president of the United States from 1977 to 1981
There are major shortcomings with zero-based budgeting: Strategic thinking is sacrificed for “cost savings" under zero-based budgeting, a reader says.
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In Plains, Ga., an evangelical politician like no other: Say the words “evangelical politician” and a specific image probably comes to mind ...
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Fond remembrances pour in after Jimmy Carter enters hospice care: Dozens of well-wishers made the pilgrimage Sunday to The Carter Center in Atlanta ...
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Jimmy Carter’s church asks for comfort for his family as the former president enters hospice care
cnn.com/2023/02/19/us/jimmy-carter-church-sunday/
Tributes pour in for former President Jimmy Carter after he enters hospice care: Politicians, celebrities, organizations and more have been heaping praise on the ...
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Fond remembrances for Jimmy Carter after entering hospice: ATLANTA (AP) — Dozens of well-wishers made the pilgrimage Sunday to The Carter Center in Atlanta ...
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Easter traditions start at sunrise in Jimmy Carter’s Plains : Easter Sunday in Plains will look much the same for the small congregation at Maranatha Baptist ...
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OPINION: Jimmy Carter, humble and kind : PLAINS, Ga. — As a mother of 10-year-old twins, I have spent what feels like a lifetime protecting my children from “bad ...
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Why Jimmy Carter Teaches Sunday School: The former president is heir to a long tradition of church-based education as a means of moral improvement.
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/jimmy-carter-and-the-progressive-roots-of-sunday-school/404038/
On Presidents Day, Naval Academy visitors reflect on alum Jimmy Carter: On Presidents Day on the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy, people consider the legacy of ...
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Jimmy Carter: White House rise depended on twists before '76: PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter’s path to the presidency is an oft-told story ...
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Schools where Jimmy Carter got political start still seek improvement: Jimmy Carter got his political start on the Sumter County school board in 1955.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter wants to die with family: The 98-year-old can no longer be treated, he has opted for palliative care at home.
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Alsace: Knife attacker injures two girls near primary school: Two girls aged six and eleven were attacked by a man. A 28-year-old is said to have attacked her ...
welt.de/vermischtes/kriminalitaet/article251096896/Elsass-Messerangreifer-verletzt-zwei-Maedchen-nahe-Grundschule.html
Colossal prehistoric snake discovered in India: Fossils unearthed in India revealed a prehistoric snake that may have been one of the longest to have ever lived ...
cnn.com/2024/04/18/india/giant-prehistoric-snake-india-scn/
CDF Ogolla's last moments in troubled North Rift: Helicopter carrying General Ogolla crashed on the border of Elgeyo Marakwet and West Pokot counties.
standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001493504/cdf-ogollas-last-moments-in-troubled-north-rift
Locals recall moments with KDF team at Cheptulel Boys High School before deadly chopper crash
nation.africa/kenya/news/locals-recall-moments-with-kdf-team-at-cheptulel-boys-high-school-before-deadly-chopper-crash-4595384
Traumatised 10-year-old students stare at their destroyed schools in Gaza, a grim reminder of the education and time with friends in the playground lost since ... Show more www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-children-yearn-their-school-days-before-conflict-2024-04-18/
The empty JSS promise: Where are the 16,000 classrooms?: Although the target is to build 15,000 classrooms, there are over 23,000 public schools in the country.
nation.africa/kenya/news/education/the-empty-jss-promise-where-are-the-16-000-classrooms--4595966
NYPD Detains Pro-Palestinian Protesters at Columbia University: School officials asked police to clear an encampment a day after Columbia’s president testified ...
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Quick Glance: Over 100 Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested at Columbia Campus
- Columbia President Shafik authorized the arrest of over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters on the campus.
- Protests were against Israel's actions in Gaza.
- Demonstrators violated school rules by holding unauthorized protests.
- Protests demanded a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and university divestment.
This group of Sacramento moms means business. Here’s how they advocate for their kids, schools
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Flexible learning showing promise preparing high school students for post-COVID, hybrid working world
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Pinellas schools to offer day care for district employees starting in July: If the initiative succeeds at the Pinellas Secondary School site, it could expand in ...
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Former Wentzville schools superintendent gets more than $1 million in contract buyout
stltoday.com/news/local/education/former-wentzville-schools-superintendent-gets-more-than-1-million-in-contract-buyout/article_40d15aae-fd0b-11ee-bd0a-83624dba43ce.html
UM cost of attendance climbs $5,000, students to pay $93,000 next year: Attending the University of Miami for the 2024-2025 school year will cost students over ...
