Letter: Can you answer questions from voters please, candidates? | Letters to the Editor
To the Editor – I have my main ballot and my voter guide, with a run for Yakima School Board, position 2. It was disappointing that Donald Joseph Davis, Jr. didn’t show up for interview, and also that the Herald missed the opportunity to ask obvious questions of candidates who did. How does KateAshley Clarke …
Laptops donated to students at Wolverhampton Primary School to fight digital divide
Wolfie, UNITED SIKHS Principal Sun Kaur and MP Pat McFadden, along with pupils Skye Kumari, 10, and Taranveer Saund, 9, donate laptops to St Luke’s CE Primary School, Wolverhampton. The local project was set up to help tackle the city’s digital divide in education and laptops will be used to help students catch up on …
Woman shed tears of relief after getting a place at MIQ after life-changing surgery
Authorities have overturned the decision to deny a managed emergency isolation space (MIQ) to a woman who has just undergone major surgery in the United States. Glenys Mahoney has been denied a spot at MIQ twice after undergoing life-changing mesh removal surgery overseas. Surgery was not available to her in New Zealand. Friend and lawyer …
Virtual learning grows as Michigan kids return to buildings amid COVID
Most students are expected to return to class this fall, but the number of computer-learning students will likely stay well above pre-pandemic levels. Many Michigan families and educators experienced virtual learning for the first time last year. This exposure – combined with current concerns over COVID – is likely to shape virtual learning in Michigan …
A non-traditional educational path – InsideSources
As summer approaches, recent high school graduates across the country are planning the next steps in their lives. About 69 percent of these adolescents will choose the route of traditional higher education. Yet only four out of ten will graduate after four years. The truth is, the standard American education system is far too rigid …
SASKATCHEWAN INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHOOSES BRIGHTSPACE PLATFORM
D2L helps support learners anywhere, anytime Kitchener, Waterloo, July 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Global leader in learning technologies D2L today announced that the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) has selected D2L as a learning partner to help it achieve move quickly from fully in-person training to online and blended learning. SIIT is based …
Bardwell Primary School hosts a carnival in the village of Suffolk
Pupils and staff at a Suffolk elementary school held a community carnival as the young people were treated to a ‘big farewell’ ahead of summer break. Bardwell Primary School, near Bury St Edmunds, welcomed the villagers as students participated in sessions such as dancing, signing and poetry last Friday. The event was a great success …
Procedure for Meaningful Youth Participation – The Himalayan Times – Nepal’s No. 1 English Daily Newspaper
KATMANDU, JULY 18 The federal government has developed a model “Procedure for youth participation in planning at local level, 2021” with a view to increasing meaningful participation of young people in the planning process at local levels according to its needs and priorities. This procedure will come into effect at the local level after its …
Minnesota lawmaker’s attorney denies reports of domestic violence
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Lawyer for a representative of the Democratic state of Minnesota facing calls to resign over allegations of domestic violence says the information is not true and could be part of a smear campaign by the police. Governor of Minnesota Tim walz and leading Democratic state lawmakers call the state representative. …
Vocational education: vehicle for skills India
Vocational education: vehicle for skills India Uh. Prabhat Kishore Today’s global economy demands advanced, flexible and switchable skills. Previously, jobs were based on farming or family activity and young people learned it by working and observing experienced elders. But now, in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the focus is on technology-based expertise requiring …