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Apr 27 2024
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Minneapolis education support professionals vote to authorize strike
MINNEAPOLIS — Education support professionals for the Minneapolis Public Schools have voted to authorize a strike after working without a contract for more than 300 days. According to the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, 92% of the ballots cast on Thursday and Friday were in support of authorizing the strike. While the vote does not oblige the union to go on strike, it does allow the board
CBS News (Online)Apr 23 2024
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Spotlight: Meet Guild Education's new CEO
• Meanwhile, her previous employer, Ibotta, which she built as one of its first employees, went public. And her favorite artist, Taylor Swift, dropped a double album. What she's saying: Despite floating on cloud nine, she remains laser-focused on two things — growth and sustainability — as she takes the reins at Guild, overseeing 1,200 employees. • "We sit at a pretty pivotal point of helping
AxiosApr 22 2024
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W.Va. fourth in U.S. for pre-K education
Apr. 22—It's the kind of educational ranking West Virginia officials actually don't mind reading about or talking about. That's because the Mountain State has just placed near the top in the nation, in being able to provide pre-kindergarten education to its youngest students. West Virginia ranked fourth in those offerings to 4-year-olds, according to a recent study by the National Institute
Yahoo NewsApr 22 2024
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House committee discusses controversial education rules
Controversial rules proposed by the Oklahoma State Board of Education were given a hearing of sorts in a House of Representatives' committee on Monday morning, but under tighter control than a week ago when a State Department of Education employee could not answer many of the questions put to her by a Senate panel. On Monday, the discussion was kept almost exclusively among members of the
Tulsa WorldApr 16 2024
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UK Inflation Stronger Than Expected on Higher Fuel Prices
UK inflation slowed less than expected last month, underscoring the reluctance of some Bank of England officials to begin cutting interest rates.
Consumer prices rose 3.2% in March compared with a year earlier, down from 3.4% in February, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday. While it was the lowest since September 2021, the BOE and private-sector economists had expected a
BloombergApr 24 2024
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Mexico's headline inflation rate higher than expected in first half of April
The headline inflation rate in Mexico was higher than expected in the first half of April, rising to an annual rate of 4.63% from 4.42% in March, official data showed. However, the closely watched core rate, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, continued its downward trend, falling to 4.39% from 4.55% in March. The core rate of inflation has declined for 14 consecutive months and
Mexico News DailyJan 02 2024
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Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley Says President Gay’s Resignation Signals ‘Moment Of Reckoning’ For Higher Education
California Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley stated Tuesday the resignation of former Harvard President Claudine Gay signaled a “moment of reckoning for higher education,” pointing out how bad “things have gotten” on the campus. Kiley appeared on “The Bottom Line with Dagen & Duffy” to discuss Gay’s recent step down from the elite university following pressures to be removed in early December.
The Daily CallerMay 01 2023
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Sanders to name Warden as commissioner of Arkansas Division of Higher Education
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Monday that she will name a University of Arkansas at Fort Smith associate vice chancellor to be the commissioner of the state's Division of Higher Education. Ken Warden, UAFS's associate vice chancellor for compliance and legislative affairs, was praised in a news release from the governor's office for his "extensive leadership experience in higher
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteApr 26 2024
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Google releases AI skills course in education push
Google rolled out a new course on Friday teaching people how to use artificial intelligence tools and announced its philanthropy arm is dedicating $75 million for 1 million Americans to take it for free as part of an initiative to make AI training more accessible. The Alphabet-owned tech giant said its Google AI Essentials course, developed and taught by its own AI experts, teaches workers
Fox BusinessApr 18 2024
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KY legislature, governor OK bill eliminating race from higher ed funding model
By the time this year’s fall semester begins, Kentucky’s public colleges and universities won’t be evaluated by the racial makeup of their student body. Senate Bill 191, which explicitly bars the Council on Postsecondary Education from considering race in its performance-based funding model, passed the legislature Monday and was signed into law by Gov. Andy Beshear Wednesday afternoon. Because
Lexington Herald-Leader