by Beth Holmes | Jan 24, 2022 | News, Student Issues
The CDC recommends schools postpone all social extracurricular activities during this COVID surge, from football to band. Only a few weeks ago, the CDC altered their recommendation about isolation after Covid from 10 days to 5, although they cautioned recoverees to...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 17, 2022 | News, Student Issues
The University of Pittsburgh has taken a hardline stance on vaccination: Get vaxxed, or be disenrolled. On December 6, UPitt announced a vaccine mandate – all students, faculty, and staff were required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January 1st. The...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 10, 2022 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Insurrection Day is tomorrow, though history probably won’t call it that. Thursday, January 6 is the one year anniversary of the Capitol riot, the first violent breech of our nation’s capitol in its 221-year history. Teachers have been debating how to...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 6, 2021 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Corporal punishment in schools is still around, and Kentucky schools are dithering about whether they want it to go away. The current state statute on violence by teachers against students is KRS 503.110. It says that teachers and caregivers are allowed to use...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 29, 2021 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Tribal education gets an injection of cash from the $2 billion March 2021 COVID stimulus plan, only a few months late. Announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education, $20 million in grants are going to be given out of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) for...
