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State cuts funding for outdoor education
The Columbian - Washington State
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MOUNT VERNON — The state Legislature decided during its 2025 session not to fund a key grant program for outdoor education. Funding from the Outdoor Learning Grants Program was used to help pay for camps, programs that helped teachers teach...
State Education Commissioner announces run for NU Board of Regents 58 minutes
KNEB 960 AM - Nebraska
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July 11, 2025
Dr. Brian Maher, Nebraska’s current Commissioner of Education and a lifelong educator, announced today his candidacy for the University of Nebraska Board of Regents representing District 1. A proud first-generation college graduate, Brian Maher...
UW-Madison closes Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement
In Business - Wisconsin
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison is closing its Division of Diversity, Equity and Education Achievement, according to Wisconsin Public Radio. Most of the division’s programs and staff members, however, will be moved to other university...
New institute will engage and educate the public on nuclear energy, dispel common misconceptions
The Straits Times
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July 11, 2025
SINGAPORE – Public outreach and education will be a part of a new nuclear safety and research institute, which will have facilities for exhibitions and tours for the public. Such programmes will help educate people about radiation and nuclear...
Education Department opens racial discrimination investigation into GMU's DEI policies
WJLA 7 - Washington D.C.
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FAIRFAX, Va. (7News) — The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced Thursday that they are launching an investigation into George Mason University (GMU) for allegedly recreating a "racially hostile environment." The...
“On Track Education Northampton 'transforms the lives of its pupils'
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
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July 11, 2025
On Track Education is an independent specialist secondary school in West Northamptonshire. Since we opened in 201 0, we have worked almost exclusively with pupils who have education, health and care plans ( EHCP), with a variety of needs. Sally...
Meet some of the Zoological Society's conservation education interns
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wisconsin
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Twenty college students are participating in a 10-week conservation education internship at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Interns teach children ages 3-14 about science, animals, and conservation through interactive activities. The program benefits...
ISSER Report warns of falling Basic Education enrollment, stalled healthcare access
Joy FM
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July 11, 2025
Dr. Martha A. Awo, Senior Research Fellow and Head, Social Division of ISSER The Ghana Social Development Outlook (GSDO) 2024, has raised red flags over declining basic education enrolment and ongoing healthcare infrastructure gaps, despite...
LETTER: Parents' concerns with public education are rising
Mountain View Albertan
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July 11, 2025
As property taxes are being collected, revenue will be forwarded directly to the Alberta Board of Education As our property taxes are collected, I note the pertinent reality that about $1,400,000 (25 per cent) of the projected $5,445,950 tax...
Small Vancouver builders embrace citizen-developed housing through multiplex prezoning
The Globe and Mail
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July 11, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Builder Jake Fry, founding partner of Smallworks, partners with citizen property owners to help them achieve more flexibility with their plot, such as building fourplexes like in this rendering.RSA AW Like a lot of...
The teaching (and learning) never stops for this Henrico educator
Henrico Citizen - Virginia
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Monica Bagby began her career as a preschool teacher and went on to teach reading and English at a variety/range of schools. After earning a master’s degree, she began teaching English at The Academy at Virginia Randolph in 2019, then switched the...
€100m for Ukraine defence technologies Business news | July 11, 2025 The European Commission has launched BraveTech EU initiative with Ukraine to accelerate the development of defence technologies. The programme aims to…
eeNews Europe
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July 11, 2025
The European Commission has launched BraveTech EU initiative with Ukraine to accelerate the development of defence technologies. The programme aims to build on battlefield-tested innovations from the on-going war and deepen integration with...
Sweden Joins Science Coalition to Boost Ukraine’s Research and Innovation
Mezha
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July 11, 2025
On July 11, during the Ukraine Recovery Conference held in Rome, a new initiative was announced – the Coalition for Science, Research, and Innovation in Ukraine. Sweden became one of the co-founders of this coalition, as reported on the official...
Horry County Schools offers $675K to families of children abused by special education teacher
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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July 11, 2025
CONWAY — Horry County Schools has offered to pay at least $675,000 to the families of children who were abused by a special education teacher at Ocean Bay Elementary School in 2022, according to court records. The proposed settlements range from...
“Teachers are as bedrock for quality education”-Dr Kabwila
The Maravi Post
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July 11, 2025
LILONGWE-(MANA)-Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Jessie Kabwila has praised teachers as the key to quality education due to their hard work and dedication when it comes to teaching in the country. Dr Kabwila made the remarks on Thursday at the...
Efforts to deepen ASEAN's partnerships, contribute to peace, stability, sustainable development
Vietnam News Agency
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KUALA LUMPUR — As part of the ongoing 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-58) and related meetings, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn on July 10 attended ASEAN+1 foreign ministers’ meetings with...
Lancaster students get behind-the-scenes look at city housing development
Lancaster Guardian
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July 11, 2025
An award-winning housebuilder has welcomed a group of students to its Lancaster housing development. The Year 10 students from Lancaster Royal Grammar visited Northstone’s Brecla site in Scotforth Road where following an initial Q and A...
ISSER Director urges private sector support for research dissemination
Joy FM
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July 11, 2025
Professor Peter Quartey, Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) Professor Peter Quartey, Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana, has called...
Qatari delegation takes part in Grand Serail meeting on development project support
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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A Qatari delegation led by Fahad Hamad Al-Sulaiti, Director General of the Qatar Fund for Development, visited Lebanon this week to explore ways of supporting a range of short- and medium-term development projects. The delegation held a meeting at...
Caldwell mayor touts development, lower taxes and crime in 'State of Our City'
KTVB 7 - Idaho
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July 11, 2025
The mayor touted Caldwell's residential growth as the fastest in Idaho — a 21.5% increase in the last five years. CALDWELL, Idaho — This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press. At his annual State of the City address, Caldwell Mayor Jarom...