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Education Cannot Wait Enhances Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Crisis-Affected Children and Youth in the Middle East and North Africa Format New $250,000 ECW Acceleration Facility grant will enhance Norwegian Refugee Council’s Better Learning Programme 4 May 2021, New York – Approximately 100 million children are out of school in the Middle East and North Africa as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflicts and protracted crises. To provide these girls and boys with the mental health and psychosocial support they need to deal with the trauma and stress of these multiply...
TALLAHASSEE — Lawmakers during this year’s legislative session eliminated grants that help students at some private colleges pay tuition and got rid of an annual textbook stipend for Bright Futures scholarship recipients — but stopped short of upending the way the $650 million Bright Futures program is funded. Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, in February filed a proposal (SB 86) aimed at cutting Bright Futures aid for students in degree fields deemed by higher-education governing boards as unlikely to lead to employment. The legislation quickly sparked a public outcry led by a group, known...
TALLAHASSEE — Public and private colleges and universities could soon be protected from coronavirus-related lawsuits under a wide-ranging higher education bill that also includes tuition breaks for “non-traditional” students. The House on Wednesday night voted 102-11 to give final approval to the bill (HB 1261), which had passed the Senate earlier and now will go to Gov. Ron DeSantis. Under the proposal, colleges and universities would be shielded from lawsuits related to decisions to close campuses and force students to learn online during the COVID-19 pandemic. The push for legal pro...
Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 4.26.21 Good Monday morning. As Session comes to a close, here are some thoughts on who had a nice weekend â and who didn’t. SpaceX had an astronomical weekend. Not only is it celebrating another successful blast off from the Sunshine State, but it also wasnât the capsuleâs first rodeo. The four-person SpaceX crew that docked with the International Space Station on Saturday were strapped into a ⦠letâs say âlightly usedâ ⦠Dragon. Weâre not sure whether weâd rathe...