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Kenya: Public Has Until 5pm Give Views on School Reopening Date
Kenyans have until five o'clock today to give their views to the National Covid-19 Education Response Committee that will advise Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on whether schools should reopen on June 4 or the date be
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Uganda: Need for Sexuality Education in Schools Cant Be Downplayed
[Monitor] Today, sexuality education is one of the most debated subjects; often people think educating on sexuality or talking about sexuality related topics to children will pollute their innocent minds.
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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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‘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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All of Guyana’s Grade Six children must be treated in an equitable manner
It is extremely alarming that the Ministry of Education has failed to identify the measures which its officials intend to implement to protect the teachers and students of Regions 1, 2,7, 8 and
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Uganda: Education Discusses Strategy On School Reopening
The Ministry of Education was yesterday locked in a meeting to decide how schools will partially reopen two weeks from today after President Museveni allowed candidates to
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McDonald says COVID-19 testing should be standard for students back at schools - Stabroek News
Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) General Secretary Coretta McDonald is in support of students and teachers being tested for COVID-19 for their return to schools, which she says should be standard for all students back at
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Colonial Schoolhouse Discovery Is An Opportunity For U.S. Racial History Lesson : NPR
The Williamsburg Bray School was an 18th-century, pro-slavery school for educating enslaved and free Black students. A new partnership is calling to educate the public about this history.
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ED should value children’s education
THE chaotic scenes that characterised yesterday’s reopening of schools for the remaining classes — Early Childhood Development to Grade 5, as well as Forms 1 and 2 — is cause for concern given the surge in COVID-19 cases and the ongoing teachers’ industrial action. EDITORIAL COMMENT Most schools
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Some St Ann schools given green light opt to reopen at a later date
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - As the COVID-19 cases continue to increase in St Ann, ranking it the parish with the fifth-highest number of infections, some schools selected for face-to-face resumption in the 2021 academic semester have postponed classes until a later date.
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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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Ministry, teachers brainstorm on this year’s Grade Six exams - Stabroek News
The Ministry of Education yesterday hosted a virtual consultation with 739 Grade Six teachers from both private and public schools to discuss the writing of the National Grade Six Assessment
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Texas Board approves African American studies course
Starting next fall, high schools around the state will be able to offer African American Studies as an elective course, making Texas the first state to approve both that course and Mexican American
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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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Does more money mean better schools? - Black Voice News
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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President-elect Joe Biden Is Planning To Overhaul Education
President-elect Joe Biden is planning to overhaul education once President Trump and his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos leaves office
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Virginia state commission recommends African American history be made a graduation requirement for students
… cultural competency and African American History content for … course study in African American History.”  In addition … “more inclusive of African American history.” Among those … appropriate foundational knowledge in African American history.”  “Even though …
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No going back on public exams: Murwira
HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira yesterday told Parliament that there was no going back on public examinations set to start next week despite fears that students had lost the bulk of their study time to the COVID-19 lockdown. BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA Murwira said this during the
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Brookhouse scoops top award in East Africa
Brookhouse School has been awarded as the East Africa’s highest performing institution in the 2019 Outstanding Cambridge Learner
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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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COVID-19: Schools reopen in South Africa
Children in South Africa began returning to classrooms on Monday as part of a gradual loosening of restrictions imposed under a months-long COVID-19 lockdown in the continent’s most industrialised
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Mayor de Blasio Appoints Meisha Porter Chancellor of NYC Schools, Making her First Black Woman to Do So
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he has appointed Meisha Porter Chancellor of New York City Public Schools, making her the first Black woman in that position
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Nursery schools face admissions crisis after 2020 calendar cancelled
Most schools across the country are already overstretched in terms of facilities and teaching staff.
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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
Georgia, USA The founder of Black Classical University and educator to educators, Dr. Sheva Quinn is launching a free course to teach children about Black Lives Matter and the present civil rights movement in the United States. The first classes started in late June but another course will take
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'Educated men don't rape': Motshekga's GBV remarks stir controversy
Education Minister Motshekga came under heavy criticism when she suggested that educated men don't commit crimes of GBV, and has now responded.
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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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President Trump says $5 Billion From TikTok, Oracle, Walmart Deal Will Go Toward Education – Free Press of Jacksonville
By Dalvin Brown - President Donald Trump has signed off on a business proposal between TikTok, Walmart and Oracle that would allow the social networking app to continue to operate in the U.S. One of Trump's [...]
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Northam Says Virginia Schools Can Reopen if Done Carefully
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam wants schools in the state to focus on reopening soon and safely, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Evanston group calls for history class to be updated with contributions from underrepresented groups | The Crusader Newspaper Group
ABC7 News An Evanston group wants to suspend history lessons in schools until the lessons focus more on the contributions of minorities, and women. The group met Sunday at the Robert Crown Center to call on the state to stop its current history teaching practices. 'The miseducation of our children
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She Represents: Dr. Candice Dawson | Dallas Weekly
Dr. Candice Dawson and along with the original Prideful Kids, Caylee and Donovan, began an educational toy company in February
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