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6 principals reflect on their school shooting experiences

Principals who experienced school shootings under their watch convene as a group to have small talks about their reflections in life. Experiences in school shootings can haunt you every day The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) launched last year its Principal Recovery Network. The Principal Recovery Network serves as an advocacy group and […]

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill tracked with the use of modern technology

Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the biggest offshore spillage of oil in America,  is suspected to have traveled gradually to the Florida Keys. According to Journal Science Advances, 210 million gallons of spilled oil happened on the Deepwater Horizon. With the help of modern technology; remote sensing data and new techniques of modeling, scientists from Miami […]

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Same-race teachers benefit students of color

A study from the National Academies shows significant benefits of having same-race teachers teaching colored students. A social-emotional aspect of students We are accustomed to the criteria of a good teacher depends on her educational attainment, knowledge, and professional achievements. But, the demand of students today is slowly leaning towards emotional experience and social compatibility. […]

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Vegetarian-only cafeteria bashed by parents

Parents object to vegetarian-only cafeterias, says children go home hungry. Children come home hungry Parents are furious over the food being served in the school cafeteria, and their children are avoiding the vegetarian-only policy, which makes them very hungry after school. Having schools serving vegetarian-only meals is quite rare, but it is starting to grow […]

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WHO Report on Coronavirus: Epidemic would still take any direction

WHO Report on CoronaVirus seeks to allay worldwide fears on the epidemic. As reported from observations in Wuhan China, the World Health Organization (WHO) team stated that COVID-19, short for “coronavirus disease 2019″ could take any direction. The caution has been reiterated by WHO following the slowdown in the spread of the infection. Tedros Adhanom, […]

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Education budget will be slashed under Trump's 2021 budget

Slashing the education budget for 2021 will probably cancel out the student loan forgiveness program. Education budget slashed for 2021 The topic of student loan forgiveness has been a big factor for U.S. presidential candidates in their recent campaign strategies. The best proposal in dealing with the surmounting amount of student debts in the country […]

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Is Social media presence a threat to university reputation?

Universities monitoring academics’ social media presence, causes intimidation and blatant harassment of privacy. Social media presence by academics A Ph.D. student from Cardiff University went to social media to steam out her stress, anxiety, and unusual body pain and headaches from doing academe related tasks. Grace Krause posted on her Twitter,  “Staff are making us […]

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Albert Costa book debunks 1960s perceptions on brain bilingualism

Albert Costa’s book “the Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language,” has debunked previous misconceptions about the function and fundamentals of the brain. The book represents a great testimony to Costa’s lifetime of research into the field of brain functioning. Albert Costa’s work on the book was able to debunk […]

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Physical restraint for special needs students will be monitored by EHRC

Physical restraint as a cause of trauma on children has led the equality watchdog to closely monitor learning institutions. The organization, Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has introduced the official query into the appropriateness of restriction methods deployed by schools on the special needs students. There is hardly any authorized data on when and how […]