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Why you should stop texting your kids at school
March 09, 2024 - 9:15 PM

Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in his economics and government classes:
The CDC has relaxed COVID guidelines. Will schools and day cares follow suit?
March 01, 2024 - 4:33 PM

BOSTON (AP) — Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and upended child care, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses.
Kids are using phones in class, even when it’s against the rules. Should schools ban them all day?
February 27, 2024 - 6:37 AM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets during the school day.
Schools are trying to get more students therapy. Not all parents are on board
February 09, 2024 - 9:12 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Derry Oliver was in fifth grade when she first talked to her mom about seeing a therapist.
Handcuffed and sent to the ER – for misbehavior: Schools are sending more kids to the hospital
December 04, 2023 - 9:09 PM

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Three times a week, on average, a police car pulls up to a school in Wicomico County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A student is brought out, handcuffed and placed inside for transport to a hospital emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation.
Idaho left early education up to families. One town set out to get universal preschool anyway
October 29, 2023 - 9:38 PM

AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — After reading a book about the five senses to a semicircle of rapt 4-year-olds, Abi Hawker tells the children in her afternoon preschool class that she has a surprise for them.
Boys graduate high school at lower rates than girls, with lifelong consequences
October 28, 2023 - 9:34 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — They attend the same classes with access to the same programs, and even come from the same families. But girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country.
Racial gaps in math have grown. A school tried closing theirs by teaching all kids the same classes
October 18, 2023 - 9:04 PM

Hope Reed was seeing stark disparities a decade ago at her high school in the suburbs of Columbia, South Carolina.
Math disabilities hold many students back. Schools often don't screen for them
October 17, 2023 - 5:46 AM

Laura Jackson became seriously concerned about her daughter and math when the girl was in third grade. While many of her classmates flew through multiplication tests, Jackson’s daughter relied on her fingers to count, had difficulty reading clocks and burst into tears when asked at home to practice math flashcards.
A workforce crisis is damaging families' access to therapies for babies with developmental delays
October 08, 2023 - 1:08 PM

CHICAGO (AP) — Alexander watches Paw Patrol with fervor, bowls his baby brother over with hugs and does everything with gusto.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Penticton business set to launch cannabis consumption patio on 4/20
A Penticton cannabis retailer will be opening its consumption patio this weekend and the owner says it'll be the perfect spot for customers to safely enjoy a toke. Cannabis Cottage is hosting a launch party for its all-new designat

Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby is warning real estate investors and speculators that his government is tilting the rules towards families seeking homes as it tightens the rules on short-term rentals. Eby said Thursday th

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Why you should stop texting your kids at school

The CDC has relaxed COVID guidelines. Will schools and day cares follow suit?

Kids are using phones in class, even when it’s against the rules. Should schools ban them all day?

Schools are trying to get more students therapy. Not all parents are on board

Handcuffed and sent to the ER – for misbehavior: Schools are sending more kids to the hospital

Idaho left early education up to families. One town set out to get universal preschool anyway

Boys graduate high school at lower rates than girls, with lifelong consequences

Racial gaps in math have grown. A school tried closing theirs by teaching all kids the same classes

Math disabilities hold many students back. Schools often don't screen for them

A workforce crisis is damaging families' access to therapies for babies with developmental delays

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