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Someone Is Excited About Their New Job At Town Hall - East Haven, CT - Hired in May to head up the town's recreation department, Elizabeth "Liz" Franco-Spano is really early for work.

Chris Willis to bike across the country to raise money for public education BGSU associate professor wants to thank K-12 teachers, administrators and staff for their resilience during COVID By Bob Cunningham ’18 Dr. Chris Willis has big plans this summer. He is going to ride his bike across the United States to raise money for public education. Willis, associate professor in Bowling Green State University’s College of Education and Human Development, plans to traverse the Northern Tier Rou...

THE STANDARD NATIONAL Prof Fatuma Chege during the vetting for the position of PS State Department for Implementation of Curriculum reforms by Education committee, County Hall, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina,Standard] A parliamentary committee has approved the nomination of Prof Fatuma Chege as Principal Secretary for State Department for Implementation of Curriculum Reforms. National Assembly Education committee tabled the report approving Ms Cheges nomination during the morning session of the special ...

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Dr. Cathy Galyon, a faculty member in the Clemmer College at East Tennessee State University, has been elected incoming chair of the American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES). ACRES is a national organization of nearly 200 members dedicated to advancing the delivery of special education in rural locations. Galyon, who teaches in ETSU’s Department of Educational Foundations and Special Education, says that while there is a high turnover of special education teachers across the cou...

UniJos promotes 25 to professor, 282 non-teaching staff to higher ranks ― Official On Kindly Share This Story: The Management of the University of Jos has approved the promotion of 25 of its academic staff to professorial ranks in various fields, alongside 282 non-teaching staff to higher ranks. Mr Abdullahi Abdullahi, the Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications of the university, disclosed this in a statement, on Thursday, in Jos. Abdullahi said part of the promotions took effect fro...

Daily Monitor Sunday March 14 2021 Summary Writing is one of her hobbies and she believes that retirement now presents the best opportunity to venture into fiction and academia book writing Advertisement While a number of retiring professionals often opt to detach from their respective professions, Dr Rebecca Mirembe Nyonyintono an educationist, child protection advocate and researcher in the social sciences has chosen to venture into book writing. As she retires from  academia that she has se...

Mid-Ohio ESC names new director of achievement & leadership Burke MNASFIELD — The Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center Board of Governors hired Dr. Mark Burke as the new executive director of Achievement & Leadership during their monthly meeting on Feb. 17. The board approved a contract that will commence Aug. 1, 2021 and go through July 31, 2024. Burke’s position provides leadership for Mid-Ohio ESC’s full range of administrative staff development and improvement services in support of i...

30 Indigent Students Get Educational Scholarship From ASUU, NAU Chapter 30 Indigent Students Get Educational Scholarship From ASUU, NAU Chapter Awka – Thirty indigent students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, were on Wednesday presented with scholarship cheques for the sum of 50,000 naira each as educational support funds from the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, UNIZIK chapter. The cheques were handed over to the benefitting students who emerged after a thorough selectio...

February 22, 2021 Derek Taira A $15,000 grant will help a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Education professor to design a website dedicated to the history of education in Hawaiʻi, with a focus on schooling during the territorial period. Department of Educational Foundations ( EDEF) Assistant Professor Derek Taira was awarded the grant from the Spencer Foundation. Over the next six months, Taira will collaborate with the college’s Distance Course Design & Consulting group to buil...