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Tuesday, 05 December 2023

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Reading scores climb after targeted intervention at California’s worst-performing schools

San Francisco Examiner 05 Dec 2023

Far too many students in California, especially those who are Black, Latino and low-income, were not learning to read, with disastrous results, the lawsuit said ... Bel Air Elementary in Bay Point, in Contra Costa County, used its grant money — $1 million over three years — to hire reading specialists to work with students in small groups.

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To improve student outcomes, consider tackling hunger

The Ada News 05 Dec 2023

Two thumbs up to the groups that are working to erase over $76,000 in student lunch debt. The two advocacy groups — Oklahoma Rural Schools Coalition and Oklahomans for Public Education — announced that they are partnering to launch a fundraiser to eliminate the debt generated by students who eat at their schools.

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Sumner lawmakers support private school vouchers

Citizen Tribune 05 Dec 2023

The remaining 10,000 would go to a “universal” pool of students eligible to attend public schools. In the second year, though, the money would be available for all students eligible to go to public schools in Tennessee ... Under the state’s Education Savings Account program, money from the K-12 fund follows students to private schools.

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Regents hike student fees 5 percent

Elko Daily Free Press 05 Dec 2023

But that raise will be funded in part by an additional 5 percent hike in student registration fees, the largest one-year increase since 2012 ... "Frankly, this is a very difficult decision," UNLV Graduate Student Association President Nicole Thomas told the board ... Some regents had signaled a reluctance at past meetings to increase student fees.

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Listen live: Education minister Erica Stanford on Kiwi kids falling school performances

NewstalkZB 05 Dec 2023

The Pisa report also found a greater proportion of New Zealand students experience food insecurity compared with the rest of the OECD; 14 per cent of students did not eat at least once a week because of lack of money, compared to 8 per cent in the OECD ... A higher proportion of New Zealand students didn't eat at least once a week due to lack of money.

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Regents hike student fees 5 percent to fund 11 percent faculty pay raise

Elko Daily Free Press 05 Dec 2023

But that raise will be funded in part by an additional 5 percent hike in student registration fees, the largest one-year increase since 2012 ... “Frankly, this is a very difficult decision,” UNLV Graduate Student Association President Nicole Thomas told the board ... Some regents had signaled a reluctance at past meetings to increase student fees.

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NCAA president proposes RADICAL change to college football so schools can directly pay athletes even...

The Daily Mail 05 Dec 2023

But Baker's proposals will allow schools to invest money into a trust fund for 'at least half of the institution's eligible student-athletes' and will allow schools to directly engage in NIL deals with athletes.

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UC Merced to oversee $18M in funding to boost health education in Central Valley counties

Recordnet.com 05 Dec 2023

“The money is intended to support system development and program development that will lead to more students pursuing majors in healthcare and education that seamlessly transition into the workforce,” Orquidea Largo, UC Merced’s interim associate vice chancellor of the Center for Educational Partnerships, said in a phone interview.

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Missed student loan payments during 'on-ramp' may still hurt your credit score. Here's why

Usatoday 05 Dec 2023

Borrowers may be tempted to skip student loan payments and instead spend their money on gifts, meals, and decorations for the holidays ... How much would your credit score dip if you made no student loan payments during the 'on-ramp'? ... Medora Lee is a money, markets, and personal finance reporter at USA TODAY.

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Goodfellows making difference in students' well-being

Messenger-Inquirer 05 Dec 2023

It’s easy to underestimated the value a new set of clothes can have on a student ... Second-hand clothes can be too big, worn out or just plain unappealing to students. But when students are allowed to shop with family and youth resource coordinators and money from Goodfellows, “the kids get to pick out a style that they would wear,” Stewart said.

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Amazon offers students $25 flights home for the holidays: how to get the deal

New York Post 05 Dec 2023

Amazon and StudentUniverse are offering Prime Student members a primo deal — $25 on select domestic flights to visit their family and friends for the holidays ... That one-way fare is nearly a quarter of the estimated $2,000 college students use in spending money per year.

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Class-size cap proves the UFT couldn’t care less about students

New York Post 05 Dec 2023

Public schools serving low-income black and Hispanic kids largely already meet the teachers-per-student mandates, the UI notes — so the money spent on extra teachers will mainly go to schools serving better-off families ... Indeed, studies show that hiring new, inexperienced teachers does little if anything to boost student achievement.

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Belated appreciation

Korea Times 05 Dec 2023

Instead, Geun-ho attended middle school and high school by earning money delivering newspapers ... He dreamed of having his own company in his 30s and helping students after he earned money ... Kim said that he hoped to use his wealth to help poor students ... He made it into dormitory housing for one hundred poor high school students who lived on the islands.

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Four Future City teams at Decatur schools headed to state competition

Decatur Daily 05 Dec 2023

Judges on Monday evaluated Decatur students' visions for cleaner and more sustainable cities of the future, and four of the teams will advance to the state Future City competition in January ... “That’s how we get most of our money.”. For food, the students built two hydroponic farms enclosed in small domes.

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Vinyl Sustainability Council Presents 2023 Social Impact Award to OxyChem

Longview News-Journal 05 Dec 2023

The IACs are made up of graduate students from local universities that perform energy audits on facilities around the United States ... "We were impressed by OxyChem's efforts to aid schools in saving energy and money by performing energy audits," said Jay Thomas, Executive Director of the VSC.