The Impact of Teacher Deaths
They have shaken communities and upended the school reopening debate.
Jan. 29, 2021
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Erick Ortiz, center, with his family on his birthday. He died after contracting the coronavirus.Credit.Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times
The teacher death toll
No one knows how many educators have died from Covid-19. Our colleague Dan Levin reports that the American Federation of Teachers, one of the nation’s largest teachers’ unions, knows of at least 530.
Business Moves with Mary: Despite bankruptcy, Belk stores expected to remain open
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Belk, the 133-year-old, Charlotte-based department store chain, will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, its owner, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners, said Tuesday.
Along with taking major financial hits during the COVID-19 lockdown, retailers will likely be forced to innovate to survive.
Belk will continue ânormal operationsâ as it goes through bankruptcy, according to a news release from Sycamore. Pending objections, New York-based Sycamore expects to exit bankruptcy by the end of February.
âWeâre confident that this agreement puts us on the right long-term path toward significantly reducing our debt and providing us with greater financial flexibility to meet our obligations and to continue investing in our business,â Belk CEO Lisa Harper said in a statement.
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How to Get Away with Murder star lands leading role in new movie
Karla Souza will star in family drama
La Hiedra.
La Hiedra (
Variety reports that Souza, who played resourceful law student Laurel Castillo in
How to Get Away with Murder, has teamed up with Ecuadorian writer-director Ana Cristina Barragán – whose debut feature
Alba was Ecuador s submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2018 Oscars – to make
The Ivy, which will focus on a 31-year-old woman named Azucena who becomes gravely ill.
Azucena decides that she wants to try to rekindle a relationship with her son, Julio, who she gave up after giving birth to him at the age of 13. She invites the now 18-year-old Julio and some of the other orphans at his orphanage to stay at her home, with Julio having no idea at first that this mysterious woman is his mother.
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