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Victoria University's revolutionary First Year College (FYC) was today honoured with a prestigious Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT) by...

CQ educators snap up prestigious teaching awards DIGITAL MEDIA: Senior Lecturer of Digital Media Dr Ashley Holmes and I.T. Teacher Nivva Dopathi help year 11 student, of Mackay State High, Igor Selezner plan life after highschool. Photo Louise Starkey / Daily Mercury News Contributed Premium Content Three educators from CQUniversity Australia have been recognised with prestigious national teaching awards. The Australian Awards for University Teaching ce...

Credit: (Edwin J. Torres/Governor’s Office) File photo: Oct. 20, 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy and Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan at the event where the governor nominated her to be the Commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Education. Ever since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Phil Murphy and his administration have walked a political tightrope concerning how much guidance to provide New Jersey’s schools to operate. On one hand, Murphy and his staff have required districts to submit ...

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson on Wednesday continued to rail against newly revised social studies standards, even as his State Board of Education colleagues searched for common ground. The revisions have stirred controversy in recent weeks because of language Robinson said is “political in nature” and unfairly portrays America as “systematically racist.” The state board discussed the standards Wednesday during its monthly meeting.  The board will vote on them Thursday. ...

A river otter prepares to view a virtual field experience offered through a partnership with Milford School District and Abbott’s Mill Nature Center (Photo courtesy of Abbott’s Mill) Milford School District and Abbott’s Mill Nature Center have partnered this year to continue providing field experiences to students despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Because students are still using a hybrid learning experience with some students still in a completely remote setting, the experiences ...

COVID-19 learning loss is a disaster within a disaster. The abrupt closing of schools, early childhood programs and child care centers to contain COVID-19 undoubtedly saved thousands of lives. But this life-saving measure has also had an unintended consequence: a student learning loss that is unprecedented. As with COVID-19 itself, the harshest effects will fall most heavily on those with preexisting conditions, which include: Children who are in households that lack internet connectivity. C...

Syracuse Dairy Adding Beef Cattle to Holly Operation  The Prowers County Planning Commission, following a public hearing on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, approved the request from Syracuse Dairy in Holly for an amendment to their Special Use Permit.  The dairy intends to add about 20,000 head of beef cattle on their 610 acre operation south of Holly.  The dairy consists of 8,000 head of dairy cows and the heifer operation has 14,500 head.  After additional discussion and a reading of the rec...

School children across Prince William struggling with reading, new data show Jeanine Lawson and Peter Candland were two of three members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors to shuffle out of a School Board training session on Implicit bias, a section of a larger training on Critical Race Theory. With tens of thousands of children out of a classroom, School Board focused instead on racism training Prince William County’s youngest and most vulnerable students are struggl...

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Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Aviso Retention Announces Aviso Aspire Awards at Inaugural User Summit December 15, 2020 GMT COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 15, 2020-- Aviso Retention, a student retention solution that helps underserved colleges and universities keep students engaged, optimize student success and increase retention, today announced the Aviso Aspire award winners at the inaugural Aviso Retention Virtual User Summ...