August 21, 2024
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.Chicago students and teachers head back to school on Aug. 26 for a new school year — emphasis on “new.” The 2024-25 school year will be marked in Chicago hi…
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Current guidelines limit treatment to infants. Giving antibiotics to at-risk kids under 5, too, has an indirect effect on infant survival, a new trial shows.
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Colorado is still offering free school meals this school year, even though the program has ended up costing more than state officials predicted.While an advisory group tries to come up with long-term solutions that may mean changes in future school yea…
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Sonora Behavioral Health Hospital will add 48 new beds after the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday to approve the rezoning of almost 5 acres adjacent to the facility. The hospital turned away 2,042 people seeking treatment for mental health and substance abuse care in the first five months of the year due…
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The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office corrected errors in its finalized primary election results after realizing it incorrectly determined which Green Party candidates will move on to the November election.
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The start of a new school year conjures feelings of excitement and rejuvenation. Each fall is a fresh opportunity for educators to shape a new set of minds and prepare new classes of students for future success. At the heart of this autumn renewal is the well-being of educators, a critically important key to classroom…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.Math scores rose across New York City public schools last school year while English scores ticked down, according to state test results released Wednesday by ci…
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The Ithaca Police Department announced Tuesday it has launched an investigation into a hate crime involving an unknown suspect who allegedly “made derogatory comments about the victim’s gender identity,” according to a statement from the department.
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Using a laser and an electron beam, the microscope can snap images of moving electrons every 625 quintillionths of a second.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Workers at Cornell University represented by the United Auto Workers began to strike Sunday night, the effects of which have reverberated across the Ivy League school’s campus as it scrambles to find people to plug up its staffing shortage. UAW officials started the strike the night before thousands of new students were…