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Schools are closing for millions of kids as teachers get sick and COVID cases surge. Some districts are holding out.

Fri, 2020-11-20 13:47 — mike kraft
Schools are closing for millions of kids as teachers get sick and COVID cases surge. Some districts are holding out. Even if their local COVID case rates are high, some schools plan to stay open. But as more teachers are sick or quarantined, that has become difficult Erin Richards and Elinor Aspegren USA TODAY
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Public health programs see surge in students amid pandemic

Tue, 2020-11-17 12:13 — mike kraft
Public health programs see surge in students amid pandemic PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As the novel coronavirus emerged in the news in January, Sarah Keeley was working as a medical scribe and considering what to do with her biology degree. By February,... AP NEWS
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Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say

Fri, 2020-10-23 12:09 — mike kraft
Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say Months into the school year, school reopenings across the United States remain a patchwork of plans: in-person, remote and hybrid; masked and not; socially distanced and not. But amid this jumble, one clear pattern is emerging.So far, schools do not seem to be stoking community transmission of the coronavirus YahooNews
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Some Colleges Learn How to Suppress Coronavirus: Extensive Testing

Fri, 2020-10-02 09:58 — mike kraft

As campuses across the country struggle to carry on amid illnesses and outbreaks, a determined minority are beating the pandemic — at least for the moment — by holding infections to a minimum and allowing students to continue living in dorms and attend face-to-face classes.

Being located in small towns, having minimal Greek life and aggressively enforcing social-distancing measures all help in suppressing the contagion, experts say. But one major thread connects the most successful campuses: testing. Extensively.

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ANALYSIS: Behind the White House Effort to Pressure the C.D.C. on School Openings

Tue, 2020-09-29 10:19 — mike kraft

 

WASHINGTON — Top White House officials pressured the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this summer to play down the risk of sending children back to school, a strikingly political intervention in one of the most sensitive public health debates of the pandemic, according to documents and interviews with current and former government officials.

As part of their behind-the-scenes effort, White House officials also tried to circumvent the C.D.C. in a search for alternate data showing that the pandemic was weakening and posed little danger to children.

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New Dashboard Tracks Coronavirus Cases In Schools Across 47 States

Wed, 2020-09-23 12:19 — mike kraft
New Dashboard Tracks Coronavirus Cases In Schools Across 47 States The effort, still in its early stages, hopes to track infections and determine the effectiveness of safety measures. NPR.org

A new national effort asks K-12 schools to voluntarily — and anonymously — report their confirmed and suspected coronavirus cases, along with the safety strategies they're using.

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NEW GUIDANCE: Teachers could stay in classroom if exposed to COVID-19

Thu, 2020-08-20 12:24 — mike kraft
Teachers could stay in classroom if exposed to COVID-19 ATLANTA (AP) — New guidance from President Donald Trump's administration that declares teachers to be “critical infrastructure workers” could give the green light to exempting teachers from... AP NEWS

ATLANTA (AP) — New guidance from President Donald Trump’s administration that declares teachers to be “critical infrastructure workers” could give the green light to exempting teachers from quarantine requirements after being exposed to COVID-19 and instead send them back into the classroom.

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A Guide: How To Prepare Your Home For Coronavirus

Sat, 2020-02-29 09:18 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Stocking up on medical supplies and food could be helpful if the new coronavirus spreads in your community and you want to avoid store lines where you could be at risk of infection from others.  Max Posner/NPR

npr.org - by Maria Godoy - February 26, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is telling Americans that they should be prepared for the possibility of a COVID-19 outbreak in their community.

But what does preparedness look like in practice? The short answer: Don't panic — but do prepare . . . 

 . . . We spoke with Dr. Stephen Morse, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University Medical Center and other health experts about common-sense things you can do to be ready should the virus hit where you live.

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City of Orange, Texas to Host Elevation Workshop to Prevent Future Flooding

Fri, 2019-01-25 21:23 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

kogt.com - January 25, 2019

A home elevation workshop will be held to educate City of Orange residents on grant‐funded projects that will allow the elevation of homes located within city limits to prevent future flooding.

Home elevation vendors and a grant manager representative will be available at the workshop to answer questions and provide information concerning different grant funding opportunities and additional projects eligible under the grant funds.

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Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not.

Sun, 2018-09-16 01:09 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

The house of Vanessa Solivan’s mother, right of garden.  Credit Devin Yalkin for The New York Times

U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is: Do those jobs pay enough to live on?

nytimes.com - by Matthew Desmond - September 11, 2018

 . . . These days, we’re told that the American economy is strong. Unemployment is down, the Dow Jones industrial average is north of 25,000 and millions of jobs are going unfilled. But for people like Vanessa, the question is not, Can I land a job? (The answer is almost certainly, Yes, you can.) Instead the question is, What kinds of jobs are available to people without much education? By and large, the answer is: jobs that do not pay enough to live on.

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