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Oklahoma Supreme Court weighs nation’s first religious charter school
The Oklahoma Supreme Court will take up a closely watched religious liberty case on Tuesday, with justices considering whether the state can directly fund religious education in the form of a Catholic charter school.The case is testing the constitutional bounds of taxpayer funding for religious education, with backers of the school confident that the U.S. …
Finland school shooting: Three children injured as 12-year-old suspect arrested
CNN — Three 12-year-old children have been wounded in a school shooting near Finland’s capital Helsinki, Finnish police reported Tuesday. A suspect in the incident, also aged 12 and a student at the same school, fled on foot but was later caught by police in a northern Helsinki suburb, according the country’s public broadcaster, YLE. …
9-year-old boy tries to drive to school, leads Oroville California Highway Patrol on chase
OROVILLE, Calif. — A California police officer got a shocking surprise when the car he was chasing came to a stop.Behind the wheel? A nine year-old boy making his way to school.”Just shock, several other officers showed up as well and it was kind of one of those ‘no one really believed it’ kind of …
Cursive is making a comeback: Ontario to make learning script mandatory in school
Cursive is making a comeback. Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said it is about more than just teaching students how to sign their own name. “The research …
How US school buses are going electric, in four charts
Last month, EPA opened the door for applicants to seek a portion of about $400 million more in Clean School Bus Program grant funding. The new round of funding will be opened to competitive solicitations, a different approach than the first round’s lottery system. It will also aim for bigger fleets — up to 100 buses per …
Toledo School of Translators – Wikipedia
Group of scholars The Toledo School of Translators (Spanish: Escuela de Traductores de Toledo) is the group of scholars who worked together in the city of Toledo during the 12th and 13th centuries, to translate many of the Judeo-Islamic philosophies and scientific works from Classical Arabic into Latin. The School went through two distinct periods …
Help school nurses heal from COVID’s mental health impact
I would like to bring attention to survey results that asked 8,000 school nurses 121 questions about their mental health during COVID. The survey, a collaborative effort between the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Association of School Nurses, was titled “Mental Health of School Nurses in the United States during …
Letter to the editor: Help school nurses heal from COVID’s mental health impact
I would like to bring attention to survey results that asked 8,000 school nurses 121 questions about their mental health during COVID. The survey, a collaborative effort between the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Association of School Nurses, was titled “Mental Health of School Nurses in the United States during …
NYU School of Global Public Health Joins Global Initiative to Improve Heart Health Equity in New York City
The NYU School of Global Public Health (NYU GPH) has joined a global initiative to reimagine how cities tackle heart health inequities using artificial intelligence—starting in New York City. The AI4HealthyCities Health Equity Network—created by the Novartis Foundation in partnership with Microsoft AI for Health—aims to use innovative data science techniques to provide health authorities, …
High school students promote health equity at TV Broadcast summer camp – Twin Cities
At TV Broadcast Camp, everyone is on deadline. This July, ThreeSixty Journalism students scrambled to write scripts, film interviews and edit the final cut of their stories about health equity before the weeklong camp ended. ThreeSixty Journalism, a nonprofit journalism training program for marginalized youth, has been running TV Broadcast Camp for five years. In …
