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PRNewswire/ -- Today, Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education, and media company, announced its inaugural Teacher Fellow Cohort.

"Teachers are at the heart of Scholastic," said Alexander. Each member will begin and complete a capstone project during the course of the program, to be showcased at a Summit at Scholastic's NYC Headquarters in the summer of 2023. The dual goals of the program are to promote innovative co-design and action research for Scholastic's instructional offerings and to provide unique professional development opportunities for these educators.

The utility's Splash Cash program provided 10 local teachers with financing for water-related activities, software, field trips, and learning supplies.

Projects must have clear goals and objectives and focus on the importance of water conservation. Each of these projects are a fascinating and impressive endeavor.” “With the state facing ongoing drought, educating students about water is more important now than ever before,” says RWD General Manager Tom Coleman.

If Durham remains high risk for two consecutive weeks, Duke will return to mandatory masking in classrooms until the risk level drops, according to an email ...

[ end asymptomatic surveillance testing](https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/12/duke-covid-policies-releases-masking-testing-details-for-spring-2023-semester-surveillance-testing-asymptomatic-student-health) on campus on March 10, per the December email. Until March 10, limited surveillance testing for asymptomatic community members will be available at the Washington Duke Inn and the Levine Science Research Center. [lifted](https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/09/duke-university-covid-mask-mandate-requirement-lifted-no-masks-in-classrooms) its classroom mask mandate on Sept. The policy will be “reassessed later in the semester based on case rates in the community,” according to a December email from administrators. Faculty members currently [can still request ](https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/10/duke-university-professors-and-students-react-to-changes-in-dukes-mask-mandate-lift)that students wear masks in their classrooms, the email read. The county has an 18.96% testing positivity rate as of Jan.

As Abigail Zwerner was teaching at Richneck Elementary School Friday, one of her 6-year-old students is accused of pulling out a firearm, pointing it at her and ...

Abby Zwerner, 25, made sure students were safe even after she was shot, police chief said.

Ms Zwerner was struck through her hand and into her upper chest, Chief Drew said. Chief Drew said the child fired one round at his teacher. Chief Drew described tearful parents waiting to see their children. "I was scare," she told CNN. Police received a call of a teacher being shot around 14:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on Friday at Richneck Elementary School. "She is a trooper, she is a hero," said police chief Steve Drew, adding that Ms Zwerner has asked him repeatedly about the well-being of her students who were in the classroom at the time of the shooting.

Key points: Abigail Zwerner escorted about 20 students out of the classroom on Friday after being shot; The shooter, a boy, 6, is in temporary custody at a ...

It may warrant us to reconsider metal detectors at all of our buildings," Mr Parker said. I don't know that I could give you an adequate answer," Chief Drew said, adding he wished he'd never had to ask the question. were safe."

The pupil, a boy, shot Ms Zwerner with a handgun in a classroom, police chief Steve Drew said.

The gun was legally bought by the child’s mother in York County, Mr Drew said. It was in the boy’s home and he took it to school in a backpack, he said. The youngster pulled the gun out, pointed at the teacher and fired, he said.

A local project where students have the opportunity to participate in hands-on learning about oyster aquaculture is receiving a Chesapeake Oyster Alliance ...

Oyster population levels in the Bay have dropped to about 1 percent of historic levels due to pollution, diseases and overharvesting. Oyster aquaculture supports local businesses in the region and brings private investment to the overall effort to add more oysters to the Bay. The Oyster Innovation Grants were given to five different Virginia entities and eight in Maryland that are working on projects to boost oyster aquaculture production and oyster restoration in Chesapeake Bay.

“Faculty members still have the option to request that students continue to wear masks in their classrooms if they wish to do so.” The announcement comes after ...

A first-grade teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old boy last week at a Virginia elementary school was hailed as a hero Monday for escorting students to ...

The boy was transported to a hospital and evaluated, Drew said. “She has improved,” police said in the statement. and shoot his teacher," he said. "In no way do I believe that we were fully prepared for a 6-year-old student to bring a gun to school ... In that case, the This was a gun that this student could not get on their own and if an adult had properly secured it, the shooting would have never happened.” The boy's mother had legally purchased the gun, Drew said. The investigation remains ongoing, he said. He said the gun was taken from the child's home. “A young student cannot purchase their own gun, which means they have to seek it from an adult. [K-12 School Shooting Database](https://k12ssdb.org/) that tracks U.S. "There was no physical struggle or fight.

An elementary school student has been taken into custody after shooting and seriously injuring a teacher, according to NBC News. No students were injured ...