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Students Can Still Retain Lectures From Sped-Up Videos, UCLA Study Suggests
A new study from psychologists at UCLA suggests that while sped-up videos did not improve student learning comprehension, they did not put them far behind, either.
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A Digital Divide Haunts Schools Adapting to Virus Hurdles
Philanthropy, federal relief funding and other community driven efforts to close the digital divide in a year of remote schooling have helped significantly to bring more children online. But many families remain underconnected.
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BPS Students Walk Out Over COVID Issues
Boston Public Schools students walked out of classes Friday, demanding a temporary return to remote learning amid the current COVID surge.
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BPS Students Walk Out to Demand Remote Learning
A group of Boston Public School students walked out Friday over COVID safety concerns, calling for a temporary return to remote learning. They also want more COVID-19 safety protocols to be in place.
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BPS Students Set to Walk Out Friday
A group of Boston Public School students planned a walkout Friday over COVID safety concerns, calling for a temporary return to remote learning. They also want more COVID-19 safety protocols to be in place.
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‘No Teachers, No Plan': BPS Students Walk Out in Call for Remote Learning
Scores of Boston Public School students walked out Friday in a call for a temporary return to remote learning and more safety protocols because of COVID safety concerns.
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Boston Students Plan Walkout to Call for Temporary Return to Remote Learning
A group of students at Boston Public Schools are planning to walk out of school Friday in a push for the state to return to remote learning as COVID cases spread.
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BPS Students Plan Walkout to Call for Temporary Return to Remote Learning
A group of Boston Public School students is planning a walkout Friday over COVID safety concerns, calling for a temporary return to remote learning. They also want more COVID-19 safety protocols to be in place.
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Boston Public School Students Plan Walkout Friday
Students in Boston plan to walk out of class on Friday to call for a return to remote learning, as a way to protect students and staff amid the COVID surge.
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‘Safety Should be an Option': Boston Student Petitions to Bring Back Remote Learning
As COVID-19 sick calls continue, schools are struggling to stay open during the surge. While some districts are having to temporarily close due to not enough staff, one Boston high school student is calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to bring back remote learning as an option.
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Boston Student Petitions to Bring Back Remote Learning
There is a push to have a remote learning option amid a COVID surge that’s leading to staffing issues in schools across New England.
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Harvard Shifts to Remote Learning Temporarily
The decision was “prompted by the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases locally and across the country, as well as the growing presence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant,” administrators said Saturday.
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Harvard Going Remote for First Half of January Amid Rise in COVID Cases
Harvard University is going remote for the first three weeks of January, the prestigious school said Saturday. The decision was made in light of the rising COVID-19 cases in the Cambridge area and nationally, administrators said in a statement released to the Harvard community. “Please know that we do not take this step lightly. It is prompted by the rapid…
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Schools, Classrooms Close Doors Again in Latest Covid Surge
As schools brace for the rapid rise in omicron cases amid delta’s continued onslaught and the onset of flu season, some are closing their doors once again and moving back to online learning ahead of the holiday break.
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High School in Winchendon Goes Remote Due to COVID Outbreak
Students will learn remotely learning at Murdock High School in Winchendon through the holiday break after dozens of students tested positive or were exposed to the coronavirus. Teachers have the day to prepare before classes go remote Thursday. The high school will remain remote until Dec. 23, which marks the start of winter break. The school district made the decision…
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Jamaica Plain School Moves to Remote Learning Amid Outbreak
The Curley School in Jamaica Plain is going remote for 10 days due to a recent spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Disruptions to Schooling Fall Hardest on Vulnerable Students
Complications wrought by the pandemic persist in schools and often fall hardest on those least able to weather them.
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NH High School Going Fully Remote After 50-Plus COVID Cases
A New Hampshire high school has opted to move to fully remote learning after 56 of its 400 or so students contracted COVID-19. The Raymond School Board voted Wednesday to go remote for at least two days and possibly through the end of next week, the Union Leader reported. The board also voted to require masks as the elementary and…
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Pfizer Says Vaccine Is Safe and Effective for Young Kids
Pfizer is seeking approval for its COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to children aged 5-11.