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Face Covering Requirements End, But Some US Parents Are Worried (tomado de VOA) March 15, 2022

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 Major school districts around the United States are permitting students to attend class without face coverings for the first time in nearly two years. The rules relating to face coverings, or masks, have caused fights among educators, school boards and parents throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. 

 New York City is the largest school district in the country. It ended its mask requirement on March 7. Philadelphia lifted its school mask requirement on March 9. It joined other big cities such as Houston and Dallas that made similar moves in the past week. Chicago schools ended their mask requirement Monday. 

 Parents, teachers and school leaders all must balance the new rules. Some families are happy that their children no longer have to wear masks. But others say they are still worried and are urging their children to continue wearing face coverings for now. 

 Educators are caught in the middle. 

 In Anchorage, Alaska, top school official Deena Bishop says lifting the mandate in the city’s nearly 100 public schools was a welcome change. She said there were months of arguments over masks. 

 “So I’m glad that we’ve taken that fight away…and now we can go back to focus on learning,” Bishop said. 

 Falling COVID-19 infection rates and new federal health recommendations are leading states to drop the requirements. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued new guidelines saying most healthy Americans, including students, can safely stop wearing masks. 

 But those who disagree about ending school mask requirements often point to low vaccination rates among American children. Only about 25 percent of children ages 5 to 11 have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. Just 58 percent of children ages 12 to 17 are vaccinated, the CDC says.

New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois and Delaware recently lifted their statewide school mask requirements. New Jersey and Rhode Island officially dropped theirs last Monday. California, Oregon and Washington all dropped their statewide mandates on March 12. 

 In many places, the decisions are being made at the local school district level. 

 Officials in many large cities, such as Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., have said they will keep mask rules for now. Officials say that could change if vaccination rates rise among their students or if they can reach agreements with teachers unions. Unions have been strong supporters of keeping the mask requirements in place. 

 Chicago schools announced last week that masks will no longer be required starting March 14. The city's teachers union then promised to take officials to court. They said the move will break an agreement with the district to keep the mask rule through the end of the school year. 

 In New York City, elementary school student Jack Jalaly stopped wearing his mask when they became optional. For children, “it’s really great because you can see the way words are pronounced and you can see spellings,” said Jack's mother, Andrea. 

 But third-grad student Derrick Carter-Jacob kept his mask on even after New York removed the requirement. 

 “Leave it on. There’s no reason for him to take it off until basically everybody is safe,” said his parent, Michael Jacob. 

 John Bracey is a Latin teacher at Belmont High School near Boston, Massachusetts. He said he will keep wearing his mask through the end of the academic year, even if district officials decide to end the mandate. 

 “I have major concerns on so many levels,” Bracey said. “I just can’t find a public health or moral justification for removing them.

” Melissa Bello is a parent in Needham, Massachusetts, outside Boston. She said her two children were among those who happily removed their masks last week. 

 She said her 8-year-old son has hearing loss and has had trouble understanding what people are saying when they wear masks. 

 “He’s working harder every day in school and coming home more tired,” Bello said. “There’s not enough consideration for those kinds of tradeoffs in these mask mandates.

” I’m Dan Novak. 

 Dan Novak adapted this story for VOA Learning from reporting by The Associated Press. 

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Small Boat Launched by American Students Reaches Norway

