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When she was a brand-new legislator besieged by lobbyists at the entrance to the Senate floor, state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger felt a tap on the shoulder from a man telling her she was late for her next committee. She rushed to the elevator, and the man accompanied her all the way to the committee room, securing several minutes of one-on-one time to make the case for his client’s bill.
When Zenzinger pushed open the door to the committee hearing room, there was no one else there. The meeting wasn’t even close to starting.
Now that Zenzinger serves as chair of the Senate Education Committee, education lobbyists don’t have to use creative tactics to get her attention. She meets weekly with key players ranging from the Colorado Education Association to Democrats for Education Reform to go over upcoming bills and hear their concerns.
On the first day of class at Cincinnati s Aiken High School last August, Rachel McMillian and her students agreed on one thing: They wouldn t be centering any of their lessons around George Floyd s murder or Derek Chauvin s trial. As a Black teacher of Black students, we collectively decided that it was not something that we would watch in-depth, McMillian said. It’s been pretty traumatic for all of us.
That doesn t mean it hasn t come up though.
Her students, a group of 16- and 17-year-old Black and brown students who want to be educators one day, constantly draw the connections from what they hear on the news and watch on TikTok to what they re learning in class.
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April 15, 2021
The best way schools can help students catch up academically after a year of distance learning is to ensure they feel relaxed, safe and connected to their friends and teachers as they return to the classroom.
A year after the pandemic forced school districts to close campuses, students across California are beginning to return to the classroom at least a few days a week. But their experiences during the pandemic and their needs upon returning to school academically, as well as emotionally have varied greatly.
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Brigham Young University was recognized by the National Science Foundation for preparing more future Ph.D. students in foreign languages and business management than any other American college. (Aaron Hawkins)
Brigham Young University was recognized by the National Science Foundation for preparing more future Ph.D. students in foreign languages and business management than any other American college. Data shared by the foundation also shows that BYU graduates have greater success earning doctorates in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, psychology, education research and other fields of study. Over the past 10 years, 241 BYU alumni completed a Ph.D. in business management and administration. This was 250% more than their closest competitor, the University of Pennsylvania, whose alumni produced 95 Ph.D.s in the same time period. As for foreign languages, BYU is unusually bilingual. Around 65% of BYU students speak more tha
Laurie Roberts: Schools needs counselors, not cops
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Laurie Roberts: Schools needs counselors, not cops
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I’m writing from a perspective I don’t see often enough in our shared deliberations about Colorado’s epidemic of gun violence.
I am a school psychologist. Every public school has a school psychologist, due to federal special education guidelines dating from the early 70s. Public schools are required by civil rights provisions to identify students who have various handicapping conditions, including emotional conditions.