Nine UK schools start scanning children’s faces to take their lunch money
Several schools in Scotland are set to start using facial recognition software to allow pupils to pay for their lunches. The system, installed [...]
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Yale-NUS College alumni sign statement questioning move to close college
SINGAPORE – Five hundred and eight – about 60 per cent – of Yale-NUS College’s alumni have signed a statement questioning the National [...]
U.S. schools, pressured to reopen in pandemic, to get new CDC guidance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday will issue new COVID-19 guidelines for schools as the Biden [...]
Major school exam amid Covid-19 pandemic a test of S. Korea's anti-virus strategy
SEOUL – South Korea’s anti-virus measures will be put to the test as some 493,000 students take the annual make-or-break college entrance exam [...]
White House to unveil new anti-coronavirus steps for reopening U.S. schools, aide says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will unveil eight new measures on Wednesday for U.S. schools to follow as they reopen to increase [...]
U.S. Treasury chief sees 'significant amount' for schools in next coronavirus aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that he expects the next coronavirus aid bill to provide a “significant [...]
Education Secretary wants U.S. schools open, offers no safety plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Education Secretary Betsy DeVos kept up the administration’s push to reopen U.S. schools in the fall on Sunday, but failed [...]