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HuffPostFlorida Has An Outrageous New Law Targeting Teachers. Here's Why I'll Be Breaking It.
"My students aren’t the snowflakes Gov. DeSantis assumes they are... and neither am I."
- The Tuscaloosa News
Opening Bid: Sorority rush week wraps up at the University of Alabama
At least 2,345 women on Sunday found out which sorority accepted them during Bid Day at the University of Alabama. The fall semester begins Wednesday.
- Miami Herald
‘Regretting my life decisions.’ Teachers and students are anxious as school year begins
As teachers, students and parents prepare for the 2022-23 school year, the Herald was curious to know how the start of this year compared to others.
- Miami Herald
This Broward kindergarten teacher isn’t going to let ‘Don’t say gay’ change her lessons
Denise Soufrine sneaked into her kindergarten classroom as soon as her principal allowed it, days before the calendar mandated last week’s return of teachers.
- Deadline
Millie Bobby Brown Is Enrolled At Purdue University – In Indiana, Of Course
Eleven is part of the Big Ten. In a classic case of life imitating art, Millie Bobby Brown has enrolled as an online student at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Of course, her Stranger Things role is all about solving the mysteries swirling around Hawkins, Indiana, a fictional town. Brown revealed her choice for higher […]
- Argus Leader
Looking Back: Seniors denied diplomas after dance seen as 'Hell itself,' defying authorities
In 1906, hysteria over the evils of dancing led to the graduating class of Sioux Falls High School being denied their diplomas.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
41 Texas school districts are now on 4-day school weeks. Here’s the full list
The four-day school week program, seen as a tool to recruit and retain teachers, was implemented by 27 school districts this year.
- HuffPost
California To Become 1st State To Give Free School Lunches To Students
Starting this upcoming school year, 2022-2023, all public school students in the state can get free lunch and breakfast thanks to the Universal Meals Program.
- The Marion Star
One of 40 Marion City Schools staff members to resign in July speaks out
Through leadership changes and a national teaching shortage, one teacher to leave Marion City Schools shares his story.
- BuzzFeed
Ooooh! Buuuuurn! Here Are 23 Times Students Hilariously Put Teachers In Their Place
These kids are students...of comedy.View Entire Post ›
- HuffPost
Displaced Afghan Students Are Adjusting To College In The U.S.
“You are a girl. Forget about education and go back home,” a Taliban member told Humaira Zafari as she fled Afghanistan last summer.
- Business Insider
DeSantis says teaching requirements are 'too rigid' as Florida moves to let veterans without degrees teach
DeSantis decried "rigid" teaching requirements that make "educators get certain credentials that often have little impact on teaching performance."
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Proposed curriculum in the Wauwatosa School District would include information on sexual orientation and gender identity
A proposed update to the human growth and development curriculum in the Wauwatosa School District has divided parents.
- LA Times
L.A. Unified officials knock on doors, urging chronically absent students to return
Nearly half of L.A. students were chronically absent last year. Educators say they must bring children back to class.
- The Telegraph
Chinese institutes at UK universities ‘screening out undesirable staff’
Staff at Confucius Institutes in the UK are having their political views and ethnic backgrounds filtered by Chinese officials, according to researchers.
- Tallahassee Democrat
'Extremely grateful:' Tallahassee native, FSU grad Shannon Bream named 'Fox News Sunday' anchor
Shannon Bream, an FSU graduate hailing from Tallahassee, is named the new anchor of “Fox News Sunday” after being the host of "Fox News @ Night."
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
4-day school week helps some rural Texas districts hire teachers. Others? Not so much
Amid statewide teacher shortages, four-day school weeks are gaining popularity among small, rural school districts in Texas. But are they the answer?
- Motley Fool
1 in 5 Americans Still Make This Rookie Mistake When Retirement Planning -- Don't Join Them
There are plenty of ways you can go wrong with retirement planning. You can wildly underestimate the length of your retirement or spend too quickly once you get there. Among the most devastating retirement mistakes is one that's often overlooked because it's born out of a desire to help others.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Everything you need to know about the 4-day school week some Texas districts are using
Researchers have found shorter school weeks may attract teachers. But how do they affect students?
- Reuters
Shanghai to reopen all schools Sept. 1 as lockdown fears persist
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's financial hub Shanghai said on Sunday it would reopen all schools including kindergartens, primary and middle schools on Sept. 1 after months of COVID-19 closures. The city will require all teachers and students to take nucleic acid tests for the coronavirus every day before leaving campus, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission said. It also called for teachers and students to carry out a 14-day "self health management" within the city ahead of the school reopening, the commission said in a statement.