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Newham has set up a special educational needs and disabilities commission. - Credit: David Jones/PA A commission exploring the future of special educational needs and disabilities provision in Newham has been set up. The councils special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) commission is to be independently chaired by Professor Geoff Lindsay. It aims to ensure parents, carers, youngsters and bodies partnered with the local authority shape Newham’s SEND strategy for the next five ye...

OK STABLE tax deduction enacted OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahomans who save and invest using OK STABLE, the state-sponsored ABLE Act program for people with disabilities, will be able to deduct contributions from their state taxes, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel announced. The tax deduction is identical to the one offered for contributions to the Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan and will be in effect starting with 2021 income tax filing. The new law allows couples to deduct up to $20,000 in contr...

May 14, 2021 12 The Greater Waterbury Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. celebrated 20 years of sisterhood, scholarship, and service. The sorority was founded at Howard University in 1913 and now has more than 900 chapters around the globe. The sorority provides programs and services in Educational Development, Economic Development, International Awareness and Involvement, Physical and Mental Health, and Political Awareness and Involvement. Recently, the chapter held a dri...

R. Richard Brockmeyer, an orphan who overcame poverty and later earned his law degree and became an advocate for the less fortunate, died Sunday from heart failure at his Hunt Valley home. He was 86.

   

When I saw the Wall Street Journal headline, “Some CEOs suggest dropping degree requirements in hiring,” I was impressed. At last, I thought, the business establishment is starting to see things my way. I’m a big supporter of education in the spirit of — among other elders — my late grandmother, who was a public school teacher. But in the business world, education and a diploma are not necessarily the same thing. Employers increasingly in recent decades have fallen unde...

When Silvia Tenezaca encounters obstacles thrown her way, she conquers them with grace. She overcame a family tragedy and medical crisis, economic challenges, and a language barrier to complete her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Rutgers University‒Camden. To escape poverty and a dearth of jobs in Ecuador, Tenezaca came to the United States in 2002 at the age of 21 to join family members in Brooklyn. Working at a dry cleaning business, she improved her English language skills by speaking to...

Stephanie Rushin Patrick worked in the Canton City School District for 37 years, including 24 years at Allen Elementary.

(Image Credit: Twitter/mayorbryant_) Darren E. Bryant takes office after an election victory against Mayor Tyrone Ward in April, becoming the youngest Black mayor in Illinois history. After receiving 52% of the votes, the 29-year-old will take the seat as the Mayor of the Village of Robbins in Illinois. “I would like to thank God for this moment,” Bryant told the Chicago Defender, one of the oldest Black newspapers in existence. “It feels good, but it’s a part of me and my DNA being fr...

Daily Times May 8, 2021 The Single National Curriculum (SNC) is set to be enforced in August and many people are not happy. The government initiative aims to introduce a uniform basic core curriculum across the board for both private and public educational institutes as well as madrassas, under the banner of: One system of Education for all. The government assured that this would not lead to a de-standardised system. Yet not everyone is convinced. For Pakistan’s religious minorities, however,...