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The federal government’s new guidance for reopening classrooms does not require teachers to be vaccinated first. In a move long awaited by educators, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines on Friday for how to operate schools safely during the pandemic. The recommendations, more detailed than those …

In 1985, the then-15-year-old Tan Kim Siong dropped out of school to work full-time in a hawker stall. Since age 13, he had been helping his grandmother at her Teochew fishball noodles store, while also working as an assistant for other hawker stalls. These stints helped him score a full-time …

Paying for law school is tough. Getting a part-time job at your local burger joint to help pay for law school costs isn’t exactly an option when you’re battling to be at the top of your class. Law school student loans can help you pay for your degree so you …

The world’s most famous school dropouts have got to be Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Both Zuckerberg and Gates left Harvard during their undergraduate years to start their businesses, which have since made an indelible mark in the global tech industry. However, they are not the …

For parents who did not expect their children to have devices or use social media so young, virtual learning was an unexpected push into the digital deep end. Several weeks into the new school year, I was sitting in my home office when I heard a series of beeps emanating …

Here’s what you need to know: Miami-Dade County, Fla., one of the largest school districts in the U.S., will reopen classrooms to students next month. The virus death toll in the U.S. surpasses 200,000. China and the U.S. square off over the virus at the General Assembly. Notre Dame pauses …

Before the pandemic, it was not unusual for Tiffany Foy and a team of other dental hygienists to visit schools in rural and urban parts of Oregon to treat the teeth of thousands of children in a year. Many of the children they examined had cavities, painful abscesses and “big …

Much like Christmastime and baseball season, back to school is less of a calendar item that affects me personally and more of a general, seasonal mood. It conjures up the feeling of bare legs in an air-conditioned Target, the smell of fresh pencils, the static-y plastic on brand new notebooks, …

Much like Christmastime and baseball season, back to school is less of a calendar item that affects me personally and more of a general, seasonal mood. It conjures up the feeling of bare legs in an air-conditioned Target, the smell of fresh pencils, the static-y plastic on brand new notebooks, …