#parent | #kids | Zimbabwe president vows to ‘flush out’ critics in clampdown | #childabductors

[ad_1] HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s president, calling the main opposition party “terrorist,” vowed to flush out opponents in an ongoing clampdown in which scores of opposition members and government critics have been arrested and rights groups allege security forces have carried out illegal abductions and torture. President Emmerson Mnangagwa described…

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#parent | #kids | Live Coronavirus Tracker – The New York Times | #students | #parents

[ad_1] education roundup Public and private schools in Maryland and elsewhere are divided over in-person instruction. An emergency order issued Monday by Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, which countermanded a Montgomery County Health Department directive regarding school closures, has highlighted a divide between public and private schools over reopening plans….

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#parent | #kids | #childsafety | ‘Pandemic pods’ present health risks, too. Experts offer safety tips for kids, parents, teachers

[ad_1] As Bay Area schools prepare to kick off the year with distance learning, tens of thousands of families have scrambled to connect online and form “pandemic pods”: small groups that facilitate learning and relieve some of the burden of child care. Because such learning pods often require extra resources,…

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#parent | #kids | #childsafety | US coronavirus: K-12 schools and colleges can reopen, but safety should come first, Fauci says

[ad_1] The default position with K-12 schools should be to reopen them, said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. There are two big reasons schools should go back to in-person learning, Fauci said Monday. Students need the psychological and nutritional benefits of being in school,…

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