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Teachers resist requests to record online lessons
Public-sector teachers have been spurning requests to record lessons delivered via online video platforms to allow students who may have missed concepts or were unable to log in to virtual classrooms to rewatch or review classes in their own time...
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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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Devos on opening schools in the fall during pandemic - Black News Channel
In an interview today, Secretary of Education Betsy Devos spoke on her offices stance on children returning to the classroom this amid doubt that there is tangible plans to protect students. “The key is that kids have to get back to school,” DeVos said, “And we know there are going to be hot
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Kenya: KNUT, UASU Want Schools to Remain Shut Until September
Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) are proposing schools to remain closed until September
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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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FEEL GOOD | Meet the woman who teaches children to read and write isiZulu and English via WhatsApp | News24
Durban University of Technology alumni Gloria Thandekile Mngadi has started a WhatsApp group where she gives lessons on reading and writing in isiZulu and English to children.
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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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DeSoto ISD Superintendent Speaks on Social Justice | Dallas Weekly
As an educator, I’ve seen our public education system fail at effectively ensuring that students not only learn core content at equitably rigorous levels, but also fail at helping students learn about the realities of race, class, privilege, and collective
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Texas Governor Signs Law To Stop Teachers From Talking About Racism
"The idea is to whitewash American history of any legacy of racism," said state Democratic Rep. James Talarico.
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Resumption of in-class learning to hinge on success of COVID vaccination rollout - Stabroek News
Schools will remain closed to face-to-face learning this month and while the Education Ministry is eying the possible resumption of in-school learning after the Easter Holiday, the decision would ultimately rest on further advice from the Ministry of Health on the success of its ongoing COVID-19
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An Amiable Robot Provides a New Way to Introduce Coding in the Classroom
KUBO teaches coding to students aged four through ten using interactive, offline activities
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Schools Asking Parents to Keep Children Home if Exposed or Have Symptoms of COVID-19
On Thursday the Department of Health’s Commissioner Racquel Berry-Benjamin reminded parents to please keep their children at home if exposed or have symptoms of COVID-19 at a press conference held at the Government House.
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Women Educators Discuss Balancing the Classroom, COVID and Motherhood - Texas Metro News
By Dorothy J. GentryContributing Writer Like so many, Shanda Spears has struggled since the pandemic hit more than a year ago. So much so that her ownpersonal self-care has gone out the window. “I think I have focused more on making the pandemic easier on other people and not taken care of myself
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All Tanzania schools reopen amid strict virus protocols | Africanews
Schools in Tanzania reopened after three months of closure due to the coronavirus. All other levels of schools are now open again, following the earlier reopening of universities and certain high schools at the beginning of
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MOE warns schools against barring students over hairstyles
The Ministry of Education is warning schools that the hairstyle of students should not prevent them from sitting their exams.   It says the warning comes amid reports of students being turned away from sitting exams because they “needed...
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Cameroon Separatists Allow Schools to Reopen After 3 to 5 Years
[VOA] Yaounde -- The school year in Cameroon starts Monday with hundreds of schools in the troubled western regions reopening their doors for the first time in three to five years. Anglophone separatists previously used threats to keep the schools closed, but some rebels, for the first time, are
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LinkedIn Strategies for HBCU Students Prepare to Connect.
Don’t be afraid to follow HBCU instructors on LinkedIn on campus even if you are not taking their classes.
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Parents threaten to sue State if schools do not open Sept
Parents of school going children have threatened to sue the State if it fails to order reopening of schools by September.
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Gov’t hails teen summer school hero
Spurred by the altruism of 16-year-old Jaheim Brown in spearheading a makeshift summer school in Yallahs, donors have lined up to support his charges. Jaheim and four other teens conducted summer classes, mainly for primary- and secondary-age...
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Music Engages Dallas ISD’s Students to Learn About Their Roots
By Allana J. Barefield Staff Writer  Thanks to a teacher with a love of music, students at L.V. Stockard Middle School are having the chance to immerse themselves into the craft …
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Marin Teachers, Educators Cautious About Plans to Reopen Schools
Educators in Marin County are still very cautious about the reopening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are also concerned about the recent school reopening guidelines issued by Marin County as well as the lack of two-way communication with the county superintendent, according to
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Back to school - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE 2021/2022 academic year has started the same way as 2020/2021 - with our students and teachers still engaging in remote learning via online platforms. The challenges that confronted us then are still very evident with us now and it seems they will be for a while as we try to negotiate what e
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Mitchells Plain school kick-starts robotics and coding programme on the Cape Flats | News24
The Western Cape education department has started a robotics and coding pilot programme at selected schools in the province.
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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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Summer school programme going well –Williams
Education Minister, Fayval Williams, says that the first staging of the National Summer School Programme is going well.  “We are pleased with summer school…our tutors took to it and our students as well and summer school is [doing...
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Steps to ensure digital security for learners
As we adjust to the new normal and governments take the much needed next steps towards safely re-opening the economies and adopting possible return to school strategies, blended learning will play a key role in ensuring that some of the non – essential aspects of learning that do not require face
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Birmingham City schools to offer free summer enrichment programs
By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Birmingham City Schools will offer free programs for its students this summer to recover learning loss and provide enrichment opportunities for all students.  During a virtual press conference on Monday, BCS Superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan announced the
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Kentucky Center for African American Heritage looks to future post-COVID - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… houses the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage. City leaders gathered with … center would highlight contributions of African Americans made to Louisville and the … area organizations focuses of promoting African American culture and history. Today, …
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Black Teacher Surprised with $50,000 Check and National Award
DC teacher Alex Diasgranados was surprised with a $50,000 check on The Drew Barrymore Show. The young teacher at Aiton Elementary School was recognized
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Why Birmingham City Schools Moved Start Date to Sept. 8 from Aug. 24
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times  Students in Birmingham City Schools will begin the 2020-21 academic year on Tuesday, September 8, the day after Labor Day, instead of the previously planned August 24, school officials announced this week. The Birmingham Board of Education approved the change
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