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THE High Commission of Canada to Barbados and the OECS, on May 19, 2021 officially handed over a Deployment Package to CDEMA...

REDUNDANCIES among the over-50s have soared in the past year, according to a study released today, leading to calls for the age group to receive targeted support. There were 107,000 over-50s made redundant between last November and January 2021 — an increase of more than 70,500, or 195 per cent, research found. Redundancy levels in the UK have fallen from their peak, but the decline has been slowest among the over-50s, said campaign group Rest Less, which gives advice and help to older people. The redundancy rate among the over-50s is now higher than all other age groups at 12.8 per 1...

The U.S. Department of Education (USED) will require states to administer a statewide assessment for the 2020-2021 school year, the agency announced on Feb. 22. The decision comes after many states have requested a waiver of the testing requirement due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “To be successful once schools have re-opened, we need to understand the impact COVID-19 has had on learning and identify what resources and supports students need,” said Ian Rosenblum, acting assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, in a letter to education commissioners throughout...

Nonprofits, schools, parents and students work to overcome the challenges of remote learning.

COHOES, N.Y. — Abram Lansing Elementary School recently put into action an improvement plan to ensure that the school is using all available resources in a collaborative effort to help students succeed. The plan was developed in response to Abram Lansing receiving a designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the main federal law for K-12 public education. One of the tenets of ESSA is educational equity, which means that all students succeed and thrive in school no matter who they are, where they live, or where they go to school. With that in mind, the New York State Educati...