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CDC School Reopenings

Chip Somodevilla • February 5, 2021

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - DECEMBER 08: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to head the Centers for Disease Control, speaks during a news conference at the Queen Theater December 08,...

CDC director says guidance on reopening schools to be released in the coming week

Jacqueline Howard and Kate Sullivan, CNN • February 5, 2021

(CNN) -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will release guidance on school reopenings in the coming week, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House briefing on...

Some New York City public schools to resume in-person learning

Spencer Platt • November 29, 2020

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 18: A school bus drives down a street in Brooklyn on November 18, 2020 in New York City. Public schools in New York City, the largest school district in the nation, will close...

Michigan Election Officials Count Ballots In Lansing

John Moore • November 4, 2020

LANSING, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 03: An election worker carries absentee ballots for counting at the Lansing city clerk's office on election night on November 03, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. President Trump...

School bus and driver safety

November 1, 2018

Opinion: Beware, overachievers

Mica Pflug • October 1, 2017

School, social life and career choices.If you’re reading this, these three things are probably some of the most prominent aspects of your current life. The way these aspects unfold largely depends on...

In-demand job market attracts students to Education Employment Day

Alexandria Kobryn • March 31, 2016

Kent State Career Services hosted its annual Education Employment Day at the Student Center Ballroom on Thursday. School districts from across the nation hosted interviews and extended job offers during...

Rootstown school district debates potential tax for renovations

Kaitlyn LeBeau • April 8, 2015

Rootstown school district discusses potential JEDD from KentWired.com on Vimeo.

New forensics classes in works

Aaron Corpora • February 22, 2015

For the first time in Kent State’s history, a group of professors in the anthropology department are working to establish at least three new forensics courses for Spring 2016.The team, lead by assistant...

Mandatory attendance and non-negotiable make-ups make us better liars not students

Bruce Walton • February 17, 2015

So let me ask you something: How much money are you paying for this degree? How much tuition or room and board will you have to pay when or if you graduate? For myself, I’ll owe thousands of dollars...

Letter to the editor: Academia’s Outsiders: Dreaming Between Practicalities

February 8, 2015

It is difficult exactly to explain what a university is. The closest approximation might be to see it as a cross between a bee hive and a temple. The hallways throng with students and faculty, busily buzzing...