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Farewell, and Thanks, to a Man Who Kept Kids Safe: When they lost their beloved crossing guard, the students at Avenues The World School — Spider-Man, Wilder ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/16/nyregion/avenues-school-crossing-guard.html
How Schools Can Help Kids Reduce Racism and Prejudice: Making schools more welcoming for all can make for a fair and just society
scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-of-reducing-prejudice-in-kids/
The winners of this year’s Texaco Children’s Art competition have been announced, with Charley Bell (17) from Belfast named the overall winner for her portrait ... Show more www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2024/04/17/in-pictures-the-winning-entries-for-this-years-texaco-childrens-art-competition/
Photos: UAE sees its heaviest rains in 75 years: Schools and businesses were closed across the United Arab Emirates after about a year's worth of rain fell in a ...
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This ancient snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton
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What it’s like to be made redundant by the Ministry of Education: I was one of hundreds of people who lost my government job this week. Here's exactly how ...
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-04-2024/what-its-like-to-be-made-redundant-by-the-ministry-of-education
Columbine school shooters glorified by young followers: Inside the scary online obsession
usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/04/18/columbine-school-shooting-25-anniversary-social-media/73308760007/
Maryland high school student arrested after authorities discovered a 129-page document detailing school shooting plan, police say
cnn.com/2024/04/18/us/maryland-student-school-shooting-threat/
Homeless high schooler Tyler Palm describes couch surfing, working a job to stay afloat
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Palestinians capture moment an Israeli soldier forced a man to strip before he was detained as they raided a school shelter in Beit Hanoun in north Gaza ⤵️
South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said the government will adjust its healthcare reform plans to let medical schools determine their own admissions ... Show more www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-set-adjust-medical-reforms-bid-end-walkout-say-media-reports-2024-04-19/
Quick Glance: South Korea adjusts medical school quotas to resolve walkout
- Government to let medical schools determine admissions to end junior doctor strike.
- Acceptance of proposal to reduce increase in medical school admissions by up to 50%.
- Dispute over adding 2000 more physicians by 2035, with 32 medical schools allowed to lower quotas for 2022.
- President Yoon advocates for more doctors, while protesting physicians demand better working conditions and criticize government's approach.
How to tell if your child is well enough to go to school or is in fact sick: Mild headache? School. Severe headache? Home. Don't know how to read your ...
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-04-2024/how-to-tell-if-your-child-is-well-enough-to-go-to-school-or-is-in-fact-sick
Cohen: Trump complaints about son’s graduation ‘comical’: Michael Cohen called former President Trump’s complaints about potentially missing his son’s high ...
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Carolyn Hax: What will this parent do after the kids graduate and move out?: A parent isn’t sure what will fill the empty space after the teens launch ...
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Headteacher giving 'shattered' teachers one day off a fortnight sparks debate: St Peter's Catholic School in Solihull is the first Catholic school in the ...
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Illustration by Cathy Wilcox.
Read the letters to the editor here: www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/defence-spending-diplomacy-should-come-before-sabre-rattling-20240418-p5fl08.html
Columbia Students Risk Arrest, Suspension to Maintain Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Campus
democracynow.org/2024/4/18/columbia_university_gaza_solidarity_encampment
DeSantis scales back book ban law amid spike in Florida book objections: Florida has seen a spike in book challenges and restrictions.
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Ron DeSantis signs bill restricting challenges to books in public schools: Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill to restrict challenges to books in school libraries ...
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Allison Polidor, who was holding a small sign protesting a GOP plan for school vouchers, refused to leave when House Speaker Cameron Sexton ordered troopers to ... Show more www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/nashville-mother-and-school-voucher-protester-forcibly-removed-from-tennessee-house-gallery
Easy Coach bus driver charged with causing death of Chavakali student: George Onyango Riako was released on a Sh50,000 bond or cash a bail of Sh200 ...
nation.africa/kenya/counties/kisumu/easy-coach-bus-driver-charged-with-causing-death-of-chavakali-student-4594768
Welsh language taught and sung in Singapore school : Children in a school in Singapore take part in an Eisteddfod and sing in Welsh.
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NCAA to approve new rules allowing athletes to transfer multiple times and still be immediately eligible
sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-to-approve-new-rules-allowing-athletes-to-transfer-multiple-times-and-still-be-immediately-eligible-225903850.html
How a new class of Japanese stars is changing baseball: Japanese stars help shape MLB. Now MLB helps shape Japanese baseball, too.
washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04/18/japanese-stars-mlb-npb/
Sega's old-school beat-'em-up Golden Axe being turned into an animated series: Sega is delving deep into its enviable IP archive to bring the world an animated ...
