharine Birbalsingh has warned that “decolonising” the school curriculum will not help pupils progress in life and will, in fact, create more social divisions.

Dr. Ben Carson said on Monday that science should guide decisions of reopening the country’s schools in the wake of the coronavirus.

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) said that while you can argue about whether or not the cure is worse than the disease of coronavirus for adults, when it comes to

Robert Redfield of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) testified on Friday that this fall, the United States must reopen schools that were shut down to stem the coronavirus spread because failing to do so would be detrimental and even deadly for the development and health of students K thru 12.

The director of the CDC tweeted Friday that it is “critically important for public health to open schools this fall.”

The Center for American Liberty, a non-profit dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Americans, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order barring most schools in the state from reopening because of the spread of the coronavirus.

During a press conference on Thursday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) stated that the city will have the typical child go to school in a classroom two or three times a week, but the city will provide

Public schools in Richmond, Virginia, will not reopen their doors this fall following a decision from the Richmond School Board, which voted to kick off the year with an entirely virtual experience for students.

Dr. Scott Atlas said Pelosi’s claim school openings will expose children to big risks is “ludicrous” and amounts to “hysteria.”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Monday announced the state’s guidance on reopening schools across the state, emphasizing that they are “not going to use our children as guinea pigs” in the process.

Los Angeles schools will not reopen for in-person learning this fall, the Los Angeles Unified School District announced on Monday, citing “science” as its guide in the decision.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that whether or not to reopen schools should be decided at the local level by people “who know what they’re talking about” and that while reopening schools can be done in

A British educator has warned that the introduction of the “woke vision of racism” in schools is not only harmful to pupils but may be in violation of the 1996 Education Act, which mandates that educators maintain political neutrality in the classroom.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar stated that “We must reopen schools” and that the biggest health danger posed to children comes from not being in school

President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to “cut off” funding to schools if they do not reopen in the Fall.

The Trump administration is working “hand in hand” with localities to move toward school openings in the fall, as some states, like Florida, begin to craft their statewide plans.

The Trump administration aims to work “hand in hand” with localities to move toward reopening schools in the fall, as some states, like Florida, begin to craft their statewide plans.