Math up, reading down: NC 4th and 8th-grade students see mixed test results amid national struggles
Math performance has slightly rebounded since the COVID-19 virus closed schools but reading performance hasn't, according to ...
Fourth, eighth graders still trying to shake impact of pandemic
Impacts from statewide public school closures during the COVID-19 era are still being felt, North Carolina’s new Democratic ...
CIA now says Covid-19 is more likely to have originated from a lab leak
The Central Intelligence Agency said Saturday that it’s more likely a lab leak caused the Covid-19 pandemic than an infected animal that spread the virus to people, changing the agency’s yearslong ...
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Vulnerable Americans live in the shadow of COVID-19 as most move on
Susan Scarbro stares down a bowling lane at the distant pins. She hears a sound that breaks her focus. Was that a cough? Will ...
Louisville Public Media on MSN1d
Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card
There's some good news in math, mostly bad news in reading and lots of questions about why students are still struggling.
Vaccine misinformation: A lasting side effect from Covid-19
Dr Meg Schaeffer, an epidemiologist at the SAS Institute, told AFP that “misinformation around Covid-19” was driving down ...
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U.S. Students’ Reading Scores Continue To Decline, Widening Achievement Gaps
The Nation’s Report Card for 2024, released today, revealed continued declines in reading scores among U.S. students, exacerbating a trend that began even ...
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Former state Rep. Carolina Amesty charged with stealing COVID-19 relief funds
Carolina Amesty with stealing from the federal government’s COVID-19 relief funds ... obtained $122,000 by fraudulently applying for pandemic relief funds in the name of two businesses ...