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When Oliver James left school, he barely knew how to read. But at 35 years old he turned to social media to learn and was surprised when he was embraced by an ... Show more www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hpk508
USC valedictorian speaks out after school canceled her commencement speech : "I also wanted to impart a message of responsibility," Asna Tabassum said.
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The five biggest book publishers in the US are suing Iowa over its book ban law: Several publishing houses joined bestselling authors and Penguin Random House ...
cnn.com/2024/04/18/us/publishers-fight-iowa-book-bans-reaj/
La Salle University’s enrollment dropped 28% since 2019. What is the school doing to cope?
inquirer.com/education/la-salle-university-enrollment-decreasing-20240417.html
Florida Schools Must Teach 'Evils Of Communism,' Ron DeSantis Orders: A new law requires K-12 schools to teach how communist ideologies "conflict with the ...
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59-year-old DonnaJean Wilde chats about the preparation that led her to break the Guinness World Record for the longest time in an abdominal plank position ... Show more eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/04/17/guinness-world-record-planking-canada-grandmother/73345397007/
Woman rescued 10 years after Chibok kidnapping in Nigeria: The Islamist group Boko Haram seized 276 girls from a school in Chibok in 2014
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North Carolina HS student charged after slapping female teacher in profanity-filled classroom tantrum in front of laughing classmates
nypost.com/2024/04/17/us-news/north-carolina-high-school-student-charged-with-assault-after-slapping-teacher/
Ex-Indianapolis elementary teacher orchestrated 'fight club'-style disciplinary system, lawsuit says
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/17/indianapolis-elementary-school-teacher-fight-club-students-video-lawsuit/73364488007/
Maryland teen accused of threatening school shooting after 'memoir' raises alarms
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A lawmaker proposed a bill that would ban DEI in medical schools. Doctors say it could roll back progress toward improving Black maternal health.
cnn.com/2024/04/17/us/dei-medical-schools-black-maternal-health-reaj/
Virginia law allows schools to pay athletes for NIL - ESPN: Schools in Virginia will be able to directly pay athletes via name, image and likeness deals thanks ...
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PHOTOS: At least 593 students who completed health courses at Lira school of Comprehensive Nursing graduate on April 19, 2024 in both certificate and diploma ... Show more #MonitorUpdates
USC canceling Muslim valedictorian's speech inflames tensions on campus: University of Southern California students said their hopes were dashed this week when ...
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Quick Glance: USC Valedictorian Criticizes School For Cancelling Her Speech
- USC announced Asna Tabassum as the Class of 2024 valedictorian, but the school canceled her speech.
- The cancellation was due to security concerns related to social media and the conflict in the Middle East.
- Tabassum criticized the university for the decision and felt disappointed.
- The school will not select a replacement for Tabassum at the main graduation ceremony.
Hero mum in coma after hit and run can finally walk kids to school again: Becky Sharp, 37, spent months in a coma after she was hit by a hit and run driver last ...
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hero-mum-coma-after-pushing-32618382
Dubai roads, airport reel from floods after record rains: Residents waded through main streets and paddled around on makeshift boats.
straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/dubai-roads-airport-reel-from-floods-after-record-rains
Quick Glance: Dubai Submerged in Floods After Year's Worth of Rain
- More than 142mm of rain soaked Dubai within 24 hours.
- Heavy thunderstorms hit the UAE, pouring over a year's worth of rain on Dubai in just hours.
- Authorities dispatched tanker trucks to pump water off the streets as some homes were inundated, requiring residents to bail them out.
- Rain is uncommon in the UAE, causing flooding due to insufficient drainage systems in many areas.
What a trans author found on a tour of red-state libraries: Diana Goetsch spent months visiting red-state libraries to do presentations on the freedom to read ...
latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-04-17/scenes-from-a-red-state-tour
Mona High School in St Andrew has been closed today and Friday amid ongoing violence among students of several Corporate Area schools ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240418/mona-high-closes-amid-corporate-area-school-violence #GLNRToday
How former Olympics star Jordyn Wieber put Arkansas gymnastics on the map: As a teen, Wieber endured abuse and toxicity to win gold at the 2012 Olympics ...
washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/04/18/jordyn-wieber-arkansas-coach-gymnastics/
👀 If you drove to work or school on Wednesday, you've probably seen them: The VfL pennants that were placed all over the city and district ... Show more www.noz.de/sport/vfl-osnabrueck/artikel/1899-wimpel-fanszene-gratuliert-vfl-osnabrueck-zum-geburtstag-46837636
Getting To Know The Blackman Family: How They Raise Multicultural Kids: From Australia, Joshua, Jeraldine, Nimo, and Jette Blackman are here in the Philippines ...
smartparenting.com.ph/parenting/real-parenting/the-blackman-family-april-2024-cover-a5076-20240417-lfrm3
UT Austin students protest layoffs over new DEI ban: Students at the University of Texas at Austin protested Thursday after the school laid off more than 60 ...
thehill.com/homenews/4603909-ut-austin-students-protest-layoffs-over-new-dei-ban/
From the decline of ‘workism’ to the rise of the ‘portfolio life’, these are the 5 work trends to watch in 2024.
