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Apr 09 2024
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Parolees can find work, education at north Alabama job fair
For people on parole, finding a job can change a life. If you can find one. An event in Huntsville next week is set to help with that. The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles is partnering with Alabama Power, the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, and J.F. Ingram State Technical College to host a mobile job fair. The job fair will happen on April 18 at the Huntsville Day Reporting
AL.comApr 08 2024
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Alaska education bill backed by House Republicans advances to finance committee
JUNEAU — A House Republican-backed education bill cleared its first hurdle Monday, advancing to the finance committee with less than six weeks left in the legislative session. House Bill 392 has a $680 boost to the $5,960 Base Student Allocation — the state’s per-student funding formula; provisions proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to increase the number of charter schools; a substantial funding
Anchorage Daily NewsMar 28 2024
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‘Students, not spreadsheets’: Educators pitch innovation for cash prizes
Sean Klamm wins $5,000 for his special education software, Playground IEP, at the EduPitch event at the Carver Community Cultural Center on Wednesday. Teach for America San Antonio hosted the competition to reward innovation in classrooms and schools. Finalists and judges pose for a photo after the EduPitch event at the Carver Community Cultural Center on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in San
San Antonio Express-NewsMar 21 2024
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abc27 hosting Job & Education Fair
Harrisburg, Pa. (WHTM) – abc27 will be hosting a Job & Education Fair at the Penn Harris Hotel in Camp Hill, PA on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The event will be held from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and will feature a variety of local business, including presenting sponsor Faulkner Dealer Group, sharing recruitment needs and educational opportunities. Pre-registration to the abc27 Job &
ABC 27 WHTMApr 12 2024
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Confirmation looming, GOP senators voice support for presumed KY education commissioner
Kentucky Senate Education Committee members, many of them Republicans, showed support Friday for the commissioner of education nominee as he prepares for the first Senate confirmation for that post. Several lawmakers said they had received many positive endorsements of Lawrence County Superintendent Robbie Fletcher, and he would have their vote on the Senate floor when a resolution supporting
Lexington Herald-LeaderApr 12 2024
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5,000 North Shore educators demonstrate to demand paid parental leave
Over 5,000 educators from 11 school districts along the North Shore worked together to coordinate demonstrations over the course of a week to raise awareness to calls for paid family leave. “We are happy to come to work and take care of other children,” said Rebecca Burke, a special education coordinator at Rumney Marsh Academy in Revere and expecting mom. “We should be able to have the
Boston HeraldApr 16 2024
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Bill upping disclosure of Kentucky educator sexual misconduct fails to pass despite support
A bill that would require more disclosure of teacher sexual misconduct, ban nondisclosure agreements and require teachers to tell prospective employees about prior investigations of misconduct failed to pass the Kentucky General Assembly despite unanimous support. House Bill 275, a sweeping educator sexual misconduct bill, would help stop a “revolving door of sexual predators” in our schools,
Lexington Herald-LeaderApr 25 2024
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Rep. Vernon G. Smith: Indiana Republican education policies have failed to address the root of our problem
Hoosier children deserve better than the education system that nearly 20 years of Republican control has left us with in Indiana. Instead of robust solutions, the legislative supermajority churns out a patchwork of special interest-backed policies year after year. While our state drops in rank when it comes to academic performance, the policies passed by the General Assembly fail to address
Chicago TribuneApr 11 2024
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DEI, tenure, antisemitism: Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick’s priorities for higher education
Texas’ DEI ban at colleges, professors’ tenure and antisemitism on campuses are among the issues Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants reviewed ahead of next year’s legislative session. Patrick released a 15-page document Thursday detailing the interim charges for the Texas Senate to explore in the coming months, which included critical examinations of faculty on college campuses as well as free speech.
The Dallas Morning NewsApr 11 2024
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Opinion — Mark O’Maley: Don’t confirm Zoie Saunders as secretary of education
This commentary is by Mark O’Maley of Concord. He has worked in secondary and higher education for close to 30 years. As the Vermont Senate prepares to hold a confirmation vote on the potential next secretary of education for the state of Vermont, I urge Vermonters and our elected officials to ask themselves: is this appointee whom we the citizens of Vermont really want in charge at the Agency
VT Digger