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Delhi Shuts Schools As Government Considers ‘Pollution Lockdown’

New Delhi authorities announced Saturday a one-week closure of schools and said they would consider a “pollution lockdown” to protect citizens from toxic smog. “Schools will be shut so that children don’t have to breathe polluted air,” Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal told reporters. Delhi is ranked one of the world’s most polluted cities, with …

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Delhi Shuts Schools As Government Considers ‘Pollution Lockdown’

New Delhi authorities announced Saturday a one-week closure of schools and said they would consider a “pollution lockdown” to protect citizens from toxic smog. “Schools will be shut so that children don’t have to breathe polluted air,” Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal told reporters. Delhi is ranked one of the world’s most polluted cities, with …

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Czech schools, shops reopen after long COVID-19 shutdown

April 12, 2021 By Jiri Skacel PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech schools, libraries, zoos and some stores reopened on Monday after months of coronavirus closures in one of the world’s worst-hit countries. A six-month state of emergency expired at midnight, lifting restrictions on movement including a night-time curfew and a ban on non-essential travel among districts. …

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Grassroots Rebellion Grows With New Calls to Ban Critical Race Theory from Military, Public Schools

Kevin O’Leary said he was “devastated” when he learned his former football coach, David Flynn, had been fired after questioning a seventh-grade history curriculum that labeled white people and America as inherently racist. “Everyone loves Coach, he gets kids to play football,” O’Leary told a local television news reporter in January. “Coach Flynn is an …

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More than half of Oakland elementary schools remain closed as teachers’ union members refuse to work

A sanitizing station and sign encouraging social distancing sits in the main hallway during the first day of partial in-person instruction at Garfield Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Garfield Elementary School partially re-opens for students in grades kindergarten through second grade beginning Tuesday. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) OAN NewsroomUPDATED …

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Education Secretary: Too Soon to Say All Children Will be Back in School in the Fall

It’s too soon to confirm that all K-12 students in the United States can resume in-person learning in the fall, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said on Wednesday. “It’s premature to tell. One thing that I know as a former commissioner of education, COVID-19 numbers will dictate how we move to reopen schools. So, it’s not just …

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New York City high schools reopen for in-person instruction

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 22: Principal Jodie Cohen raises her hand as she celebrates the opening of the school at James Madison High School on March 22, 2021 in the Madison neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 1:45 PM PT – Monday, …

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Gov. DeSantis: No place for ‘critical race theory’ in Fla. schools

ORLANDO, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 26: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the opening of the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Hyatt Regency on February 26, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 8:25 PM PT – Thursday, March 18, 2021 Fla. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) banned “critical race theory” from …

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More Britons return to offices after schools reopen

FILE PHOTO: Scales to weigh loose fresh produce are seen in the UK supermarket Asda in Leeds, Britain, October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Molly Darlington March 18, 2021 By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – More British people returned to offices after schools in England reopened, but there were falls in consumer spending and ships calling at British …

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