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Students in the northeastern U.S. state of New Hampshire sent a small boat into the Atlantic Ocean in October 2020. It was a school experiment to see where the ocean currents would take the 1.8-meter long boat which was equipped with a satellite positioning system, or GPS. The boat was found 462 days later on a small Norwegian island. The boat was called the Rye Riptides, named for Rye Junior High. It was covered with student artwork and contained autumn leaves, pictures and coins honoring different U.S. states. A Norwegian student found the boat on February 1 on the island of Smola. It is off the nation’s northwestern coast. The trip covered more than 13,300 kilometers. The boat lost some of its parts and it was covered in barnacles. The student who found the boat took it to his school. The American students are planning a call with the Norwegian students soon. The students worried several times that their boat had gone missing. It stopped communicating with the satellite. However, the boat started showing where it was again last summer when it was near Ireland. On January 30, it seemed to have reached land. One of the American students who launched the boat, Molly Flynn, said she was “surprised the boat actually made it somewhere.” Flynn said she was worried the boat would get lost in the middle of the ocean. She called it “cool and surprising” that it was found. The students continued to follow the boat even when the teacher who started the project with them retired. Cassie Stymiest runs an educational program based in Maine that started working with the American students on the project in 2018. She said: “When you’re sending it out, you have no idea where it’s going to end up, how it’s going to get there, if it ends up (anywhere) at all.” Stymiest said the students “put their hopes and dreams and wishes into it, and I tend to think sometimes that helps.” I’m Dan Friedell. Dan Friedell adapted this story for Learning English based a report by the Associated Press. Have you heard of a similar project? Did the boat make it? Write to us in the Comments Section and visit our Facebook page. Words in This Story coin – n. a piece of money made from metal barnacle – n. a kind of small shellfish that attaches itself to rocks and the bottoms of boats cool – adj. appealing in a way approved of mainly by young people tend –v. used to describe what often happens or what someone often does or is likely to do

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TOMADA DE VOA [VOZ DE AMÉRICA] https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/in-burkina-faso-a-school-for-husbands/6392784.html?ltflags=mailer In the West African nation of Burkina Faso, wives are often blamed when marriages run into trouble. The World Bank is supporting a project to teach men how to be better husbands by taking them to school. The program was organized by the Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend, or SWEDD. Yeli Ouigo attended one of the "husband schools" to help him become a better spouse to Kwama Zoupoka, his wife. "Before taking part in the classes, life as a couple wasn't easy," Ouigo said. He said that there was a time when he did not think that women and men had much in common when it came to problems with family life. After the classes, however, he understood that married couples can help each other. The schools use many teaching techniques. They include role play, to help the men understand the needs of their wives and how to meet them — for example, helping with housework. They also teach the men about women's rights, family planning, health and hygiene. In addition, men are encouraged to include women in making family decisions. Nabalou Bibata of the Association for the Promotion of Women and Children organized the project. She said the classes have made a big difference to women in the community. Some men have even attended the childbirth of their wives, she said. Bibata said this is a part of taking responsibility for the care of the children by the fathers. The program helps the men of the village who are not able to take part in the husband schools, Bibata said. That is because the men who did attend have become role models. Although these are the first schools of their kind in Burkina Faso, similar projects have been brought to countries like South Africa and Niger. Edward Wageni is world wide head for the United Nations Women HeForShe Initiative. He said the husband schools can help reduce incidents of violence in the home. He said it helps men understand that women’s rights are not just about women and girls. “Gender equality is about everybody," he said. Wageni said the husband schools also could be be helpful in countries outside Africa, places where gender equality is better than in Burkina Faso. "So, this is a good idea that can be replicated and even scaled up in other parts of the world, including those countries that feel they have made a lot of gains," he said. Zoupoka, meanwhile, said the classes have made her husband much more helpful and considerate. And the love between her and her husband is growing, she said, adding that her husband now even brings her little gifts from the market. The national coordinator of the husband schools called the project a great success, and said it will be expanded to other parts of the country. The second part of the project is due to start later this year. I’m Mario Ritter, Jr. Henry Wilkins reported this story for VOANEWS. Mario Ritter Jr. adapted it for VOA Learning English. _________________________________________________ Words in This Story spouse –n. someone who is married; a husband or wife couple –n. two people who are married; two people in a relationship technique –n. a way of doing something by using special knowledge or skill role –n. the part someone plays in an activity hygiene –n. the things that you do to keep yourself and your surroundings clean in order to maintain good health encourage –v. to make someone more likely to do something replicate –v. to repeat or copy something exactly We want to hear from you. Write to us in the Comments section, and visit our Facebook page. Newest See comments (6) Your name... Your comment... Didem 01/24/2022 3:32 PM Thank you. Mac 01/17/2022 12:55 PM I'd like to see Japan, my home country, start this type of school, too. I would like to be a more loving husband!

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