Education

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Michigan – Michigan officials invested $17 billion in education in the 2022 budget, but the need is far greater than that. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer hosts listening sessions with educators across the state to get more information on how to improve the situation. Read: Michigan Gov. Whitmer signs $17.1 billion school budget for …

Marc Lenhardt Claiming to speak on behalf of teachers in Wyoming, the Wyoming Education Association recently joined the Wilderness Society in asserting that relying on oil and gas revenues to fund our schools (and teachers’ salaries) is “dangerous” and does not “provide for the health or well-being of our communities. As a Wyoming public school …

Summary Refugee education has, until recently, been a largely neglected issue and encompasses a wide range of fragmented data producers, tools and data sources, as well as non-standardized ways to measure and report indicators. education for this particularly vulnerable population. This paper reviews available data sources on refugee education that could contribute to monitoring SDG4 …

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Thirteen students from Twin Valley South High School helped kick off a new program with a birding club field trip at the Preble County Historical Society last week. The group was able to identify many species of birds while exploring the PCHS farm, its wetlands and meadows. Photos submitted Thirteen students from Twin Valley South …

Colorado lawmakers return Wednesday for the start of the 2022 legislative session in hopes of tackling long-standing educational challenges as well as new issues brought on by the pandemic. Money for kindergarten to grade 12 and higher education will be big topics, as usual, with advocates saying it’s high time the state made up for …

The International Institute of Gemology has appointed John Pollard (pictured) to be its senior director of education. In this newly created role, Pollard will oversee and expand IGI’s educational offerings at its 14 gemology schools around the world, including its gemstone grading and jewelry design courses, interactive e-learning, seminars. educational programs and webinars. “IGI currently …

2022 is a great election year, but becoming a more informed voter begins before people are eligible to vote, with civic education. Although Montana has its own civic education standards, it is not among three-quarters of states that require it for students to graduate from high school, according to the Center for American Progress. Dr. …

Seasoned educator Sir Tim Brighouse is in an upbeat mood. It can be a time of ‘doubt and disillusion’, especially as Covid threatens to disrupt another school year, but he says such periods inevitably lead to change. With that in mind, he has just co-authored a 600-page overview of modern education policy, with suggestions that …

The Idaho Freedom Foundation is once again making headlines and advocating for $ 20 million in cuts to universities in Idaho. Rod Gramer, president of Idaho Business for Education, an advocacy group, said in the article, “I think this is very damaging to our state. Not just for our business community, but for our future …