Biden Calls School Reopening A 'National Emergency'
There's a LOT of education news these days. Here's an overview of the stories from this week that you might have missed, plus some valuable links we've gleaned from around the web.
First let's turn to the world of higher education.
As we reported last week, college towns are driving coronavirus outbreaks nationwide. There were over 50,000 reported cases on campuses as of Friday morning, a figure that had doubled from the day before, according to The New York Times.
Iowa State University canceled its first football game because of alarming rates of coronavirus on campus; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign told students to stop all non-essential in-person contact after a spike — this despite their much-touted, twice-weekly testing plan.
Meanwhile, campus Greek organizations are grappling with how to adapt to COVID-19 policies. For some, it's an existential threat.
And we talked with public health experts who said shaming and blaming students for socializing is unlikely to be effective.
Meanwhile, in K-12 education, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden focused on the issue of school reopening with a series of briefings, campaign events and a CONTINUE READING: Biden Calls School Reopening A 'National Emergency' | 89.3 KPCC