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As I reflect on the past 10 months of leading a school district during this pandemic, I recall Rahm Emanuel famously quipping when he was chief of staff for President Obama: “You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste. . . . It’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.” We can’t allow the crisis of the pandemic to go to waste. If Gov. Newsom and the Legislature were willing to suspend certain parts of the state education code and provide the extra res...

Education minister: Patriotism is taught at all educational stages Igor Karpenko. An archive photo MINSK, 28 January (BelTA) – Patriotism is taught at all stages of education, Belarus Education Minister Igor Karpenko said at a session of the Presidium of the Council of the Republic to discuss the promotion of citizenship and patriotism among students. The session was held at Minsk State Linguistic University on 27 January, BelTA has learned. “Today, the upbringing and socialization of the y...

endIndex: Two years after the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, the people of the Bangsamoro have lost as much as they have won in the process of asserting their rights, if not more. Photo by MARRIAN PIO RODA CHING Editor’s note: Marrian Ching is a writer and editor based in the Bangsamoro. With a feminist lens, she interrogates notions of identity while navigating histories that are either affirmed or erased in the process of nation-building. The opinions in this essay are the ...

Duncanville Police Department Announce Arrest of Christian Pinilla Share via: Duncanville, TX (January 5, 2021) – In mid-December 2020, serious allegations of police misconduct by a Duncanville Police Officer was brought to the attention of Duncanville Police Administration by other members of its own police department. The police officer in question was immediately placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the allegations, which involved alleged miscon...

Editor: Humboldt State University students are more than capable of managing and operating many of the campus services formerly provided by the University Center without this corporations multi-million-dollar bureaucracy. ("HSU Ends Agreement with University Center," Dec. 21). Returning institutional knowledge to HSU is important, however, student leadership can begin reversing decades of corporate policies contravening Californias Education Code. For example, the University Center claims its e...

Texas is still temporarily barred from taking over Houston ISD, its largest school district Texas is still temporarily barred from taking over Houston Independent School District, a state appellate court ruled Wednesday, upholding a lower court’s order. In a 2-1 ruling, the Texas Third Court of Appeals upheld a temporary injunction that stops the Texas Education Agency from replacing the elected school board of its largest district with an appointed board of managers. The appeals court ruling...

Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune Texas is still temporarily barred from taking over Houston Independent School District, a state appellate court ruled Wednesday, upholding a lower courts order. In a 2-1 ruling, the Texas Third Court of Appeals upheld a temporary injunction that stops the Texas Education Agency from replacing the elected school board of its largest district with an appointed board of managers. The appeals court ruling sends the case back to the lower cou...

TEA still blocked from taking over HISD, appeals court rules Texas Tribune Updated:  Tags:  Texas is still temporarily barred from taking over Houston ISD, its largest school district. (Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune) AUSTIN, Texas – Texas is still temporarily barred from taking over Houston Independent School District, a state appellate court ruled Wednesday, upholding a lower court’s order. In a 2-1 ruling, the Texas Third Court of Appeals upheld a temporary injunction t...

BY BRIAN HEWS • December 17, 2020 Hews Media Group-Cerritos News has exclusively learned that embattled Rio Hondo College Superintendent Arturo Reyes was given a $642,000 settlement in closed session by the Board of Trustees this week. According to sources, Reyes will sign the settlement today and the college will issue a press release tomorrow. In July of this year, Hews Media Group-Cerritos was first to report how Reyes violated the Education Code, unilaterally lowering the annual workdays ...

BY BRIAN HEWS • December 21, 2020 Last week, Hews Media Group-Cerritos News exclusively reported that embattled Rio Hondo College Superintendent Dr. Arturo Reyes had reached a settlement agreement for $642,000 with the college’s Board of Trustees. In July of this year, HMG-CN was first to report how Reyes violated the Education Code, unilaterally lowering the annual workdays in his employment contract to 217 and giving himself the ability to take extra compensation for any days over 217, am...