Since students across the state returned to classrooms nearly a month ago, Tennessee has drawn nationwide attention for skyrocketing COVID cases among children.
In turn, quarantines, too, have skyrocketed, impacting students, parents, and caretakers for weeks at a time.
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More than 1,450 staff at schools were laid off Friday. Budget documents posted online indicate the school-based workforce could shrink by more than 450 positions.
SNAP-Ed, which funds nutrition programs across New York City, will expire Sept. 30. Without it, families may have less fresh produce — and advocates worry about increased child hunger.
The money funds programs that support English language learners, tutoring, STEM education, before- and after-school services, summer school, and teacher training.
The City-County Council is weighing a longer curfew after recent gun violence that left five teenagers dead. Eleven local superintendents said the proposal ‘is not about punishment — it’s about prevention.’
An appellate court judge granted a motion to take up the school segregation case, which could bring a resolution sooner than if the case remained in trial court.
Some Detroit youth say they avoid large gatherings of young people because they fear fights will break out.
