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Summary Decades of slow but steady progress in educating more children around the world abruptly ended in 2020. By April, an unprecedented 1.4 billion students were shut out of their pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools in more than 190 countries, in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. As the pandemic persisted, schools in some countries or jurisdictions reopened for in-person teaching, or opened for some students, while elsewhere schools have remained closed ever sinc...

Date Time Oxley Park Public School receives award for going green Penrith City Council congratulates Oxley Park Public School on being recognised as a leader in sustainability. Last week the school became the first in NSW to receive and raise its Green Flag – the top award given by the Eco Schools program, which is a branch of Keep Australia Beautiful and promotes environmental awareness through education. Oxley Park Public has achieved great success over the course of its eco-journey spannin...

Woodburn school board fires Superintendent Oscar Moreno Gilson Natalie Pate, Salem Statesman Journal VIDEO: School boards in Oregon Replay Video UP NEXT In a 4-1 vote Monday evening, the Woodburn school board voted to terminate Superintendent Oscar Moreno Gilson. Member Noemi Legaspi was the dissenting vote.  The discussion on whether to uphold the boards previous intent to terminate was conducted during a nearly two-hour executive session. The board reconvened publicly to vo...

NJ Data Shows Number Of Drug, Alcohol Cases In Glen Rock Schools - Ridgewood-Glen Rock, NJ - You may be surprised to see which NJ school districts now have the most — and least — drug and alcohol cases amid COVID, new data says.

Just over a year after taking the job and about two months after being put on administrative leave, Superintendent Oscar Moreno Gilson announced his plans to sue the Woodburn School District. Moreno Gilson notified the Woodburn school board Tuesday of his plans to sue, alleging breach of contract, retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.  The board plans to send the superintendent a "Notice of Action" that Moreno Gilsons attorney said they discussed in an executive sess...

Some data missing, others steady on COVID-era school report cards Published: April 7, 2021 School Performance Reports were released as part of the monthly State Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (Townsquare Media NJ) TRENTON – Some data is absent and some formats have changed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but most of the results look familiar in the yearly School Performance Report issued Thursday by the state Department of Education. The report cards cover the 2019-2...

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Why a prominent Lehigh Valley superintendent is opting his own kids out of PSSA exams Updated Mar 02, 2021; Pennsylvania is allowing public schools to postpone state standardized tests until the fall amid the coronavirus pandemic, but two Lehigh Valley superintendents say districts need to focus on getting students back to full-time learning in schools, not testing. The Pennsylvania Department of Education on Friday sent a letter to its federal counterpart announcing its decision to extend the...

Mortgage Business Mutual bank welcomes new board directors By Annie Kane 03 March 2021 Teachers Mutual Bank Ltd has welcomed new directors to its board and bid farewell to John Kouimanos, who has retired from the board after 40 years. The customer-owned banking group has welcomed several new members to its board in recent months, as it suppl...

Share and speak up for justice, law & order... Milwaukee, Wisc. —Wisconsin Right Now reports that Khalil Coleman—the well-known leader of The Peoples Revolution in Milwaukee—who was arrested in Kentucky, is also accused of pressuring a juvenile to rob what they believed was a drug house. Coleman allegedly handed the juvenile a gun telling him to “go get that money,” according to court documents obtained exclusively by Wisconsin Right Now. Khalil Coleman Charged with Unlawful Transacti...