29 Jun 2023 at 00:00 “Painful choices” are needed to cope with the teacher shortage, says the Education Council on Thursday. Consider, for example, fewer teaching hours in combination with a less full curriculum. The teacher shortage rose again last year: almost 10 percent of full-time jobs were unfilled. The large cities have greater shortages … Read more
Erfurt (dpa/th) – New subject, more options, fewer performance checks: Thuringia’s Education Minister Helmut Holter (left) wants to reform school regulations. With the introduction of the subject “media education and computer science” at secondary schools, the timetable changes fundamentally. This is provided for in a draft for new school regulations that Holter presented in Erfurt … Read more
Between strong hugs and tears, students from the Juan Pablo Duarte school in Upper Manhattan said goodbye to their classmates after the end of the school year on Tuesday. After class ended, some parents were anxiously waiting for their children but at the same time a little worried about their care this summer. “It’s a … Read more
Jakarta – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, filed a lawsuit against a janitorial service for allegedly shutting down a lab freezer containing research material. The cleaner, who is not being charged in the lawsuit, is a contractor for Daigle Cleaning Systems Inc., which worked for several months in 2020 at a private research … Read more
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams, accompanied by Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor David C. Banks and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan, announced Tuesday that all New York City public schools, pre-K through 12th grade, will soon be required to facilitate two to five minutes of … Read more
VALENCIA. An impossible debate with Toni Carrión, singer-songwriter, Juan Cerdán, commercial technician at Mortec engineering, Vicente Miguel Ramírez, retired professor of speech therapy and speech therapy at the clinical hospital, Maite Herrero, lawyer and mediator and founding partner of Ricard Castillo SL and Carlos Sanz, delegate of legal affairs of New Generations of the Province … Read more
Title: Tragedy Strikes as Hundreds of Migrants Perish in Mediterranean Shipwreck Subtitle: The World Watches as Refugees Continue to Suffer Date: June 26, 2023 In a heart-wrenching incident, a boat carrying 750 refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Egypt, and Palestine sank in the Mediterranean Sea near Greece on June 14. The exact number of survivors … Read more
Department of Education Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of Thousands of Students In a major security breach, the Department of Education has reported that the personal information of thousands of students has been exposed. The breach occurred after the department’s software program, “MOVE-it,” was hacked, affecting approximately 45,000 students. “MOVE-it” is a technological tool used … Read more
Computer System Used by DUO to Check Student Finance Fraud Shut Down Amid Reports of Discrimination Jun 23, 2023 at 5:51 PM Update: an hour ago The computer system that the Education Executive Agency (DUO) uses to determine which students are checked for fraud with their student finance will be shut down immediately. This decision … Read more
Heat Wave Breaks Temperature Records in 17 Chinese Regions On Thursday, a scorching heat wave swept across 17 regions in China, breaking temperature records and raising concerns about the upcoming summer. The country joined India, the United Kingdom, and other nations in preparing for the extreme weather conditions. In Beijing and Tianjin, two major economic … Read more