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Some State Leaders Urge Betsy DeVos to Reject Their Own States' ESSA Plans

Having failed to shape their states' Every Student Succeeds Act plans to their liking, elected officials in a a few places want the U.S. secretary of education to send the plans back or turn them down.




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What's Behind the Gender Pay Gap Among Educators?

Female teachers, principals, and superintendents in Pennsylvania earn significantly less money than their male counterparts, a new study shows.




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Dealing With Dyslexia: 'It's Almost Like It's a Naughty Word' (Video)

When Scott Gann learned his son Dustin had dyslexia, he was shocked at the school's reaction. No one there wanted to use the word.




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Meet the Principal Who's Never In Her Office (Video)

Bethany Hill, the principal at Central Elementary School in Cabot, Ark., shuns a formal office in favor of roving around classrooms, hallways, the playground, and the cafeteria, where she can be as close as possible to teachers and students all day.




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Fed-Up Teachers in R.I. Town Say They Will Teach, But No More 'Extras'

Teachers in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, are using a labor action called "work-to-rule," under which employees do no more than what is required in their contracts.




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Rhode Island Jumps on 'Computer Science for All' Bandwagon

Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced a new effort to bring computer science classes to every public school in the state by the end of 2017.




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New Rhode Island Law Mandates Daily School Recess, Calls It a Student's Right

The law passed after parent groups lobbied for it and will require schools to provide 20 consecutive minutes of recess daily for students in kindergarten through 6th grade.




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Raimondo tells schoolkids: I'll help you cope with isolation




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Connecticut Supreme Court OKs Part of Newtown Parents' Gun Industry Lawsuit

The state's highest court allowed some claims brought on behalf of relatives of victims of the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School to proceed against the firearms industry.




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Who's Doing the Teaching After School Lets Out?

Faced with a push for academic programming, after-school providers are deploying new strategies to train and recruit effective educators.




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Trump Administration Weighs In On Lawsuit Against State's Transgender-Athlete Policy

The Trump administration weighed into a lawsuit, arguing that a state's transgender-athlete policy forces "biological girls to compete against biological boys who publicly identify with the female gender and want to compete on sex-specific athletic teams."




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Georgia and North Carolina Latest to Apply for ESSA's Innovative Testing Pilot

The Every Student Succeeds Act allows up to seven states to try out new kinds of tests in a handful of districts before taking them statewide.




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District Hard-Hit by COVID-19 Begins 'Tough Work' of Getting On

No place in Georgia has suffered a higher rate of coronavirus cases than Dougherty County. And the school system, largely rural and poor, is in the middle of it.




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Accreditor frowns on Georgia school system's board troubles




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What Policymakers Got Right With Oregon's Student Success Act

Guest blogger Andy Saultz explains that clear goals, built-in local decisionmaking, flexibility, and community involvement are the keys to the Student Success Act's success.




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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Oregon District's Pro-Transgender 'Safety Plan'

A federal appeals court rejected a multi-pronged challenge to a school district plan allowing transgender students to use restrooms and other facilities that match their gender identity.




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President of Delaware Teachers' Union Resigns Due to Sexist, Racist Posts

Mike Matthews wrote several sexist and racist blog posts a decade ago that were recently unearthed.




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Schools Struggle to Meet Students' Mounting Mental-Health Needs

Keeping up with students’ growing mental-health needs was a concern for districts long before the pandemic began. It’s even harder now, educators and psychologists say.




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'Chris Spielman: A Football Life'

Former NFL linebacker talks about growing up with the game of football.




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NAIA partners with NFL to launch women's flag football as a recognized varsity sport

Women's flag football is set to be an official NAIA sport as soon as 2021.




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Thor's Ranked UDFA Signings by Position

Thor Nystrom ranks the top UDFA signings by position, plus CFL draft picks and the best available unsigned prospects. (Getty Images)




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'Good Morning Football': Sophomore QBs we're excited to see in 2020

The "Good Morning Football" crew discusses which sophomore QBs and their offensive weapons they're most excited to see play in 2020.




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Four-star, 6'8" offensive lineman Jonah Miller puts Oregon in top-6

Mario Cristobal loves his guys in the trenches




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University of Pittsburgh coaches, city's pro teams donate $800K toward coronavirus vaccine research

The university’s Center for Vaccine Research is working to create a coronavirus vaccine.




