CDC Says Schools Can Safely Reopen, But Will They?

Leila Kubesch, Spanish teacher, Norwood High School, Cincinnati, OH. Andrea Wader, parent; president, John C. Fremont Elementary PTA, Long Beach, CA. Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security; associate professor of epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore. Craig Broeren, superintendent, Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools, Wood County, WI. Burbio.com: … Read more

Covid: Teachers ‘not at higher risk’ of death than average

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ONS analyst Ben Humberstone said: “As the pandemic has progressed, we have learnt more about the disease and the communities it impacts most. There are a complex combination of factors that influence the risk of death; from your age and your ethnicity, where you live and who you live with, to pre-existing health conditions. Source … Read more

Tripura seeks SC permission to appoint 10,000 terminated teachers as peons

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(This story originally appeared in on Jul 29, 2020) NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, the Tripura government on Tuesday sought the Supreme Court’s permission to re-appoint over 10,000 postgraduate, graduate and under-graduate teachers whose appointments were quashed on court orders, as peons, night guards, gardeners, cooks and lower division clerks. The Tripura government in … Read more