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In summary A new academic report once again calls for big increase in California school spending, but doesn't go far enough. It's by no means certain that California voters will pass Proposition 15, but if they do, it would be the largest tax increase in the state's history. That said, it would
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Jeffrey Taylor Named Principal of McClymonds High School | Post News Group
OAKLAND POST — Jeffrey Taylor, a longtime educator and community work­er, has been named the new principal of McClymonds High School in West Oakland. The public was invited to meet him on July 22 ahead of the opening of the school year on Aug. 12. Taylor was selected with the help of a committee of
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Africa: Covid-19 - Unicef Warns of Continued Damage to Learning and Well-Being As Number of Children Affected By School Closures Soars Again
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Tobago student: Structure in learning reduces chaos - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
A Signal Hill Secondary School student is advising his peers on the importance of structure in getting the best out of online learning. Nickosy Waldron was speaking on Tuesday as the THA Division of Education, Innovation and Energy hosted the final segment of their three-part virtual panel dis
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Uganda: Schools Innovate to Keep Pupils Learning During Lockdown
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Former ‘failed school’ hits it big in CSEC, CAPE passes
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Former UTech president Rae Davis passes
Educator and former president of the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), Rae Davis, has died. Davis, 80, passed away at his home on Monday evening.  He had been bedridden for some time with a back problem, his brother, Dr Carlton...
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Washington Mom Demands Public Apology After Twins Humiliated By Cotton Cleaning School Project
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Africa: Spurred By Covid-19, African Schools Innovate to Close Learning Gap
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FEEL GOOD | Meet the woman who teaches children to read and write isiZulu and English via WhatsApp | News24
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SB 98 Sows Chaos When Students, Families and Educators Deserve Support - Black Voice News
by Margaret Fortune, Secretary-Treasure of California State National Action Network and Joanne Ahola, President of the Sacramento County Board of Education It’s August in California and hundreds of thousands of educators are about to step into the uncertainty of distance and hybrid learning models
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Morgan: Remedial strategy for displaced students under discussion
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Homeschool Program Founder Dr. Sheva Quinn Offers Free Black Lives Matter Course To School Students | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
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