As COVID cases continue to rise, Newark schools are preparing to potentially switch to remote learning after winter break, which will start a day early for students, Superintendent Roger León announced Monday. “With the number…
At one school in the Bronx, students will eat in their classrooms because there isn’t enough staff to supervise the lunchroom — almost 20% of employees are either sick with COVID-19, or showing symptoms and…
The Colorado Board of Education recommended Thursday resuming full statewide testing and using those results to restart accountability ratings, but state lawmakers ultimately will decide what the system looks like next year. The State Board…
Hawaii County has received $500,000 from the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge for its proposal to restructure the local economy. The project to create a closed-loop economic system on…
A New York State public ethics agency ordered former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday to pay back more than $5 million he received to write a book about managing the COVID-19 crisis. The Joint Commission…
A bill that would have imposed stricter limits on class sizes in New York City schools will not be brought up for a vote this year, despite months of pressure from the teachers union and…
At a crowded campaign event early in the 2020 US election race, Joe Biden was asked for “a quick word for the BBC”. Half-incredulously, Biden glanced over his shoulder, replying, “The BBC? I’m Irish,” before…
Last week, it was announced police in South Wales and Gwent would be the first in the UK to deploy real-time facial recognition technology (FRT) in a mobile app. The app allows police officers to rapidly identify…
For many First Nations women living in remote and regional areas, the internet, mobile smartphones and social media platforms are a lifeline for connection and support. However our research, funded by the Commonwealth e-Safety Commissioner,…
If there was one impressive thing from Mark Zuckerberg’s 90-minute spiel about Facebook’s rebranding as Meta, it was his misunderstanding of what meta actually means — and how that misunderstanding is symbolic of his profound incapacity for self-reflection. The…