Trump orders National Guard to LA after clashes

US President Donald Trump has ordered 2,000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles to deal with unrest over raids on undocumented migrants. Trump said the federal government would “step in and solve the problem”, after the Californian city saw a second day of clashes on Saturday between protesters and federal agents. Tear gas was used to … Read more

the researchers also saw children’s scores for emotional maturity improved during the pandemic

Perrigo and her colleagues expected to see declines in all areas the teachers were assessing, but instead, they found that three out of the five dropped – language and cognitive skills, communication skills and social competence. Physical health stayed the same – possibly because there was so much emphasis on public health during the time … Read more

sudden shock to children’s lives and education, it also exacerbated trends that were already taking place prior to the appearance of Covid-19.

Some groups – including students in schools that faced relatively longer closures, boys, immigrants, and disadvantaged students – fared even worse. And distance learning, where students logged onto screens for class, didn’t seem to do much to stem the tide of learning loss. In the end, they say, these learning losses could translate to earnings … Read more

The stress and isolation of the pandemic has left social and emotional scars that are already being seen in children, but scientists also predict there could be huge economic costs due to disrupted education.

As a baby, everything is new: every visit to the park, every smell inside a grocery store, every touch of a soft pet. So what happens when a baby doesn’t experience a rich tableau of life experience? In England, the Born in Covid Year Core Lockdown Effects (Bicycle) study is trying to tease apart the role of … Read more