By Yesenia Robles, Chalkbeat Colorado New staff, extra training for teachers, and some money going directly to schools. Those are some of the things some Colorado districts have planned with new state money intended to better serve students who are […]
Read moreOne in five New Zealand schools is now dealing with at least one Covid case, as the country moves into a new phase of pandemic management. Data from the Ministry of Education shows 549 schools or kura are managing at […]
Read moreLast modified on Wed 22 Jan 2020 12.40 EST The scourge of insecure contracts (Thousands of UK academics ‘treated as second-class citizens’, 20 January) is sadly just one of the staffing issues that universities must urgently commit to dealing with. […]
Read moreVape stores have become more common than many fast food chains near schools, sparking fears of an epidemic of addicted teens. At least one in four New Zealand schools – 894 – are within 1km of a vape store, and […]
Read moreHARTFORD, Conn. — Principals, superintendents and counselors are filling in as substitutes in classrooms as the surge in coronavirus infections further strains schools that already had been struggling with staffing shortages. In Cincinnati, dozens of employees from the central office […]
Read morePrime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be speaking to media this afternoon after a Cabinet meeting. It comes after the country’s first weekend under the new traffic light system, and 135 new cases of Covid-19 announced today. Ardern this morning told […]
Read moreColoradans ages 5 to 11 are now eligible to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, but the state health department and school districts aren’t rushing to require the shots to attend school. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is […]
Read moreCOLLINS CANNED:• Judith Collins has been rolled as National’s leader after 499 days• She was dumped at a three-hour caucus meeting after attempt to discipline Simon Bridges backfired• Current deputy Shane Reti installed as interim leader• Mark Mitchell and Christopher […]
Read moreUniversity admissions service bows to pressure after rebuke from Charity Commission Last modified on Fri 7 Feb 2020 14.03 EST Ucas, the university admissions service, has agreed to stop advertising private loans to students following pressure from the consumer finance […]
Read moreThe Denver school board voted 5-2 Thursday to pay board members, as allowed under a new state law passed six months ago. Denver Public Schools will pay board members up to $150 per day for as many as five days per month […]
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