Bacterial enzymes degrade plastic soda bottles
Recycling plastic is an important step in eliminating the pollution that fills our landfills, oceans, and our food supply. Enzymes can help.
Student news roundup, Illinois, Sept. 28
Remote learning woes, BLM vs. ALM, inclusion and diversity, Halloween and fall, yearbook art, and a drive-in fall play.
Attendance is an issue in virtual classes
Keeping track of students in a virtual classroom is becoming increasingly difficult: Where are these kids spending their days?
Ideas on teaching ceramics remotely
Teaching ceramics during a pandemic that includes all-remote learning is a little different, and some art teachers rise to the challenge.
On constitutional flat taxes in Illinois
An important ballot question in IL involves the elimination of the flat tax in favor of a graduated income tax structure.
Weather conference for Howard Co. 6th graders
The Howard County (Md.) Conservancy invites 6th graders to register for a conference about preparing for extreme weather.
More than Covid keeps kids home at E. Peoria
Mud & debris flooded E Peoria Comm HS this summer, so students can't return to in-person learning sooner than the end of Oct.
1/3 of an Okla. school returns to quarantine
After only a few days of in-person instruction, an Okla. high school experienced a rise in Covid cases and has resumed remote learning.
Schools rethink the whole idea of snow days
Why have snow days anymore if we can have 'virtual learning' days, now that we know a thing or two about how they work?
Student news roundup, Maryland, Sept. 24
State to allow sports beginning in Oct., but some districts won't go back yet; Miss Maryland Agriculture; music lessons virtually.