Alabama is facing a looming shortage of registered nurses. In the next five years, around 40,000 nurses are expected to leave the workforce, in addition to others potentially leaving from COVID-19 burnout, or because they are pursuing different careers. Martha Dawson, former president of the National Black Nurses Association and associate professor of nursing at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, is inspiring children to consider nursing as a career choice by introducing the association s Mini Nurse Academy program at elementary schools. .
It has become almost routine in modern America: activist groups demanding libraries pull what they consider "objectionable books" from their shelves, but it is a practice dating back to the Middle Ages. This is Banned Books Week, when librarians and educators inform readers some organizations are trying to keep certain books out of public hands, especially for children. Cynthia Robinson, executive director of the Illinois Library Association, said the number of "challenges" has grown significantly over the past few years. .
A majority of Hispanic community college students tell pollsters they ve wanted to leave school. The Lumina Foundation-Gallup poll finds 50% of Hispanic students have struggled to stay in school. And in Virginia, 42% of Latino students left two-year programs, while 32% graduated in 2021. .
Ohio teachers warned the state s universal voucher entitlement program will negatively affect public education, and in a lawsuit expected to move forward this month, they are arguing it is unconstitutional. Recent changes to the EdChoice Expansion Scholarship Program allow all families, regardless of income, to apply for more than $8,000 dollars in vouchers per child to pay for private schools. Dan Heintz, an Ohio public schoolteacher and elected member of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education, said Ohio will now spend $1 billion a year in taxpayer money on private school tuition, and the money is withdrawn from the same budget line item funding public schools. .
Ohio teachers warned the state s universal voucher entitlement program will negatively affect public education, and in a lawsuit expected to move forward this month, they are arguing it is unconstitutional. Recent changes to the EdChoice Expansion Scholarship Program allow all families, regardless of income, to apply for more than $8,000 dollars in vouchers per child to pay for private schools. Dan Heintz, an Ohio public schoolteacher and elected member of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education, said Ohio will now spend $1 billion a year in taxpayer money on private school tuition, and the money is withdrawn from the same budget line item funding public schools. .