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BERLIN -- Under pressure to ease Germany's virus restrictions, officials last month agreed to gradually reopen schools. Confirmed COVID-19 cases started climbing again, leading some states to backtrack while others pressed on and insisted that in-class teaching must be the rule.Caught in the middle are students, parents and teachers such as Michael Gromotka, whose plans to teach art to his year 7 to 9 students were upended last week when the state of Berlin nixed their return to school after months of remote learning.“It was all very chaotic," Gromotka said. "We got less than a week’s notice.”Gromotka, who is married to a fellow teacher and has a child in primary school, says the back and forth reflects the absence of a coherent strategy in Germany for how to safely keep schools open.Autho...

After another disappointing showing pushed their losing streak to five games, Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn didn't quibble about the team's grit and toughness. It was silly mistakes that drew most of his attention. "I told the team earlier I thought our toughness was right, but our focus is not," Quinn said. "The self-inflicted wounds, the penalties, the turnovers." Atlanta (4-9) committed two turnovers in Sunday's 34-20 loss to Green Bay -- one fumble and one interception. Equally disturbing was the 13 penalties that added up to 101 yards. "The heart and hustle is there, but the self-inflicted wounds, too many, too often for us to play like we're capable of playing," Quinn said. "And that's not where we've been, but it is where we currently are due to these mistakes, and they have t...

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Teachers lament ‘chaotic’ virus rules in German schools

Atlanta Falcons lament penalties in latest loss