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Assignment Education

Assignment: Education

Studies consistently show that successful schools lead to successful communities. That's why ABC 6 NEWS is committed to highlighting the challenges facing our local schools and the teachers and programs that are having a positive impact on student achievement.

Our ASSIGNMENT: EDUCATION reports will take an in-depth look at the many facets of education issues, innovations, and reforms that will better prepare students for careers of the future.
U of Louisiana-Lafayette mini-satellite zipping around Earth

U of Louisiana-Lafayette mini-satellite zipping around Earth

List of area school districts back to school plans for 20-21
List of area school districts back to school plans for 20-21
Teacher speaks out on feeling 'forced' to go back to the classroom
Teacher speaks out on feeling 'forced' to go back to the classroom
RPS parents advocate for students to return to class
RPS parents advocate for students to return to class
City of Racine helping kids, families with technology for distance learning
City of Racine helping kids, families with technology for distance learning
Several area schools update return to learn plans
Several area schools update return to learn plans
Iowa approves waivers to allow some schools to remain online
Iowa approves waivers to allow some schools to remain online
Grand Meadow Public Schools moving to distance learning
Grand Meadow Public Schools moving to distance learning
Lizzie Dale sprawls on the floor to play games on an iPad as her siblings work on school work in the kitchen behind her in their home in Lake Oswego, Ore., Oct. 30, 2020. In Oregon, one of only a handful of states that has required a partial or statewide closure of schools in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents in favor of their children returning to in-person learning have voiced their concerns and grievances using social media, petitions, letters to state officials, emotional testimonies at virtual school board meetings and on the steps of the state's Capitol. (AP Photo/Sara Cline)
'Our kids are the sacrifices': Parents push schools to open
Schools & COVID-19: Maintaining the balance
Schools & COVID-19: Maintaining the balance
FILE - In this Nov. 2019 photo provided by Mila Dorji, Rhodes Scholar Brian Reyes poses for a photo on Yale's campus in New Haven, Conn. Reyes, a history major at Yale University from the Bronx, is the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. He is a student counselor who has been living on campus this school year and taking his classes online. He is planning on a two-year degree program in comparative social policy and a career in government or the nonprofit sector. (Mila Dorji via AP)
US Rhodes Scholars chosen virtually for the 1st time
Convention centers, museums become classrooms amid pandemic
Some veteran teachers skip wave of pandemic-era retirements
Bonner Elementary School in Stewartville closed on Monday due to a COVID-19 positive case
Foreign students show less zeal for US since Trump took over
In video classes teachers parse clues to student wellbeing
Mentoring youth even more important in 2020 for Thompson
Stressed freshmen missing quintessential college experience
Iowa temporarily replaces 2 top Davenport school officials
MSHSL approves fall season for football, volleyball
Des Moines says no to governor’s demand for classroom return
Iowa reports 814 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths on Sunday
Winona State University self-quarantines campus for 2 weeks

School at Home

Teaming up to keep families fed
Teaming up to keep families fed
RPS families prepare to start school Wednesday
RPS families prepare to start school Wednesday
Senator Amy Klobuchar discusses the future of broadband
Senator Amy Klobuchar discusses the future of broadband
Survey: 64% of parents feel comfortable sending their students to school
Survey: 64% of parents feel comfortable sending their students to school
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