Education

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — U.S. COVID-19 cases are up, leading a smattering of school districts, particularly in the Northeast, to bring back mask mandates and recommendations for the first time since the omicron winter surge ended and as the…
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The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education agreed Tuesday to delay implementation of the district’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for eligible students until at least July 1, 2023.Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced…
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A Norwalk middle-school teacher was awarded a national Milken Educator Award Tuesday with a $25,000 cash prize for her work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education, and was hailed by Oprah Winfrey for being…
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Lincoln College, a historically Black private school in Illinois founded in 1865, announced it will close on Friday after setbacks from the COVID-19 pandemic and a ransomware attack.“Lincoln College has survived many difficult and…
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The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Tuesday is expected to consider the superintendent’s recommendation that the district delay implementation of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for eligible students until at…
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During their commencement ceremony on Saturday, over 100 graduates at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, found out that an anonymous donor had paid off their class’ student debt.Herman J. Felton Jr., the president and CEO of Wiley College,…
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Top-seeded Long Beach State will face defending champion Hawaii in the championship match of the NCAA men’s volleyball tournament Saturday at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion in a rematch of the Rainbow Warriors’ three-set victory in the Big…
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A college cheerleader who had posted on social media about her struggles with mental health was announced dead Thursday, raising concerns about an alarming pattern among student athletes. Arlana Miller, 19, was a cheerleader at Southern…
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Attorneys for the UC Regents and a UCLA doctor have filed new court papers denying any wrongdoing by their clients, who were sued by a man whose wife died in 2019 at age 33 of liver failure after allegedly being overprescribed a…
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Trial proceedings are slated to get underway Thursday for a former Riverside Poly High School girls junior varsity basketball coach accused of sexual misconduct on the campus.Desmen Niguel Granger, 48, of Riverside is charged with…
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