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A teenager didn’t do her online schoolwork. So a judge sent her to juvenile detention.

A teenager didn’t do her online schoolwork. So a judge sent her to juvenile detention.

A 15-year-old in Michigan was incarcerated during the coronavirus pandemic after a judge ruled that not completing her schoolwork violated her probation. “It just doesn’t make any sense,” said the girl’s mother.

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Unscientific survey shows most MN families want in-person school, despise distance learning

Unscientific survey shows most MN families want in-person school, despise distance learning

A new survey from the Minnesota Department of Education shows a majority of families had a bad experience with distance learning and want schools to resume in-person classes in the fall. But the results are just a sampling — and hardly scientific.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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White House stumbles over how best to reopen schools, as Trump blasts CDC guidance

White House stumbles over how best to reopen schools, as Trump blasts CDC guidance

President Trump calls the recommendations "impractical" and says he'll pressure states to open schools this fall — even threatening to cut funding. But the decision largely lies with states.
by Barbara Sprunt and Cory Turner

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Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students

Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students

The universities contend that the directive, which which bars international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall, violates the Administrative Procedures Act because officials failed to offer a reasonable basis justifying the policy and because the public was not given notice to comment on it.
by The Associated Press

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U of M Morris now carbon neutral on electricity

U of M Morris now carbon neutral on electricity

The latest milestone means the balance of the electricity the university uses is generated from clean energy sources that don’t give off carbon dioxide, which contributes to climate change.
by Kirsti Marohn

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