Ryan Delaney
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What started as a tense debate over whether Rockwood’s schools should reopen in person last fall has descended into schoolyard bullying among the adults.
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The study's findings build on prior evidence that in-person learning is safe and does not contribute to COVID-19 outbreaks when schools implement safety measures.
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Missouri school students will sit down for state assessments soon. For some, it’ll be their first time in a classroom in more than a year. Teachers and parents say testing should be canceled, but education officials counter the data is critical.
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As schools opened and closed on two continents, no decision could satisfy everyone during a global pandemic.
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Increased recruitment, pay incentives and easing of certification requirements have helped fill the substitute teacher pool, but there remains a shortage of subs, especially during a pandemic.
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Without extracurricular activities or standardized test scores, students with ambitious college plans are doing so without the resume they had hoped would win over admissions officers.
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Many European countries are locking down again to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But unlike in the U.S., where school buildings in many districts are still closed, German schools will stay open as long as possible.
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St. Louis Public Radio’s Ryan Delaney is in Germany this month to report on how that country handles keeping its schools open.
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German students headed back to school after a two-month lockdown in the spring. Eight months after the pandemic began, many students in Kansas City and St. Louis are still learning at home.
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Updated, 4:45 p.m. Thursday – Missouri schools will not reopen for the remainder of the academic year, Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday afternoon."I am…