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WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results released Tuesday from an exam known as the nation’s report card. Eighth-grade students also lost significant ground in science skills, according to the results from …

MINCO, Okla. (AP) — A school bus carrying softball team members crashed and ejected some passengers in Oklahoma, injuring eight people, the state highway patrol said. The crash happened Monday night on U.S. Highway 152 near Minco in Grady County, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Oklahoma City. Three adults and five juveniles were hurt and were taken to …

Students standing on highway after 35W school bus crash in New Brighton Students standing on highway after 35W school bus crash in New Brighton 01:35 A school bus was involved in a crash on a highway in the northern Twin Cities metro Tuesday morning, traffic cameras show. The crash occurred on Interstate 35W at County Road 10 in New Brighton, …

A school bus carrying an Oklahoma City-area softball team crashed Monday evening, leaving several people severely hurt, officials said. Kevin Sims, superintendent of schools in Minco, Oklahoma, said in a statement on Facebook that it was “a serious accident west of Minco. Multiple individuals on the bus were severely injured. We will be closing school tomorrow.” CBS Oklahoma City affiliate …

Florida’s top health official said last week that the state will start dismantling school vaccine mandates, something no other state has done in modern U.S. history. On Sunday, in a CNN interview with Jake Tapper, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo confirmed that his department did no data analysis or projections on how the change could affect outbreaks of diseases …

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The woman shot dead in Jackson on Saturday was the sister of Minnesota Timberwolves basketball star Naz Reid, multiple news outlets reported. Authorities have said they found Toraya Reid, 28, of Jackson shot dead Saturday, and have arrested and charged Shaquille Gree, 29, also of Jackson, with her murder. Police responding to an 11 a.m. phone call found Reid outside …

Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won’t take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, the health department said Sunday. The department responded to a request for details, four days after Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, said …

Was Cheryl Richardson-Wagner fired from her job? School issues statement about Phillies Karen’s employment status originally appeared on The Sporting News The search for “Phillies Karen” received an update from the Hammonton Public Schools, which denied any association with the viral woman, whom rumors claim to be named Cheryl Richardson-Wagner. Advertisement In the fourth inning during the Philadelphia Phillies vs. …

Is the internet villain known as “Phillies Karen” employed by your friendly neighborhood New Jersey school district? No! Absolutely not! So please, please, please, please, stop saying it! That’s essentially the message from Hammonton Public Schools, which somehow found itself sucked into the latest viral video turned online sleuthing frenzy on Saturday. “The woman identified on social media as ‘Phillies …