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Beltway Confidential

As Baltimore school bureaucrats get rich, their students fail

Christopher Tremoglie · August 21, 2021 1:48 pm

In this Aug. 11, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks with reporters at Carl B. Munck Elementary School in Oakland, Calif. Newsom has sharpened his message in the recall's final month and is focusing his attention on conservative rival Larry Elder, who has pledged to end California's mask mandate. The last day to vote is Sept. 14.

Californians, not just Republicans, should vote to recall Gavin Newsom

Patricia Pan Connor · August 21, 2021 4:00 am

"Our ability to withstand these losses is dependent on our achieving anticipated synergies in the Humana acquisition," Aetna's Mark Bertolini wrote. (AP Photo)

Post-pandemic back-to-school optimism spurs record spending on supplies

Cassidy Morrison · August 20, 2021 3:00 am

Children Aren’t Lab Rats

Karol Markowicz · August 20, 2021 3:00 am

There are 180,000 students in 135 full-time online charter schools across 23 states, as well as Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

Large number of parents say children fell behind academically and suffered emotionally during pandemic: Poll

David Hogberg · August 19, 2021 9:27 pm

Biden to fight red-state school mask bans with Education Department civil rights authority

Cassidy Morrison · August 18, 2021 9:24 pm

Beltway Confidential

San Francisco school board member’s lawsuit against district tossed as recall election looms

Zachary Faria · August 18, 2021 8:42 pm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at an event.

Texas school district uses unique loophole to get around Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates

Luke Gentile · August 18, 2021 1:46 pm

A lab technician working a bottle containing for COVID-19 vaccine testing at Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 25, 2020. Thai health officials said that scientists in Thailand have had promising results in testing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate on mice, and have begun testing on monkeys.

Vaccine clinics, classroom testing coming to Pennsylvania schools, colleges

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2021 10:00 pm

Judge tosses lawsuit from San Francisco school board member against district and colleagues

Barnini Chakraborty · August 17, 2021 6:36 pm

Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis greets the crowd as he takes the stage for his Jacksonville campaign rally.

Judge to hear Florida parents’ suit against DeSantis’ mask mandate ban Thursday

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2021 3:00 pm

A returning student smiles as his bus school bus pulls into Hawley School, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Classes resume Tuesday for Newtown schools except those at Sandy Hook. Buses ferrying students to schools were festooned with large green and white ribbons on the front grills, the colors of Sandy Hook. At Newtown High School, students in sweatshirts and jackets, many wearing headphones, betrayed mixed emotions. Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself.(AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Judge rules that Phoenix school district mask mandate does not violate state law

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2021 2:00 pm