At the May 10 meeting of the Dawson County School Board, board members took time to honor and recognize several outgoing educators and administrators, including outgoing district superintendent Damon Gibbs. As the meeting began, Deputy Superintendent of Human Resources and…
The 2022 budget contains significant changes for health and education. The budget includes plans to consolidate the four regional health authorities into one, but the government says it's too early to tell if there will be job losses. Health authority…
An overwhelming majority of school leaders in Germany said the Federal Republic needed a “new culture of learning” to prioritize practical life skills over theoretical knowledge. A representative survey revealed that a majority of teachers believe that the German school…
Three decades ago, more words were printed in newspapers about overcrowding in Trussville schools than are written today on Facebook about trains blocking Trussville's crossings. Obviously, this was big news. That's what happened. The Alabama Department of Education in late…
As Orange Beach seeks to become the 11th city in Alabama to split from its county school system in the past two decades, its neighbor along the coast - Gulf Shores - is planning a massive construction project called "The…
At the start of the Troup County School Board meeting Thursday night, Superintendent Brian Shumate announced that the school system had received two grants from the Callaway Foundation. Shumate, who said he had just opened the foundation's letters just before…
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ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WALA) — Forming a new school system, as city council voted on Tuesday night, will be costly — but perhaps less acrimonious than a similar split by Gulf Shores three years ago.The city of Gulf Shores school…
ELIZABETHTON — Hunter Elementary School will become the largest elementary school of Carter County's nine elementary schools. In a recent presentation to the Carter County Commission on Education Committee, Superintendent of Schools Tracy McAbee said the number of students attending…
ELIZABETHTON — Hunter Elementary School will become the largest elementary school of Carter County's nine elementary schools. In a recent presentation to the Carter County Commission on Education Committee, Superintendent of Schools Tracy McAbee said the number of students attending…
Eiland appeared on the Kyle and Dave Morning Show on Friday. Show host Kyle Haynes reiterated some of the words McLendon used the night before. “Some of the sentences; we're not wanted, they don't want us involved, they don't want…
At its regular meeting on Monday, the Transylvania County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve grant applications of up to $50 million which, if approved, could be used to complete the project. Blocked bond construction.The board must submit the…
The Municipal Schools Forum held on Tuesday, February 22 left many residents with more questions than answers. The heated debate over the possibility of Greenville opting out of the county school system and establishing a city school system came to…
The Hillsborough County School District will overhaul its network of career centers, starting with the severely underutilized DW Waters and Bowers-Whitley schools.Waters, off Columbus Drive in West Tampa, is operating at 9% capacity with 42 students. Bowers-Whitley, part of a…
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PINSON, Ala. (WBRC) - The town of Pinson is evaluating the possibility of starting its own school system.On Thursday, March 3, 2022, Pinson City Council members will vote to move forward with an $8,500 feasibility study.This is the first step…
By Crystal McGough, For La Tribune PINSON – Pinson City Council had a first reading on Thursday, February 24, of a proposal to provide a feasibility study for the potential creation of a Pinson public school system. The municipal council…
VALDOSTA — Lowndes County Schools Superintendent Wes Taylor has announced he will be retiring effective July 1.Taylor shared a heartfelt message with the Lowndes County School Board and school board meeting attendees on Monday.“I have been truly blessed to be…
New entrance sign for all Fayette schools from February 24th. Graphic/Fayette County School System. With Covid-19 numbers still declining, the Fayette County school system plans to exit its pandemic operating pattern and return to more-or-less normal operations, according to a…
Birmingham's Civil Rights Institute has called "baffling" an Alabama school system's response to a Jewish student's complaints that a teacher had asked classmates to give a Nazi salute and that he showed a lack of commitment to diversity. While Mountain…
GREEN SEA, SC (WBTW) — A mother filed a lawsuit Monday against Horry County Schools after claiming her disabled son was assaulted at school. The student, who is referred to in the lawsuit as HJ, has a disability and was…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama school system's "baffling" response to a Jewish student's complaints that a teacher asked classmates to give a Nazi salute shows a lack of commitment to diversity , an organization that promotes civil and human…
