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MAGA could use military schools to test Christian fundamentalist curriculum: analysis
1 week ago

MAGA could use military schools to test Christian fundamentalist curriculum: analysis

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, has faced a barrage of criticism over allegations of sexual assault and alcohol abuse. But another aspect that has long raised alarms among military experts is his stated desire to use the military as a means of spreading Christian nationalism around the world — a mission at …

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High school student helps girls break boundaries in STEM with Girls Inc.
1 week, 5 days ago

High school student helps girls break boundaries in STEM with Girls Inc.

LA Times  

Katie Kee, a Brea Olinda High student, created the STEM Stitch, a nonprofit that aims to provide STEM resources to students in rural areas. “The middle school that I went to only let kids in the gifted and talented program that had these really high test scores take STEM classes like programming and engineering,” said Kee. “Girls might not have …

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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice appoints wife Cathy to state education board after U.S. Senate win
1 month, 2 weeks ago

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice appoints wife Cathy to state education board after U.S. Senate win

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice appointed his wife to the state school board about a day after a decisive victory in a U.S. Senate race against his Democratic opponent. The 73-year-old Republican governor announced First Lady Cathy Justice’s appointment to the West Virginia State Board of Education during a press briefing on Thursday, after submitting a letter …

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NYC used to produce basketball stars. How former players hope to make it a hotbed again
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NYC used to produce basketball stars. How former players hope to make it a hotbed again

New York Times  

Kemba Walker is an NCAA champion and a four-time NBA All-Star. Griffin Taylor and Jared Effron launched The Program intending to make New York City hoops good enough that up-and-coming players don’t need to leave. From 2020-23, per 247 Sports, there wasn’t a single top-50 recruit from a New York City high school. I don’t know if it was the …

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Record number of UK students visits China under program
5 months, 1 week ago

Record number of UK students visits China under program

China Daily  

Two students from Riverside School in the United Kingdom and a Chinese student show off their handmade poster on July 3 at the Tianjin Normal University in Tianjin. CHINA DAILY This year's summer camp of the Mandarin Excellence Program kicked off in Beijing last week, with the largest group of students from the United Kingdom visiting China since the program …

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Andy Enfield says he wouldn’t be SMU’s coach if the Mustangs weren’t going to the ACC
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Andy Enfield says he wouldn’t be SMU’s coach if the Mustangs weren’t going to the ACC

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Andy Enfield went from Florida Gulf Coast’s “Dunk City” and the Sweet 16 to Los Angeles, and now Dallas to take over the SMU program that is headed to the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 36-year drought since winning an NCAA Tournament game. The last time the Mustangs won in the NCAA Tournament was a first-round game against …

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Science education initiative launched in Longwan
9 months ago

Science education initiative launched in Longwan

China Daily  

Foreign experts are hired to teach science classes for students at the Wenzhou School Affiliated with the UCAS Education Group. The UCAS Education Group initiated a comprehensive science education program on March 20 for its Wenzhou School in Longwan district. The Wenzhou School of the UCAS Education Group, unveiled last October, encompasses multiple schools ranging from kindergartens to high schools. …

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Pennsylvania lawmakers OK millions for universities, but feud over private and public school aid
1 year, 1 month ago

Pennsylvania lawmakers OK millions for universities, but feud over private and public school aid

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Legislature on Wednesday approved hundreds of millions of dollars for universities after a fight that has dragged on five months into the fiscal year, although the politically divided body continued to feud over elements of school funding. Legislation to send just over $600 million to several higher education institutions passed both the House and Senate within …

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This pioneering music program has Western Sydney primary school students playing alongside world-class musicians
1 year, 3 months ago

This pioneering music program has Western Sydney primary school students playing alongside world-class musicians

ABC  

In the Australian Chamber Orchestra's Neilson auditorium in Sydney's Walsh Bay, a flock of primary school children is chittering excitedly in the wings. She has been learning the instrument for the past five years as part of an in-class music program at St Marys North Public School in Sydney's West. The biggest roadblock to scaling the program is not resourcing, …

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Northwestern sued again over troubled athletics program. This time it’s the baseball program
1 year, 4 months ago

Northwestern sued again over troubled athletics program. This time it’s the baseball program

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Three former members of Northwestern University’s baseball coaching staff filed a lawsuit against the school on Monday, saying they lost their jobs for trying to report bullying and derogatory abuse by the team’s head coach, who has since been fired. “Only when the media found out about Coach Foster’s abuse did Northwestern choose to do something,” Christopher Beacom, …

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The Most Shocking College Football Coach Firing in Recent Memory
54 years, 11 months ago

The Most Shocking College Football Coach Firing in Recent Memory

Slate  

The most shocking college football coach firing in recent memory came down this week at, of all places, Northwestern University. The person’s claims “were largely supported by the evidence gathered during the investigation, including separate and consistent first-person accounts from current and former players,” the school said when it summarized the report’s findings. The school said the report didn’t uncover …

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What I tried to do when my daughter's mental health declined so much she became suicidal at 10, and what I learned in the process.
1 year, 6 months ago

What I tried to do when my daughter's mental health declined so much she became suicidal at 10, and what I learned in the process.