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Homecoming: Seven Legends of College Football Return to their Alma Maters | The Players' Tribune

Reconnecting with mentors, friends, coaches and professors, these football greats reflected on the experiences that they carried with them well beyond their college years. While they all share different stories, their journeys to the NFL were each met with adversity, and whether on or off the field, these obstacles served as tests for each individual athlete to overcome. These challenges made them stronger, earning them valuable lessons and helping them create special connections with the university they will always call ‘home.’




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West Virginia signs deal with brand consultant ahead of college athletes' potential ability for endorsements

The NCAA is expected to formally approve rules changes that will allow athletes to get endorsement income in 2021.




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Five questions about college football's return

What middle ground does college football need to continue as normal this season? Here are the five biggest questions looming over the sport’s return.




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'Grassroots' Child-Care Advocates Bring Their Concerns to Washington

Members of 30 different state and national advocacy groups and unions are meeting in Washington, D.C., for the Grassroots Assembly for Child Care and Early Education.




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Don't worry about the rent : choosing new office space to boost business performance / Darren Bilsborough.




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Safe and well : supporting families, protecting children : the Government of South Australia's strategy for keeping families and children safe and well / Department for Child Protection.

'"Safe and well" outlines the actions the Government of South Australia is taking to support families at risk of entering the child protection system, protect children from harm when they come into care, and invest in young people to leave care with opportunities for a bright future.




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Applications for advice and directions : what can Section 69 of the Administration & Probate Act do for you? / presented by Melissa Yule, Adelta Legal..




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Advising employers on redundancy / presented by Michael Ats, Lieschke & Weatherill.




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Spot the ethical solutions in estate administration dilemmas : part 1 / presented by Pam McEwin, Treloar & Treloar.




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Spot the ethical solutions in estate administration dilemmas : part 2 / presented by Pam McEwin, Treloar & Treloar.




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General guidance on dealing with probate applications and also difficult applications (probate and intestacy) and more / presented by Gaetano Aiello, Treloar & Treloar.




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Tax issues upon disposal of the legal practice / Raoul Stevenson CA, CTA & Grantley Stevens FCA, CTA, Nexia Edwards Marshall.




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Administration issues for winding up the legal practice / presented by Sean Burton CA & Simone Ong CA, CTA, Nexia Edwards Marshall.




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Joe Murray / "Walkabout Joe" / "Gibber Joe" : some of his life, dedications and observations.




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My Australian Bird Obsession Volume Five: South Australia & Western Victoria.




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A survey of the orange-bellied parrot Neophema chrysogaster in Tasmania, Victoria & South Australia : a report prepared for World Wildlife Fund (Australia) / P. B. Brown & R. I. Wilson.




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Who's the Louny?.




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Stardust 'N' Mud.




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Latest Developments in Defamation Law Duffy & Trkulja.




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Stardust 'N' Mud.




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Tom's holiday / Michelle McLaughlin ; illustrated by Morgan Todonai.

"Tom's Holiday is all about road safety for young children. Tom and his family park the car and head for the beach at a little beachside village. The beachside village is different from home in the city - there are no footpaths. Mum and Dad teach Tom that we must be careful because holiday towns don't have kerbs and gutters. The roads can be thin and there aren't white lines. It's very important that children hold their parent's hand" -- From the Internet.




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SACAT's new jurisdiction and emerging jurisprudence : slides / presented by Her Honour Justice Judy Hughes, Supreme Court of South Australioa.




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Forum 2019 : 3C: What documents a practitioner should or shouldn't release to a client : slides / presented by Jon Clarke, Cowell Clarke, Peter Jackson, Duncan Basheer Hannon, Rebecca Sandford, HWL Ebsorth Lawyers.




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Forum 2019 : 4A Transform your business culture with a 'meta' skill... : one that improves all other skills : slides / presented by Tomas Jajesnica, Mr Meditate.




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Forum 2019 : 8C Are regular casual employees entitled to paid annual leave? : the implications of the Federal Court's decision in WorkPac Pty Ltd v Skene / slides presented by John Love, EMA Legal.




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Lawyers' protocols for dealing with Aboriginal clients in Souith Australia / The Law Society of South Australia.

"This document is an adaptation by the Law Society of South Australia of the document entitled 'Indigenous Protocols for Lawyers in the Northern Territory' second edition 2015. The Law Society of South Australia acknowledges the primacy of the Northern Territory document and states that the adaptations that it has made to that document are an attempt to modify the original text to make it more suitable to South Australian conditions" -- page 3.