Second-grade students from Matheny-Withrow Elementary School and their teacher, Mrs. Pride-Boatman, wear anatomy aprons as they learn about the human body during their STEAM residency program at Kidzeum. Photo courtesy of Kidzeum Go to beginning of article The pandemic has…
Resourcefulness is a good skill to have when problems arise like the shortages the school system is currently experiencing. It's a shame they had to use this skill to such a degree.The shortages facing the Glynn County school system are…
Ask us Editor's note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online on Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We'll be looking to answer your questions about items or trends in Rowan County. Have a question? Email it to [email protected]…
Being a coach is a vocation that is not suitable for everyone. It takes an incredibly high level of dedication that goes beyond knowing all the X's and O's of a sport. Coaches - especially at the high school level…
RALEIGH, NC (WNCN) — A staff member with the Wake County public school system is facing criticism over a social media post that has gone viral. A video clip from Tuesday's Wake County School Board meeting shows Paul Koh, assistant…
SOUTH PORTLAND - The South Portland school department needs a few extra hands. South Portland schools have been understaffed due to higher than normal numbers of teachers and sick staff. The department asked parents and community members to help find…
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Amid an approximately 27.5 percent increase in enrollment over the past year, a Christian private school system in Grand Rapids is expanding its elementary and secondary campuses to accommodate growth and better serve their students.NorthPointe Christian…
Chelsea residents had the opportunity to voice their comments and concerns about a new municipal school system and property tax at the city's first public hearing on January 28. A crowd nearly filled the seats of Liberty Baptist Church. Chelsea…
Chelsea residents had the opportunity to voice their comments and concerns about a new municipal school system and property tax at the city's first public hearing on January 28. A large crowd filled the seats of the Liberty Baptist Church.…
By ALEC ETHEREDGE | Chief Editor Before reading the comments on the Chelsea Neighborhood Watch Facebook page, let me start by saying that I respect your decision, whatever it is. We are all in different financial situations, we are all…
HUMPHREYS COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) - The United States Department of Agriculture is providing financial assistance to an aging high school in Humphreys County, the same school district hit by raging floodwaters in August 2021. McEwen High School will have an…
Breadcrumb Links Local News The government is asking school service centers to fill as many positions as possible by July 1 to help teachers plan for the upcoming school year. Author of the article: The Canadian Press Frederic Lacroix-Couture Publication…
The Hastings School Board officially approved a bond election for May 3 at its monthly meeting on Monday. The decision came after the Treasury accepted the district's 100-page preliminary qualification application for a bond application. The process took about a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - A nationwide TikTok challenge has prompted local principals, school districts and law enforcement to send out alerts warning students about stealing school items and destroying bathrooms . The principal of Green Hill High School ended his…
It may seem like the CDC is constantly revising COVID-19 recommendations in regards to how often one should get tested and then quarantine if one has contracted the virus. Unfortunately, pandemic guidelines within the school system are also constantly changing…
In a statement to parents and staff issued today (Sunday), Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) said everyone in Alexandria schools will still be required to wear a mask despite a Ordered issued by Governor Glenn Youngkin to the contrary. The…
CUMBERLAND — Virtual learning for snow days, along with the latest COVID-19 quarantine recommendations, were discussed at the Allegany County Public Schools Board meeting on Tuesday.Allegany County Health Officer Jenelle Mayer discussed the current status of COVID-19 in the county.“In…
WILLIAMSVILLE, NY (WIVB) – A New York school district condemns an assignment given by a Spanish teacher that some parents called racist. "The teacher-created assignment provided to students was unacceptable," the Williamsville Central School District said in a statement. The…
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners is partnering with Forsyth County Schools to offer COVID-19 testing for FCS employees and active substitutes. At a regular meeting on Thursday, Jan. 6, commissioners voted to approve an agreement between the BOC and…
