Post-pandemic nose-dive: Why student test scores are raising alarms among parents and teachers
Kids now don't have the joy for reading they once did, and teachers have changed the way they teach writing in the digital ...
As pandemic funds run out, school districts start looking at cuts
While the state budget is being discussed, there’s some number crunching going on in our local school districts.
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Will bird flu spark a human pandemic? Scientists say the risk is rising
The team found that animals that had the virus inoculated directly into their lungs became severely ill, whereas animals that ...
Most violent crime rates have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new report shows
The number of homicides across the United States declined by 16% in 2024, continuing a recent downward trajectory, according ...
NYC students have regained ground lost during the pandemic, but reading scores remain stubbornly low
New York City children who just started grade school during the pandemic are rebounding in math — but schools are still ...
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Report: Minnesota’s greenhouse gas emissions bounced back after pandemic, still below 2019 level
Transportation remains the state’s largest source of greenhouse gases, contributing nearly 30 percent of emissions. It’s not ...
California students’ test scores show slow recovery from pandemic-era learning losses
SAN JOSE, Calif. — California students continue to trail their peers across the country in two key subjects on the newly ...
Idaho student test scores still haven’t overcome pandemic dips, but top national averages
That is one bright spot: Idaho fourth and eighth graders had higher proficiency rates than their national peers in reading ...
Iowa's report card: passing grades, but room for improvement post-pandemic
The Nation's Report Card performed by the National Assessment of Educational Progress is out, and while Iowa is scoring above ...
China says it's "extremely unlikely" COVID pandemic came from lab leak, as CIA now indicates
China says it's "extremely unlikely" that COVID-19​ came from a lab, after the CIA said it believed​, though with low ...