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All full and part-time Goodwill employees with at least 90 days of continuous employment are eligible to participate in the program, which covers 100% of their tuition, books and other fees in advance.

A significant number of primary learners in School District No. 8 are performing below grade level in reading and writing, according to the Literacy Annual Report 2022. Produced by School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake), the report noted for the past five years SD8 Kindergarten assessment and Read by Grade Three data showed a dip in reading and writing testing for primary

Campus is being advised to shelter in place after a reported emergency at the Cesar Chaves Student Center, according to a campus-wide warning from UCPD. 

Right? normalcy, even if we had made allowances for the so-called new normal, it was all, you know, so cruelly snatched away by omicron as you mentioned. and then, as i said in the intro, young people facing even more issues with vaccine delays for the younger kids. we know from studies that covid isolation, remote learning, and other factors have had a huge impact on -- on so many young people. and now, they face going gothroh this again, in some places including my home prorchs of quebec, kids...

Says shes pressured by the school district to go back to work and that was too much. >> i started to get a reaction in my skin, hives, stress hives. thats when i told myself, my body is telling me, slow down, take a breather. >> reporter: she was given $50 million from congress to help teachers and kids return safely amid the pandemic. the teachers union says its among a number of texas districts where billions if taxpayer funds didnt get teachers masks and paid time off for covid sickness. >> w...

Basics, n-95 masks and paid time off for covid sickness. >> we heard from a special education teacher who spent $100 of her own money on n-95s koo keep her safe at work. members are not asking for the world to turn in a different direction. theyre asking to be provided with n-95 masks, tests, and to be able to take leave when theyre sick. >> the bulk of the spending, roughly $37 million, was tagged for student learning and students needs, according to the district spending plan given to nbc news...

Jeks and be age to take leave when theyre sick. >> the 37 million was tagged for student learning and student needs. about 12 million for a mariachi center and 4 million to expand a nature park. they say they care deeply about the health of staff and students. that all campuses have ppe and theyve received no reports of ppe shortages. after the cdc recommended k-95, they ordered more than 6,000 and all schools now have them. they say all funds have been spent or ear marked appropriately with a f...

Days, and from my experience, i really needed those since i had covid twice this year and the flu once. so i was out a lot of this year. >> that highlights an emerging issue, how this money is being spent that was supposed to be spent on health and safety and a safe return of students and staff. the you look at the students from macao want, $37 million of the $50 million went to student learning, student resources versus ppe, which was about $475,000. now, its important to say that the district ...

>> sandra: what else can you tell us about the investigation? >> the aurora police department is holding this close to their vest. we reached out to the district attorneys office. its difficult to get information on what exactly changeed and how the story changed. well keep watching. >> sandra: we will. thanks. john? >> john: thanks, sandra. new data coming in from officials in tennessee is showing just how damaging the pandemic has been on student learning. the number of students testing below ...

Grades don’t actually measure learning, and they can increase students’ stress and decrease their motivation. A college professor explains an alternative to grading students’ work.