Jan. 7 – Coinciding with a spike in coronavirus infections both in the county and across the country, Frederick County Public Schools recorded 855 new positive cases between Sunday and Tuesday this week – a number that eclipses any weekly…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Chicago School District and the teachers' union are at odds over school safety conditions amid the spread of the omicron variant.The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted on Tuesday to return to…
TALBOT COUNTY, Georgia (WRBL) – The Talbot County school system had to close due to COVID-19 for the third time this school year. The school system was due to open after the Wednesday January 5 holidays but had to push…
To avoid losing instructional days when winter weather conditions make early morning travel unsafe, the Livingston Parish school system will adopt a “late arrival” schedule if necessary over the next few months.In a statement, Deputy Superintendent Stephen Parrill said the…
Livingston Parish School leaders recently paid tribute to longtime employee Rhonda Gremillion, who announced her retirement after more than three decades of service to the school system in a variety of roles, including working directly under four superintendents.Gremillion, who has…
CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (WAVY) - Angela Turpin lifts several three-ring binders, each about three inches thick, onto her dining table. They are filled with emails and documents pertaining to her 11-year-old daughter Julia. She and Turpin's other two children all suffer…
Parents blasted Fairfax County Public Schools this week for returning two controversial books to the library and doing left-wing class homework. Stacy Langton, parent of a student in the public school system, slammed the board of trustees for the schools'…
December 19, 2021 01:00 By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Job : December 19, 2021 01:00 Update: December 26, 2021 4:28 p.m. With the Omicron variant Rapidly spreading across the United States, several school districts are sending Covid-19 antigen tests home…
THE EDITOR, Madam: I was listening to the graduation ceremony for my foster mother, Mico University College sometime in November had one of the biggest surprises. I had heard that there weren't many men in the Jamaican education system, but…
Job : December 16, 2021 / 11:45 a.m. EST / Update: December 16, 2021 / 11:45 a.m. EST (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file) CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) — North Carolina's second-largest school system says it has surpassed its previous 10-year record for…
On December 9, the Butts County School System unveiled its new tool to improve literacy in the county - the BCSS Express - a mobile library that is really much more of a mobile education space with a zone distribution…
By ADELE UPHAUS–CONNER THE FREE LANCE–STAR Spotsylvania County Superintendent Scott Baker is leaving the school system after nearly a decade in the job.The Spotsylvania School Board voted 4-3 on Monday to approve a separation agreement with Baker, with members Kirk…
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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Hannah Amoroso is thrilled that the East Baton Rouge school system is rolling out more educational resources for her 8th grade daughter when she enters high school next year. However, her daughter worries about the…
Disability rights organizations and families have reached an agreement with Fairfax County Public Schools regarding the use by school staff of physical restraint and seclusion on special education students.But some parents who belong to the Fairfax County Special Education PTA…
Some parents belonging to the Fairfax County Special Education PTA (SEPTA) have said they are concerned about how the school system plans to implement some of the new requirements stipulated in a regulation - notably, the extent of the training…
OPINION AND COMMENT Editorials and other Opinion content provide perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent of the work of our newsroom journalists. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho takes a punt and smiles after being asked which basketball team…
Morale within the Franklin County school system and reputation are at an all-time low, and something needs to be done about it, according to board member Linda Jones.Jones criticized the way the system is run at a board workshop on…
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Mayor-elect Eric Adams and his newly announced schools Chancellor David Banks vowed Thursday to overthrow New York's Education Department, offering pointed criticism of the city's vast education bureaucracy and promising to better serve its most vulnerable students.Outside of PS 161…
FOURMILE, Ky. - The Lone Jack School Center in Bell County received an early Christmas present this year: a $ 50,000 donation of a general dollar to benefit children and literacy programs. What would you like to know Lone Jack…
Livingston Parish Public Schools reported the state's fifth best performance score for 2021, surpassing its most recent score before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Mock Education Department's accountability report. Louisiana.In the report released on December 3, the local school…
