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The Thames Valley District School Board is reminding families to return devices that were loaned out during the pandemic.

The principal of a French Catholic high school in Orleans is leaving the school this week, two weeks after students said a dress code enforcement "blitz" left them feeling degraded and humiliated.

The State is projecting K-12 public school enrollment in California will drop 9% by the end of the decade. That's a loss of 500,000 students.

New mentorship programs at two business schools have a shared objective—to help incoming college students feel as if they belong in the campus community.

Print Ofelia Lopez-Villamar, a school office assistant at Jefferson Elementary in the Carlsbad Unified School District, has been named the 2021 Countywide Classified School Employee of the Year by the San Diego County Office of Education. The county Office of Education runs the countywide Classified School Employee of the Year program to recognize employees of distinction, nominated by their school districts. “We celebrate Ofelia and all her fellow nominees, who work tirelessly to ensure stud...

Award recognises outstanding learning and support services The University of Wollongong (UOW) co-curricular learning program, UOWx, has received a Student Experiences and Learning Support Services Award in the prestigious Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT). The awards, established in 1997 by the Australian Government to celebrate and reward programs and practices that enhance students’ learning experience, recognise the outstanding efforts made by educators and the impact they h...

Southern California school districts plan reopenings despite dire spread of COVID-19 This week California has crossed yet another devastating threshold, reporting more than 3.12 million cases of COVID-19 and 35,701 deaths. The state has now reported more cases than Italy and Japan combined, with a multitude of cases that still remain unreported. According to Bonnie Castillo, the executive director of the California Nurses Association, death rates have increased by more than 82 percent in Califo...

Print Several people and organizations who are leaders in the educational community will be honored with the San Diego County Office of Education’s Lighthouse Awards this week. The SDCOE will bestow the annual awards during a virtual 2021 Equity Conference from Tuesday to Friday. The awards honor those who are “beacons” leading others to increase diversity, equity and inclusion. Receiving awards are: Cox Communications, Equity Champion, Organization: The company’s Connect2Compete broa...