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Disturbing times provide teachable moments
by Fed Ingram, President, Florida Education Association STATEWIDE - What should you say to the people in your life during the disturbing times of this pandemic? What do you say when you are angry and frustrated at the police killing of George Floyd? When you are stunned at President Trump’s refusal
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Education ministry not backing down from plans to hold exams
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is not backing down from its request to have teachers return to schools while the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) insists that returning to schools at this time can pose a threat to students and teachers
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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St. Pete High students call for the ‘decolonization’ of Pinellas County curriculum
Yamira Patterson is a junior in the International Baccalaureate program at St. Petersburg High School. By Nicole Slaughter Graham, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG - In early June, a petition authored by three St. Petersburg High School students started circulating on Instagram. The petition, which has
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Magoha seeks to make PE education compulsory
Schools will also be required to have teachers trained and regularly retrained to teach physical education under the new guidelines.
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TSTA: Governor in too big a hurry to reopen schools while pandemic is still raging | East Texas Review
Texas State Teachers Association President Noel Candelaria issued the following statement on school openings: “When schools are reopened, the governor and the Texas Education Agency must require, among other things, that all students, employees and anyone visiting a school have a mask available and
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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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Zimbabwe: Covid-19 Pushes 1 Million Pupils Out of School
[263Chat] Inequalities and poverty caused by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have seen nearly one million pupils dropping out of school, studies have shown.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Tulsa Public Schools Parents Plan Protest To Support In-Person Instruction | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.kjrh.com By: Sierra Pizarro There is a tug-of-war between parents and the Tulsa Public Schools district. They are torn between distance learning and in-person instruction. Parents who want to go back to school will make their pull known at a scheduled protest called Rally for Choice. TPS
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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
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Black Nonprofit Rewards Minneapolis Teacher With $50K To Pay Off Student Loans - Blavity
Thetis White, a fifth-grade teacher at Monroe Elementary School in Minneapolis, recently received a $50,000 check from a nonprofit organization to help pay off his student loans.
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Kenya: Mountain Top Publishers Moves to Tatu Industrial Park
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Mountain Top Publishers, a leading supplier of educational books to Kenyan schools, announced that it will open a new publishing facility in Tatu Industrial Park, East Africa's leading light industrial and logistics zone.
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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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Megan Thee Stallion To Provide Scholarship For Roc Nation School
Megan Thee Stallion announces her plans to help further someone's higher education goals by providing a new scholarship to the Roc Nation School of Music, Business and Entertainment at LIU-Brooklyn.
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K12 Inc. Announces $10 Million Scholarship Donation for Black Students
K12 Inc, is preparing to donate $10 million dollars in scholarships to help Black
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Data driven instructions boosts performance - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, I don’t know if it’s been done before but kudos to Education Minister Priya Manickchand for using data analysis of the NGSA mock exams to drive instruction. The article Data driven instructions boosts performance appeared first on Stabroek News.
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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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Cameroon: Student Creates App to Ease Knowledge Exchange
An upper sixth student has come up with a computer application that facilitates exchange of knowledge among students, especially those in examination classes and those living in the North West and South west regions which schools are not functioning
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Source: allAfrica.com
Uganda: E-Learning Is a Step in the Right Direction
[Monitor] The Covid-19 pandemic has affected several sectors in Uganda, including education. More than 73,000 learning institutions have been closed since March 20 as part of efforts to contain its spread.
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Source: allAfrica.com
The positive side of remote learning | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Elizabeth Lampkin, Contributing Writer March 13, 2020, changed education forever. This day marked the beginning of remote learning worldwide. Educators scrambled to turn their homes into classrooms. Parents adjusted their daily routines to become in-home school staff. Students were instantly
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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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Source: allAfrica.com
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Lockdown: Pupils lost out on nearly two years of learning, says researcher
School closures would further hinder education for learners who have already lost 20 months of learning since lockdown last year, a researcher said.
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Rwanda: BAL Fetes Rwanda's ICT in Education Ambitions
[New Times] The Basketball Africa League has feted Rwanda's ICT in education ambition during the ongoing tourney.
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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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Source: allAfrica.com
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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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Uganda's Schooling System Doesn't Politically Empower Young People
[The Conversation Africa] More than 20 years ago, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development stated that:
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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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GC Foster College pledges to maintain PE standards
Western Bureau: The coronavirus pandemic has forced students out of the physical classroom, and, as a result, there have been looming concerns over whether Jamaica will be able to maintain the 97 per cent pass rate in the Caribbean Secondary...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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We must invest in the University of California, not cut core instruction - Black Voice News

In summary The social sciences on our campuses – and quite likely throughout the University of California – stand at the edge of a fiscal precipice. By Charles Hale, Charles Hale, dean of social sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara,  crhale@ucsb.edu. Katharyne Mitchell

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Elgie Mike Batteau: Outstanding Educator in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona
Elgie Mike Batteau was outstanding educator, teaching in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. Batteau was born in Texas in 1905, she was the daughter of Sie and Maryanne Bivings Mike. Her mother was an influential leader, who inspired her Elgie to reach her educational goals and help improve opportunities
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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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