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The Tibet Action Institute used official data to estimate that 806,218 Tibetans between the ages of 6 and 18 are currently attending boarding school, or 78% of the 1,039,370 children attending school in Tibetan regions.Mark Schiefelbein / The Associated PressAlmost…
Parents this week lambasted Fairfax County Public Schools for returning two controversial books to the library and doing leftist class assignments. Stacy Langton, a parent of a student in the public school system, criticized the board for the schools' decision…
The Grand Forks Public School System received a grant of $ 106,843 from the state Department of Social Services to support behavioral health needs and services throughout the school district. The grant, awarded by the department's behavioral health division, will…
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BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – Schools in Breathitt County are partnering with Wild Health on Thursday to host a second COVID-19 vaccination clinic.The clinic will be held Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the lobby of Breathitt County…
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – The East Baton Rouge school system continues its search for teachers as the country faces a shortage of educators. For Erin Keys, teaching in the midst of a pandemic is even more difficult with the…
The BOE recognizes the winners of the Christmas card contest. Photo gallery WADESBORO - The Education Council recognized the winners of the 2021 Christmas Card Contest at their meeting on November 22. According to the Board of Education, with so…
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia - Fairfax County Public Schools announced on Tuesday that following a detailed review by two committees appointed by school officials, they had returned two LGBTQ-themed books to its libraries schools that had been temporarily withdrawn after being…
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A northern Virginia school system said on Tuesday it was putting two books back on library shelves, two months after they were taken out for formal review over complaints that they contained obscene sexual material. Committees…
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia school system said Tuesday it is putting two books back on library shelves, two months after they were removed for formal review following complaints that they contained obscene sexual material. Committees including administrators,…
Mariah Carey reveals to KRON4 when she starts decorating for Christmas New / 2 days ago Video Human remains found at McKay Bay identified New / 5 hours ago Video Denham Springs, # 27, falls short against Ouachita Parish, #…
Posted: November 17, 2021 / 1:44 PM EST / Update: November 17, 2021 / 1:48 PM EST Food trays in a school cafeteria. (KOIN) RALEIGH, NC (AP) - North Carolina's largest school system said none of its students were hungry…
Breadcrumb Links New Manitoba Author of the article: Dave Baxter, reporter at the Local Journalism Initiative Lorraine Daniels, Executive Director of the National Residential School Museum of Canada, is seen with an exhibit at the museum that shows a typical…
Jackson County Public Schools will honor the 15 veterans on staff this week and beyond. “We will honor them in a number of ways,” said Superintendent Dana Ayers. “We are going to have a lunch for them on Wednesday in…
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BLAKELY, Ga. (WTVY) - Teachers and staff at Early County schools will soon receive a gift on their paycheck. A bonus of $ 2,000 will be administered to all employees of the school systems, from janitors to administration.The school system…
Arizona communities grapple with "severe teacher shortage," says recent Arizona School Personnel Administration (ASPAA) study which found that 81% of teaching positions in Arizona are vacant or filled by an educator who does not meet state standard teaching requirements. While…
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A high school campus closed so cleaners can rid it of mold. An elementary school classroom temporarily unusable after the ceiling tiles collapsed. Allowances and salary arrears for teachers that have not yet been remitted. Faced with the collapse of…
Jonathan small For years, Oklahoma residents have been told that the way to reduce the teacher shortage is to provide general pay increases. In 2018, lawmakers raised taxes and significantly increased teachers' salaries. An Oklahoma State School Boards Association official…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, NC (WGHP) - The Randolph County School System School Board is set to decide whether or not students and teachers will continue to disguise themselves. Stay on top of the latest news and weather with the FOX8 mobile…
In the debate over education and parents' rights, there's one key fact that Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe always seems to overlook: He hasn't actually experienced what the school system is like. state public. Take, for example, a recent…
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