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One Thursday this fall, a middle schooler in Floridaâs Brevard Public Schools received an in-school suspension. He had ripped off another studentâs face mask and blown into a peerâs face. That same day, six other students across the district were written up for not wearing their masks correctly (including one who also faked using hand sanitizer), while an elementary school student was assigned three days of âprivate diningâ for sharing food in violation of safety guidelines. Meanwhile, an e-learning student got in trouble for filming another student during class without permission.
In many ways, that Thursday was emblematic of a new age of discipline, with multiple students across the district getting written up for infractions that didnât exist the school year before. Students removed their masks, chatted inappropriately in Zoom and failed to socially distance. In all, about 11 percent of discipline incidents outlined in detail from the start of the
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February 15, 2021 at 3:06pm
FIU’s undergraduate elementary education program is a national and statewide leader in driving greater teacher diversity in the community and maintaining selective academic admissions requirements, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality.
FIU is among only 58 of 1,256 teacher preparation programs to earn the highest distinction nationally by NCTQ, a non-partisan, non-profit research and policy institution. The university’s elementary education program also is only one of three programs in Florida to earn the highest marks in the NCTQ report, Teacher Prep Review: Program Diversity and Admissions (2021).
Specifically, NCTQ gave FIU an A+ rating in program diversity and an A rating for its admissions requirements.
DiscountMugs.com Donates 10,000 3-Ply Face Masks to Jewish Family Home Care in Broward County
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Since last year, the nation’s leader in customized wholesale merchandise has given over 36,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) items to schools, seniors, and organizations in need throughout South Florida. When we saw the impact that JFHC was making among seniors in the community, we knew right away that we wanted to support their efforts. Mario Cordon, Chief Marketing Officer at DiscountMugs.com MIAMI (PRWEB) February 16, 2021
DiscountMugs.com has announced that it has donated 10,000 3-ply protective face masks to Jewish Family Home Care, a nonprofit in Broward County that provides in-home caregiving services to the elderly.