These 13 Mass. school districts are considering creating all-virtual schools
Boston Public School students may have another option for going back to school this fall. Erin Clark / The Boston Globe
Remote learning may not be a temporary set-up for some students.
Over a dozen Massachusetts school districts, including some of the largest in the state, are considering creating their own virtual schools where students would learn entirely online, the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education confirmed to Boston.com.
Under state law, there are two types of virtual schools allowed: statewide schools and district-specific schools, where students all reside in the districts that operate them.
Neal Steinhauer (Oregon) and
Dallas Long (USC). It is Geist’s fourth overall Pac-12 Championships title. He also won the discus in 2018.
MEN’S HIGH JUMP – Justice Summerset, Arizona (7-2½/2.20)
Tenth in 2017, third in 2018 and seventh in 2019, Summerset got his Conference title, clearing 7-2 ½ to become the Wildcats’ first winner since a four-year run from 2011-14. It was a four-man race between Summerset, Oregon’s
Ben Milligan, WASHINGTON STATE’s
Mitch Jacobsen and USC’s two-time defending champion
Earnie Sears. Summerset and Sears cleared 7-0 ¼ on their first attempts and Milligan and Jacobsen their second. Milligan and Jacobsen cleared 7-1 ½, Sears did not and Summerset passed before clearing the winning height.
Oregon Ducks men on pace for another Pac-12 track and field title; overachieving UO women could push USC
Updated May 15, 2021;
Posted May 15, 2021
Oregon s Max Vollmer celebrates after winning the decathlon title at the Pac-12 track and field championships on Saturday, May 15, 2021, at Loker Stadium in Los Angeles. Photo by John McGillen/Pac-12 Conference
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By Ken Goe for The Oregonian/OregonLive
The Oregon Ducks remained on course for their 14th consecutive men’s Pac-12 track title Saturday at USC’s Loker Stadium.
The UO women could sneak into a contention too, after a virtually flawless day that might have favored USC a little nervous heading into Sunday’s final of competition.
How Hospitals Can Help Patients and the Planet
Health care systems are trying to answer the central question of how to care for patients when climate change threatens their ability to remain open.
A baby being evacuated from NYU Langone Health during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The storm damaged the hospital, which has since built a cogeneration plant for electricity, heat and steam turbine-power air-conditioning.Credit.John Minchillo/Associated Press
, which examines changes in the medical field.
As climate change moves from a model of the future to the reality of the present, health care systems across the country are facing a difficult set of questions. What are doctors supposed to do when wildfires, rising floodwater or other natural disasters threaten their ability to provide care for patients? How can these institutions be resilient in the face of these disasters?