CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice and members of the West Virginia COVID-19 pandemic response leadership team held another news briefing today to update the public on the State’s latest pandemic response efforts.

GOV. JUSTICE ANNOUNCES NURSING PROGRAMDuring Tuesday’s briefing, Gov. Justice announced that West Virginia will invest $48 million in a new program to improve and expand nursing education, retention, and recrui…….

The Mississippi Department of Education awards almost $10 million grants to five universities to help fight the state’s teacher shortage.

William Carey University and Delta State received about $1.9 million each while the University of Southern Mississippi, Jackson State University, and Mississippi State received grants of about $2 million.

The grants are part of the Mississippi Teacher Residency and they support graduate degree programs.

Student teachers will work in critical shortage areas serving low-income children, racial-ethnic minorities, and children with disabilities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. USM College of Education and H…….

Spiking coronavirus infections have canceled the state’s January Regents exams for the second consecutive year, Education Department officials announced Tuesday.

The High School Regents Examination Program January 2022 administration canceled next month’s exams, scheduled to take place between Jan. 25 and 28, amid a rising surge of COVID-19 cases across the state and nation.

New coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths are expected to continue to increase over the next several weeks as the more contagious Omicron variant spreads in communities leading up to the Christmas and New Year holidays.

“New York set a daunting record l…….

Every child has the right to quality education

Over the past two decades, remarkable progress has been made in expanding access to education, but evidence suggests many children with disabilities are still being left behind. Without ensuring quality education for children with disabilities and other marginalized groups, the world will not be on track to meet Sustainable Development Goal 4 to achieve quality education for all.

The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey household programme now allows countries to monitor and track progress towards achieving education for children with disabilities. This is possible due to the integration of the UNICEF/Washington Group Chi…….

Sexual harassment is “endemic” in universities and colleges, with one in 10 staff members saying they have experienced sexual violence in the past five years, according to a report.

Women were nearly two-and-a-half times as likely to experience sexual violence as men, while staff on insecure contracts, those with disabilities, LGBTQ+, or black, Asian or minority ethnic were also at greater risk, according to a survey of nearly 4,000 staff members by the University and College Union.

Jo Grady, UCU general secretary, said there were “cultural problems” within universities stemming from a reluctance to discipline perpetrators for fea…….

JAY — Access to reliable childcare is a deterrent for many adults seeking to return to school.

At the Dec. 9 Regional School Unit 73 Board of Directors meeting, Robyn Raymond, director of Spruce Mountain Adult and Community Education shared results of a childcare needs assessment survey distributed for eight weeks in the Jay/Livermore/Livermore Falls area. The survey, made available in September is part of a collaboration between Spruce Mountain Adult Education and Western Maine Community Action’s Whole Families program.

WMCA is committed to expanding access to childcare in greater Franklin County, Robyn told the Board of Directors in October. WMCA hopes to build a pil…….

December 21, 2021

Seven SIU students earn Diversifying Higher Education Faculty fellowships

by Christi Mathis

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Several Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduate students have been chosen for the highly competitive Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Program, a fellowship program designed to increase the number of minority full-time tenure track faculty and staff at higher education institutions in the state.

The seven Salukis selected are: Evelyn Aden, Dakota Rose Discepolo, Quianya Enge, Steven Gear, Jeffrey Payne, Olivia Slater and Daniel Va…….

Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn says a per-pupil based formula will allow more transparency on education spending.

Tennessee is planning to switch its current public education funding formula to a more widely used per-pupil plan, a model currently used in 39 states.

The Tennessee Department of Education plans to release details of its policy recommendations in mid-January.

Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn laid out the timetable in a meeting with legislators on Tuesday. She says the new approach will make it easier to see how much education cost for each student.

“This about making sure that, when dollars are invested, there is a formula that leads tow…….

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Savannah Darner, 16, cleans an office at Valley Middle School in House Springs, Mo., where she works part-time as a custodian. Savannah, a junior, is one of several students who recently began working for the Northwest School District to help fill vacancies in food service, childcare, and custodial services.

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