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HistoryPaul Katula - 0

Biden officially begins transition

It took a little longer than usual, but as enough states certify their votes, the results of the election become clear, and Joe Biden gets to work.
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SciencePress Release - 0

New NASA, ESA satellite to continue ocean study

NASA & the European Space Agency launched a new satellite into space on a SpaceX rocket to continue a 30-year study of the oceans.
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Name That VerdictPaul Katula - 0

Trump claims equal protection violation in PA votes

A US district court judged has dismissed a lawsuit in Pa. filed by the Trump campaign claiming a violation of 14th-Amendment rights.
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SciencePress Release - 0

NSF decommissions a huge radio telescope

The large, iconic Arecibo scope can't be fixed safely. A big set of ears on the cosmos now hears only silence.
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ReadingPaul Katula - 0

Inclusion a theme for National Book Award

The winner this year in Young People's Literature tells the story of a black boy and his deceased brother, a gay friend, and the Louisiana bayou.
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Arts

Instrumental MusicPaul Katula - 0

Alton Sr. H.S. orchestra plays Bach

An orchestra concert at Alton Sr HS in IL featured Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. The video ended just a tad short of the end.
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Visual ArtsPress Release - 0

Noguchi sculpture added to Rose Garden

The First Lady announced the first sculpture by an Asian American artist in the White House collection. It's in the Rose Garden.
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Marching BandPaul Katula - 0

Black marching band costumes were insensitive

A bad costume choice (similar to blackface) results in the public censuring of a Western Pennsylvania school district.
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MusicalsPaul Katula - 0

Liberty High Drama posts a children’s masterpiece

High school musical productions are virtual these days. They still delight hundreds but require a little more technical skill in a new medium.
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Athletics

AthleticsPaul Katula - 0

College recruiting changes & cuts to athletics

High school athletes are facing additional challenges because of the pandemic, including recruiting changes and dropped programs.
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AthleticsPaul Katula - 0

National Signing Day for high school athletes

National Signing Day is the 1st day student-athletes can commit to attend a university or college. It's usually a big party.
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History

Biden officially begins transition

It took a little longer than usual, but as enough states certify their votes, the results of the election become clear, and Joe Biden gets to work.
Paul Katula - 0
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Name That VerdictPaul Katula - 0

Trump claims equal protection violation in PA votes

A US district court judged has dismissed a lawsuit in Pa. filed by the Trump campaign claiming a violation of 14th-Amendment rights.
Read more
Science

New NASA, ESA satellite to continue ocean study

NASA & the European Space Agency launched a new satellite into space on a SpaceX rocket to continue a 30-year study of the oceans.
Press Release - 0
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Instrumental Music

Alton Sr. H.S. orchestra plays Bach

An orchestra concert at Alton Sr HS in IL featured Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. The video ended just a tad short of the end.
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Visual Arts

Noguchi sculpture added to Rose Garden

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The First Lady announced the first sculpture by an Asian American artist in the White House collection. It's in the Rose Garden.
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Illinois

Obituary: Mike Padron; teacher of the most delicate

Paul Katula - 0
The loss of a much-loved teacher at an alternative school in Rockford, IL, can affect students' sense of a meaningful future.
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Policy

Hope that Biden will not advance privatization

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Will Joe Biden's education secretary make a dent in the universal privatization efforts now under way among public schools in the U.S.?
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Policy

On World Children’s Day, the world fails children

Paul Katula - 0
Not to pressure schools back to in-person learning, but there's no doubt e-learning is ineffective and kids are suffering socially and emotionally.
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Student Reports

Biden officially begins transition

It took a little longer than usual, but as enough states certify their votes, the results of the election become clear, and Joe Biden gets to work.
History Paul Katula - 0
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Alton Sr. H.S. orchestra plays Bach

An orchestra concert at Alton Sr HS in IL featured Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. The video ended just a tad short of the end.
Instrumental Music Paul Katula - 0
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Students vote on the voting system

Maybe it's time to think about eliminating the role the Electoral College plays in our democracy, some N.C. students think.
History Paul Katula - 0
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College recruiting changes & cuts to athletics

High school athletes are facing additional challenges because of the pandemic, including recruiting changes and dropped programs.
Athletics Paul Katula - 0
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Reopening dilemma persists in the U.S.

We’re in the middle of a pandemic, but we all know it’s best for learning for students to be in schools with their friends and teachers.
Policy Paul Katula - 0
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Volleyball teams continue to dig for a cure

Girls' volleyball teams, whether in clubs or in high schools, have a common cause in October: doing what they can to cure breast cancer.
Girls' Volleyball Paul Katula - 0
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An everlasting in-person / e-learning debate

Students will do whatever school administrators tell them to do with regard to e-learning, but all approaches have risks that require balance.
Operations Paul Katula - 0
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Outbreak at a Utah school with in-person learning

The worst fear of many teachers and parents is that resuming in-person learning will lead to a Covid-19 outbreak among students and staff.
Nation/World Paul Katula - 0
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E-learning fails our students & teachers

Some Md. students, teachers, & parents are exasperated with e-learning and are throwing in the towel. When will this bad experiment end?
Maryland Paul Katula - 0
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Chicago students petition for e-learning changes

Studies about e-learning's poor quality of "learning" are on the books. Now students are starting to make their voices heard.
Illinois Paul Katula - 0
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Marching band still meaningful in the days of Covid

Some seniors get to have a semblance of a marching band season, even during the pandemic. One drum major from Arkansas told us what that means.
Marching Band Rebecca Morgan - 3
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Maryland & Illinois

IllinoisPaul Katula - 0

Obituary: Mike Padron; teacher of the most delicate

The loss of a much-loved teacher at an alternative school in Rockford, IL, can affect students' sense of a meaningful future.
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IllinoisPaul Katula - 0

U.S. can’t divert CARES funds from public schools

A federal judge in Calif. has ruled that US Education Sec. Betsy DeVos can't divert funds from the CARES Act to private schools.
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IllinoisPaul Katula - 0

SD 200 takes an ‘adaptive pause’ on reopening

With new Covid-19 records, we wonder whether school reopening for in-person instruction has been put on an indefinite hold.
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MarylandPaul Katula - 0

Amid Covid spike, Md. schools rethink reopening

Not so fast, schools say to planned returns to in-person learning across Md., given a spike in Covid-19 cases in the state.
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IllinoisPress Release - 0

IL announces Teacher of the Year

Justin Johnson, a band teacher at Niles West High School in Skokie, has been named the 2020-21 Illinois Teacher of the Year.
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