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LA GRANDE — La Grande School District Superintendent George Mendoza on Thursday, Jan. 21, had good news to share at an evening virtual town hall. Mendoza announced that because of changing COVID-19 state metrics and other factors, all students in grades seven through 12 in the La Grande School District will be able to receive in-person instruction starting Jan. 27. This will mark the first time all LGSD students in middle and high school will be back in school since the state closed Oregon...

Jan 22, 2021 Rossana Briceño Today, the wife of Prime Minister John Briceño was officially appointed the Special Envoy for the Development of Families and Children. Rossana Briceño, an educator by profession, is an advocate for special needs and helped develop a programme for students with diverse abilities at the Saint Peter’s Anglican School in Orange Walk.  Flanked by her husband, the Minister of Human Development, and other government officials, the new Special Envoy shared h...

The position was created by the MCCS to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice issues in the organization.

New Genetic Disorder Affects Brain and Craniofacial Skeleton by Angela Mohan on  January 22, 2021 at 12:10 PM New genetic disorder is characterized by developmental delays and malformations of the brain, heart and facial features. Named linkage-specific-deubiquitylation-deficiency-induced embryonic defects syndrome (LINKED), the disorder is caused by a mutated version of the OTUD5 gene, that affects the key molecular steps in embryo development. The findings indicate that the...

Jan. 21, 2021 Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders and proclamations aimed at undoing policies set in place by his predecessor, Donald Trump. Some of Trumps executive orders undone by Bidens actions Jan. 20 were themselves reversals of policies by other past presidents. Biden boosted the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program put in place by Trumps predecessor, Barack Obama, and which Trump sought unsucc...

Date Time Study shows racial disparities in elementary school disciplinary actions Even after accounting for differences in income, education, caregiver support, special education services and parental reports of misbehavior and family conflict, elementary school-age Black children are 3.5 times more likely to be suspended or placed in detention than their white peers, a new study finds. The results were unsettling even to the researchers themselves, who were familiar with previous research int...

Catholic leaders welcome Biden plan to rejoin Paris climate agreement Trump administration argued the agreement was not beneficial to US interests and hindered economic growth Catholic News Service Updated: January 22, 2021 05:59 AM GMT Trending Catholic leaders welcomed US President Joe Bidens announcement the US would rejoin the Paris climate agreement. Catholic leaders welcomed President Joe Bidens Inauguration Day announcement that the United States would rejoin the ...

From automation to gig economy, India needs to work on its skilling program Synopsis Despite running a skilling mission for years, India has very little to cheer about when it comes to availability of skilled labour. For a labour surplus economy, India faces acute shortage of skilled workers. The recent Human Development Report 2020 highlighted that one out of five workers in India is skilled. According to the report, skilled labour as a percentage of the labour force in India stands at 21.2%, ...

Director, Development Data Group, The World Bank Group Haishan Fu is the Director of the World Bank’s Development Data Group and Co-Chair of the Bank’s Development Data Council. In this capacity Haishan leads and coordinates the development and implementation of the Bank’s development data agenda. She has been an active leader in the global statistical community, having served or currently serving as a member of the UN Secretary General’s Independent Expert Advisory Group on Data Revolu...

LA GRANDE — Misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic has proven persistent, even a year after the first case of the disease was documented in the United States. Despite widespread and