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Julie Pierce gestures to her second grade students during a Zoom call. Pierce has spent the entire school year teaching remotely, but Hickman Mills has tentative plans to bring students back in March.
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Last week, as she has every week this school year, Kansas City-area teacher Julie Pierce greeted her second graders on Zoom before taking them on a virtual trip to the Arctic for a fast-paced reading lesson.
“Adaptations are things that help them survive,” Pierce explained. “Remember, we wrote, ‘Puffins have thick feathers to help them keep warm.’ So you’re going to be looking for your animal’s adaptations, OK?”
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An empty classroom at a high school in Bruhl, Germany. Schools across the country are closed again despite early success in getting children back into classrooms during the pandemic.
This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center
Last week, as she has every week this school year, Kansas City-area teacher Julie Pierce greeted her second graders on Zoom before taking them on a virtual trip to the Arctic for a fast-paced reading lesson.
“Adaptations are things that help them survive,” Pierce explained. “Remember, we wrote, ‘Puffins have thick feathers to help them keep warm.’ So you’re going to be looking for your animal’s adaptations, OK?”
Educators will have a role to play in convincing families to get COVID-19 vaccines once they are widely available.
NEXT UP: THE VIRUS HAS MUTATED!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!! PUT YOUR MASKS ON AND LOCK YOURSELVES INTO THE HOUSE AND LIVE UNDER THE FUCKIN FLOORBOARDS WITH THE RATS OR WE WILL ARREST AND FINE YOU FOR BEING IN THE LIVING ROOM ABOVE GROUND!!!!!!!!! -Mayor Pharaoh Lucas has spoken.
Meanwhile, our nation s Health Experts don t really believe it is that bad. -
Birx violated her own travel guidance, CDC guidelines
WASHINGTON (AP) As COVID-19 cases skyrocketed before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, warned Americans to “be vigilant” and limit celebrations to “your immediate household.”
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A child care worker at United Inner City Services wears a mask and a face shield donated by Hallmark.
Educators will have a role to play in convincing families to get COVID-19 vaccines once they are widely available.
“As leaders, we have to step up,” said Brett Schriewer, the principal at Northeast Middle School in Kansas City, Missouri. “I’m willing to get my shot on camera to show our community that I believe in the vaccination and feel comfortable getting it.”
Schriewer, a former science teacher with a background in microbiology, had COVID-19 in October. Although his own case was mild, Schriewer lost three family members to the virus.