Learn more about the changing world of work ... Show more ow.ly/yCXv50RihJh
'I almost vomited blood': Richard Low recounts giving Chantalle Ng maths tuition for PSLE
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No school – not even Britain’s ‘strictest headteacher’, Katharine Birbalsingh – has the right to ban prayer
independent.co.uk/voices/katharine-birbalsingh-strictest-headteacher-ban-prayer-muslim-b2529695.html
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New Zealand's crisis of confidence: Three in five New Zealanders say our country is in decline and our society is broken. How can we restore faith in the ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/18/new-zealands-crisis-of-confidence/
‘Rat bites and chronic asthma’: schools on frontline of UK housing crisis: Schools say increasing numbers of children are turning up sick because of dire housing ...
theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/17/rat-bites-and-chronic-asthma-schools-on-frontline-of-uk-housing-crisis
AJ Simon Dies; 2024 NFL Draft Prospect Played DL for University at Albany: AJ Simon, a former defensive end for the University at Albany who was in the 2024 NFL ...
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Quick Glance: Mourning NFL Draft Hopeful and Former High School Football Star
- The talented player AJ Simon from Albany University and NFL draft prospect has passed away at the age of 25.
- No cause for his death has been disclosed.
- Simon, a 6-foot-1, 267-pound defensive lineman, played at Pocono Mountain West High School and was a significant player at Albany University.
- Prior to the upcoming NFL Draft, he reportedly made a visit to the New England Patriots ahead of the draft.
‘Abbott Elementary’ Recap, Episode 10: ‘Ava 2 Fest’: Shame on anyone who doubted Ava’s lore. Read more in Vulture’s recap of this week’s ‘Abbott Elementary.’
vulture.com/article/abbott-elementary-recap-episode-10-ava-2-fest.html
Aldi donated more than 30,500 meals in Greater Manchester over the Easter school holidays. 👏♥️
The supermarket gives away unsold food to charities ... Show more
#FragMarleneHellene: "Homework should be abolished!": Let's be honest: children hate homework. Parents hate homework. Why can't we just stop this nonsense?
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Fossil of snake 'bigger than a school bus' discovered at coal mine:
9news.com.au/world/most-spectacular-ancient-finds-discovered-by-humans/8fb77b2a-a146-4699-ab9c-2b1df97af2c8
First look at ‘WINTER SPRING SUMMER OR FALL, starring Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White.
The film is described as a teen love story about a Harvard-bound ... Show more
“Suspicious person” spotted with knife: SEK operation at Wuppertal high school - more and more civil servants are walking into school
focus.de/panorama/welt/anrufer-waehlte-den-notruf-polizei-am-wuppertaler-gymnasium-im-einsatz-spezialkraefte-vor-ort_id_259870238.html
A secondary-school teacher who was diagnosed with breast cancer has called on the Government to cap parking charges for patients after she had to pay €1 ... Show more
Watch Live: Columbia’s President Testifying in Antisemitism Hearing: Questions of student safety and free speech swirled around the appearance of Nemat Shafik ...
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Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia transgender sports ban: A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban ...
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Quick Glance: Court Overturns West Virginia Ban on Transgender in Sports
- A federal appeals court has overturned a ban on transgender individuals participating in sports in West Virginia, citing a violation of Title IX.
- The court ruled that the law cannot lawfully be applied to a 13-year-old girl who has identified as female since the third grade.
- The decision favored the American Civil Liberties Union, its West Virginia chapter, and the LGBTQ advocacy group Lambda Legal, who filed a lawsuit in 2021.
- West Virginia is just one of 24 states with legislation preventing transgender women and girls from competing in specific women's or girls' sports events.
Performing arts to be compulsory in CBC syllabus, says Machogu : Every school expected to take part in the performing arts competitions.
nation.africa/kenya/news/education/performing-arts-to-be-compulsory-in-cbc-syllabus-says-machogu--4591304
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