Second grade students work in the technology lab at Sherman Elementary School in this file photo. Half of Greater Houston’s 1.2 million public school students are Latino — and a new survey finds the coronavirus pandemic is hurting their mental health. The advocacy group Latinos for Education surveyed more than…
Colombo (News 1st); A 29-year-old math teacher was arrested by the Police Unit of the National Child Protection Authority for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy in Colombo. Chairman of the National Child Protection Authority, Professor Muditha Vidanapathirana speaking to News 1st said the victim’s family had personally filed a complaint with…
Brickens mholtkamp@dailyjournal.net A jury trial scheduled for Tuesday was canceled after a former Franklin Community High School music teacher who had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student pleaded guilty. Alex J. Brickens, 30, pleaded guilty last month to child seduction, a Level 5 felony. Judge Lance Hamner sentenced Brickens…
The task force created an algorithm to guide coronavirus screening and determine how to help children with symptoms of the virus. The team also created a guide for screeners explaining how to apply the algorithm to different situations. The algorithm looks at if a person has been exposed to someone…
A shooting incident that occurred on August 11 at Southern Arkansas University that resulted in one student’s death left many SAU students and their parents shaken, with some complaining of a lack of communication from the University, raising questions about campus security at colleges in the region. The shooting, which…
A young Jewish girl was abducted in Bensonhurst while waiting for her day camp bus on Tuesday morning, and after a frantic search, was found inside the home of her abductor. Highly credible sources tell YWN that the 11-year-old child left her home as she did every day all summer,…
Findlay, Ohio — FBI agents arrested a Roman Catholic priest Tuesday on child sex trafficking charges, saying they think the priest has been engaged in sexual conduct with minors since the late 1990s. Fr. Michael Zacharias, 53, was taken into custody after morning mass at St. Michael Parish in Findlay….
A warning: Not all U.S. students have high-speed internet access. “Some teachers say they’re fighting to ensure that all of their students can log into class each day,” our health reporter Olga Khazan writes. Adam Maida One question, answered: I’m planning to travel to see loved ones. I haven’t had…
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Fort Wayne’s NBC) — A local psychologist says he’s seeing adult patients who are anxious about their children going to school and then bringing the coronavirus home with them. Going back to school can always cause a bit of angst for parents, but this year with the…
With the color and power of a fireworks show, the Trojan Marching Band and Spirit Leaders fired up freshmen Friday with an online show that conveyed the USC spirit. While some first-year students arrive well versed in the SoCal spell-out, the lyrics to “Fight On” and movements that animate the…