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At least 105 students living in several University of Washington frat houses have reported testing positive for COVID-19, an ominous sign ahead of campuses reopening to students this fall. Most of the students are asymptomatic and none has fallen seriously ill, the school said. Dr. Jeff Duchin, public health officer with Public Health-Seattle & King…

A COVID-19 outbreak in connection to UW fraternities grew to at least 66 infected students, according to the university. SEATTLE — A coronavirus outbreak on Greek row at the University of Washington’s Seattle campus continues to grow. As of Thursday, at least 62 fraternity residents tested positive for COVID-19, according to the university. Four other…

Parents, students question the value of college experience during COVID-19 New COVID-19 cases in the University of Washington Greek System have many people wondering what's going to happen when tens of thousands of students return to campus in the fall. SEATTLE - Several dozen students living in fraternity houses north of the University of Washington’s…

Some American school districts are beginning to announce hybrid schedules that include a mix of online and in-school learning, presenting a difficult challenge for working parents.Cherye Graves’s fourth-grade classroom at Eastside Elementary in Clinton, Miss., after students were forced to stay home in March during the coronavirus outbreak.Credit...Julio Cortez/Associated PressJune 26, 2020As school districts across…

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, has announced that he will donate $10m toward computers and internet access for public schools in Oakland, a city where half of students lack reliable access to either. Dorsey dropped the news after the Oakland mayor, Libby Schaaf, tweeted a video of one those 25,000 students without…