Online classes come with new challenge: How to stop cheating
Online school comes with all sorts of new challenges. Among them is ensuring students don’t cheat on exams when they’re taken outside the classroom.
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Missouri S&T announces ‘transformative’ $300 million gift
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis businessman and his wife have donated $300 million to a foundation to support Missouri University of Science and Technology in what the university said is believed to be the largest single gift to a higher education institution in Missouri. Missouri S&T announced the gift Monday from Fred and
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Jefferson City Schools decides to not shorten quarantine time for employees
School board will review whether teachers should be considered essential workers.
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Columbia Board of Education to vote on return to learn; parents await decision
The Board of Education is set to vote on an in-person four-day week learning model on Monday for Columbia Public Schools to return to classrooms, while parents await to see how the decision could impact their families.
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Columbia Board of Education expected to vote on return to in-person classes
The Board of Education is set to hold a meeting in which the main focus will be making a formal motion and voting on the districts re-opening plan.
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Mizzou staffing back on track for game day; health officials hope to see same compliance
After a potential staff shortage due to a sudden change in location of the University of Missouri’s football game, officials said Mizzou is back on track, while local health department officials hope to see the same compliance taken on Saturday’s game as they did previously.
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Randolph County reports new COVID-19 death; Boone County reports 53 new cases
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West Virginia site chosen for high-speed travel facility; Missouri still in running for commercial track
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Virgin Hyperloop One will build a certification center in West Virginia to test the high-speed transportation concept that uses enclosed pods to zip passengers underground at over 600 mph. The company had received bids from over a dozen states in the past year to build a 6-mile testing track and other facilities
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Jefferson City middle schools prepare for temporary move to online-only classes
The district said it’s making the move because of COVID-19-related staffing shortages.
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Stephens College reports zero active COVID-19 cases, zero students in quarantine and isolate
As the return to learning continues one local college currently see’s no active cases of COVID-19 and no students in quarantine or isolation.
Continue Reading Jefferson City middle schools temporarily transition to distance learning
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City School District sent a letter home to families of Lewis & Clark and Thomas Jefferson Middle School students Wednesday as they get ready to temporarily transition to distance learning due to staff shortages. The school district says this is due to an increase in the number of staff members
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Gov. Parson holds COVID-19 briefing; Missouri to release $61.5 million to K-12 education from CARES Act funding
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is scheduled to hold a COVID-19 briefing Wednesday afternoon.
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Mizzou, LSU game leads to staffing shortage; could boost economy
MU officially confirmed Wednesday that Saturday’s game moved to Columbia because of Hurricane Delta.
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CPS proposed 4-day plan would not allow for social distancing
The plan said social distancing would not be possible if elementary students returned to school.
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Four-day week on table for Columbia Public Schools return to classrooms
The head of Columbia Public Schools on Tuesday proposed a four-day week as an alternative to bringing students back into classrooms for two days in a hybrid plan.
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Linn High School moves to modified schedule due to COVID-19 cases
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Columbia school board to get update on return to classrooms
The Columbia Board of Education will hold a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to get and update from the administration on the district’s reopening plan as the COVID-19 case rate continues to fall.
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Morgan County reports one new death; Moberly School District report new case
The Jefferson City School District reported two students and a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
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President Trump tests positive for COVID-19 how does it affect his campaign?
The president’s campaign manager postponed all future campaign events with the Trump family on Friday.
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Boone County health director extends COVID-19 order
The director of the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services on Thursday extended the current COVID-19 order, which had been set to expire Tuesday.
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