Slate  

To tell the whole story would take a book, so let me start in the middle. Through the fall, she refuses to go to school, or when she does go, they invariably call us to tell us she needs emergency mental health care, and they send home a suicide risk form and a crisis center referral form and either ask …

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Proposals would bring dramatic change to Ohio’s voucher program
1 year, 6 months ago

Proposals would bring dramatic change to Ohio’s voucher program

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio parents could soon see more taxpayer money in their pockets to help send their schoolchildren to private and religious schools, or fund homeschooling, under changes to a voucher program that Republican state lawmakers and the governor must hammer out by month’s end. Dubbed “backpack bills” because the funding follows students wherever they go, both legislative proposals …

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Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs bill creating school vouchers
1 year, 9 months ago

Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs bill creating school vouchers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an …

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What will the Indigenous Voice to Parliament achieve? Three local change-makers weigh in
2 years ago

What will the Indigenous Voice to Parliament achieve? Three local change-makers weigh in

ABC  

The federal National Party says it will oppose a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament because it will not "genuinely close the gap". "I'm hoping that what feeds back through the Voice to Parliament … shows what can make an impact, and then it's embedded in what we do and it's the norm," he says. Nathan Martin says: "We need …

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Female tradies inspire next generation to fight gender stereotype through school program
2 years, 4 months ago

Female tradies inspire next generation to fight gender stereotype through school program

ABC  

When Erin Murphy decided to pursue a carpentry apprenticeship, she didn't realise the extent of the sexism she would face just to get her foot in the door. Key points: Female participation in the construction and manufacturing industries is low Women are being encouraged to fill the skills shortage in the trade sector A hands-on construction program in Ballarat aims …

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Uvalde was a mental health desert before a school shooting prompted Texas to respond with resources
2 years, 6 months ago

Uvalde was a mental health desert before a school shooting prompted Texas to respond with resources

Raw Story  

By Karen Brooks Harper and Jason Beeferman, The Texas Tribune For local mental health support in Texas, call 888-690-0799. In Uvalde, about 550 residents receive mental health and developmental disability services through Hill Country MHDD, said Tod Citron, the agency’s chief executive officer. “That has not left resources on the table for a lot of early intervention services, which we …

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Dogs trained to sniff out COVID in schools are getting a lot of love for their efforts
2 years, 6 months ago

Dogs trained to sniff out COVID in schools are getting a lot of love for their efforts

NPR  

Dogs trained to sniff out COVID in schools are getting a lot of love for their efforts Enlarge this image toggle caption Jodi Hilton for NPR Jodi Hilton for NPR FREETOWN, Mass. Sponsor Message A dog's nose knows Enlarge this image toggle caption Jodi Hilton for NPR Jodi Hilton for NPR Courtney Daigle, an animal welfare scientist at Texas A&M …

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TV program highlights significance of music education in countryside
3 years, 2 months ago

TV program highlights significance of music education in countryside

China Daily  

A still image features four of the 21 children from multiple schools across China who attend the program. With rope nets, long slides and colorful houses, Fuwen Township Primary School in East China's rural Zhejiang province is hailed as one of the most beautiful schools in China thanks to last year's blockbuster, My People My Homeland. Multiple celebrities, including singers …

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9/11 and Asia: Two Decades Later
3 years, 3 months ago

9/11 and Asia: Two Decades Later

The Diplomat  

Twenty years since al-Qaida attacked New York and Washington, D.C., setting in motion tectonic shifts in U.S. foreign policy, the events of September 11 – and how countries around the world responded to them – continue to reverberate across the Asia-Pacific. “9/11 and Asia: Two Decades Later” – a virtual, pre-recorded conference hosted by The Diplomat to mark the launch …

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Omaha community college to use relief funds for free classes
3 years, 7 months ago

Omaha community college to use relief funds for free classes

Associated Press  

— An Omaha-area community college says it will use federal pandemic relief funds to offer Nebraska high school students free classes this summer. The board of Metropolitan Community College last week approved a resolution to use to use federal COVID-19 relief money to cover tuition and books for Nebraska high school students taking courses this summer, the Omaha World-Herald reported. …

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