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Jacobson, Joel, Seattle, Washington
Joel Jacobson has taught language arts in the Seattle Public Schools since 2008.  He currently teaches at Nathan Hale High School where he works with a diverse population in inclusive classrooms.  He chose to teach at Nathan Hale, the school he graduated from, because of its commitment to the princ
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Student athletes worried about US visa revocation - Stabroek News
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced social distancing in every aspect of society, including schools. The article Student athletes worried about US visa revocation appeared first on Stabroek News.
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YMCA announces new virtual Learning Center - DefenderNetwork.com

The YMCA of Greater Houston is proud to announce the Y Learning Center, a new safe and structured environment that will allow students to attend virtual classes, benefit from peer interaction and participate in engaging enrichment activities, while parents return to work. The Y Learning Center

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Teachers will get tablets, Anderson assures
LUCEA, Hanover — Immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Dr Garth Anderson says an appeals process has been established to address issues that may arise during the distribution of over 25,000 tablet computers to public school teachers across the
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‘We couldn’t think of a better way to contribute’ - Medical entity provides tablets for children in West Kingston
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie, on Friday received tablet computers valued at $500,000 for needy students living in west Kingston, for which he is the member of parliament. The devices, which were donated by...
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Former ‘failed school’ hits it big in CSEC, CAPE passes
Once denigrated to the level of ‘failed school’ that needed immediate intervention, the Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann’s Bay has, this year, achieved an academic level never before reached in its 33-year history. The school recorded...
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Coping, Classrooms & COVID | Roots (Community) | The Michigan Chronicle
Coping, Classrooms & COVID A conversation with Mental Health Professionals for parents, students and teachers Friday, December 4, 2020 - Detroit, Michigan. New Paradigm For Education is excited to announce its virtual town hall series “Learning During A Pandemic” Part 2 of 6 taking place on Zoom
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21 Savage Launches Bank Account at Home Program So Kids Can Continue Learning About Financial Literacy During Pandemic
21 Savage started a financial literacy program for Atlanta students a couple of years ago, and he wants to ensure their learning isnt halted while []
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Saturday school is out as SCS lays out options for school year calendar
After pushback from teachers and school board members, Saturday school is out as an option to help Memphis students catch up after missing 44 days of school because of coronavirus
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CPS and Teachers Union continue to work toward deal for school reopening | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Patrick Forrest Chicago Public Schools began the process to resume in-person learning despite the growing number of COVID-19 cases and multiple new strains of the virus, currently thought to be even more infectious than what has ravaged the city for nearly a year. The planned reopening has led
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We need civil society to form a ‘Guardians of School Equity’ group - Stabroek News
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Educators march on Georgia's state capitol to say, 'Kids' Lives Matter'
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Rwanda: New Platform to Help Boost e-Learning
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Nine publishers win tender to supply Grade 5 books
Nine publishers win tender to supply Grade 5 new curriculum books
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Covid-19: Ceres pupils quarantined at school hostel cleared, released | News24
The 60 Ceres Secondary pupils, who were quarantined at their school hostel after four tested positive, have been released after no new Covid-19 cases were reported.
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Uganda: Full Speech - Janet Museveni Outlines Way Forward for Schools
[Independent (Kampala)] 📌UGANDA'S PLAN FOR PHASED RE-OPENING OF EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
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Reimagining Black Educational Communities With Big Picture Learning
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world as we know it — and with that change comes an opportunity to reimagine the fundamentals systems of modern society. The current United States education system is not serving everyone, according to Big Picture Learning (BPL), a nonprofit organization that
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BCPS News Release – Board of Education Unanimously Endorses Black Lives Matter Resolution | Afro
Resolution proposed by Student Member of the Board Omer Reshid
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Full Text | Children must not be discriminated against, says Prime Minister
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has released a statement saying children must not be discriminated against or deprived of their right to an education on the basis of their hairstyle. He was responding to Friday's ruling in relation...
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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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DBE will not be bringing in additional teachers or paying overtime - DA
The DA says the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has no plans to employ additional teachers to assist in teaching in split classrooms.
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LETTERS: Online learning has exposed inequalities
As a result of the decision, a total of 91,591 public and private learning institutions were closed, disrupting the school calendar and affecting the
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Covid-19: Teachers using fake doctors' notes to avoid returning to school - Limpopo command council | News24
Limpopo's Provincial Coronavirus Command Council has accused some teachers of submitting fake doctor's certificates, on their vulnerability to Covid-19 because of comorbidities, to avoid returning to work on 6 July.
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Africa: Spurred By Covid-19, African Schools Innovate to Close Learning Gap
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] The rise of distance learning could transform school curriculums and help children stay in education long after the pandemic, experts say
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Atlanta Man Becomes One of Georgia's First Black Male Teachers of the Year | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Johnathon Hines, a teacher at Barack Obama Elementary School in Atlanta, has been recognized as Georgia’s Pre-K Teacher of the Year. He is the first Black man to receive the award, and hopes to continue inspiring his young students! “Now I have the opportunity to inspire other males in early
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President-Elect Biden Nominates Miguel Cardona for Education Secretary
Cardona’s nomination delivers on Biden’s campaign pledge to appoint an individual with public school experience, following President Donald Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, who championed private schools and mostly turned a blinds-eye to the plight of underserved students.
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Balcombe Drive Primary gets computers to start new school year
With virtual teaching and learning now the new mode for delivering education in light of the worsening COVID-19 outbreak in Jamaica, the Balcombe Drive Primary School in the inner-city community of Olympic Gardens in St Andrew is now better...
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Teachers' Union Seeks More Funding as Pre-Pandemic Nation’s Report Card Reveals More Student Failure - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Results of the Nation’s Report Card, administered pre-pandemic, found disadvantaged students declined further in both reading and math.
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How Old Were You When You First Learned About Black Wall Street?
It’s no secret that the many of the history curricula required to be taught in public schools do a piss-poor job of teaching about Black history outside of slavery and perhaps the Civil Rights
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Fewer teachers died since schools closed in March, says JTA president
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Teachers' Association Owen Speid, claiming that with fewer educators dying since schools were shuttered in early March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, says it might be an indication that the stress levels of the classroom have adversely impacted the health of
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