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Meet the New New York Focus Membership Program
At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works. If you think this article succeeded, please consider supporting our mission and making more stories like this one possible. New York is an incongruous state. We’re home to fabulous wealth — if the state were a country, it would have the tenth largest economy in the world — but also the highest rate of wealth inequality. We’re among the most diverse – but also the most segregated.
Um alerta sobre o futuro do estado do Rio de Janeiro
As entidades patronais e laborais abaixo assinadas vêm a público fazer um alerta da maior relevância sobre o futuro do estado do Rio de Janeiro. O Governo do Estado do Rio de Janeiro enviou projeto de lei à Assembleia Legislativa em que propõe uma antecipação progressiva, já a partir de 2026, do fim da política de incentivos fiscais.
Jane Crow: Then and Now
Ocean-Hill Brownsville Teachers’ Strike On May 9, the newly-created community school board, led by Black and Puerto Rican parents, fired 19 white, union teachers for underperformance. The United Federation of Teachers held three strikes over the year, culminating in a deal with the city’s district leadership that cut out the community school board and reinstated the fired teachers.
[Press Release] 3Play Media Launches Podcast Transcription Solution
March 24, 2022 BY ELISA LEWIS Updated: March 23, 2022 As podcast platforms stare down litigation for lacking transcripts, accessibility leader launches new solution that increases user flexibility and transcription accuracy BOSTON, Mass., March 24, 2022 – 3Play Media, the leading media accessibility provider, announced today that it has extended its world-leading professional transcription services to the growing podcast industry.
These parents are angry at schools. But it has nothing to do with critical race theory.
This story about the National Parents Union was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter. When education became a focal point in politics last year, it was no surprise to Keri Rodrigues, president and co-founder of the National Parents Union.
These parents are angry at schools. But it has nothing to do with critical race theory.
This story about the National Parents Union was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter. When education became a focal point in politics last year, it was no surprise to Keri Rodrigues, president and co-founder of the National Parents Union.
Violence Spikes As Myanmar Garment Workers Say Factories Are Colluding With the Junta
When the Myanmar military trucks and police motorbikes pulled up one May afternoon outside the garment factory on the outskirts of Yangon where Than Zaw was employed, he could do only one thing: run. Security forces moved through rows of sewing machines at Gasan Apparel, hunting down employees. Chaos ensued as they kicked down doors and burst into toilets, attempting to arrest people they suspected had taken part in anti-coup protests in previous months.
Why There Hasn’t Been A Mass Exodus Of Teachers
This article is a collaboration between FiveThirtyEight and The Fuller Project, a nonprofit newsroom reporting on issues that affect women. Sarah Caswell is stressed about her job every day. The science and special-education teacher in Philadelphia sees things going wrong everywhere she looks.
The State's Looming Constitutional Crisis
There’s little that Burley Mitchell hasn’t seen in a legal career that saw him rise from a young prosecutor to chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. But on Monday, he’s afraid he’ll finally see something new—and troubling. That’s when a Wake County judge is expected to take action on a landmark schools case that could put the court on a collision course with the governor and General Assembly, and perhaps spark a constitutional crisis.
Many students received a surprising pandemic respite from cyberbullying
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! School principal Gregg Wieczorek in Hartland, Wisconsin, was prepared to see a sharp increase in cyberbullying when his students migrated to online learning during spring 2020. He held conversations with employees about how to deal with a potential spike.
6 Tips for Improving Podcast Accessibility
September 29, 2021 BY AJ BELTIS Podcasting continues to surge in popularity, making podcast accessibility even more important. With more than two million active podcast shows in 2021 – and more than 800,000 having launched in 2020 – podcasts have become a dominant source of entertainment, news, conversation starters, and welcomed time-wasters for more than two-fifths of Americans.
School cafeterias are looking for workers, too
Sign up for the daily Marketplace newsletter to make sense of the most important business and economic news. Email address * There’s a lot on the minds of school leaders as kids head back to school: school safety, debates around masking, how to help kids catch up academically if they have fallen behind. But that’s not all.
Biden hails Senate passage of giant $1tn bipartisan infrastructure bill
The US Senate passed a giant new bipartisan infrastructure bill on Tuesday, with 19 Republicans joining the entire Democratic caucus in helping to get the bill over the finish line.
Their Parents Are Anti-Vaxxers. These Teens Want The Covid Shot Anyway.
Adrian, a high school sophomore, knew his parents wouldn’t want him to get the COVID-19 vaccine, so by the time he became eligible, he had already done his research. One day in late April, after months of hearing his parents rail against what they believed were harmful effects of the shots, he emailed his mother a several thousand word document arguing his case.
Parents want less in-person school. New Jersey says they’re on their own.
The New Jersey governor’s recent decision that all public schools would return this fall to in-person classes – without a virtual option – sent parent Tatiana Martin scrambling. Martin, of Jersey City, first went to her boss: Could she continue to work remotely next year, if she was somehow able to cobble together a virtual arrangement for her 10-year-old son, Theo?
Parents Say Schools Must Make Up For Failing Kids With Disabilities During Pandemic
By Cory Turner & Rebecca Klein • 35 minutes ago Originally published on June 16, 2021 2:00 pm Families say schools must make up for all their children have lost after the special education services they have a legal right to were disrupted or stopped during the pandemic in many districts.
After months of special education turmoil, families say schools owe them
Chrystal Bell lives in New York City with her son Caleb, who is deaf, blind and nonverbal. When the pandemic closed schools, he lost access to tactile special education that he requires to learn. Cassandra Giraldo for NPR Roughly 7 million children in the U.S. receive special education services under a decades-old federal law — or did, until the pandemic began. Many of those services slowed or stopped when schools physically shut down in spring 2020.
Parents Say Schools Must Make Up For Failing Kids With Disabilities During Pandemic
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The composer Lin-Manuel Miranda is responding to criticism of his new film, "In The Heights." In a post on Twitter, he apologized for the lack of Afro-Latino representation in the movie version of the musical. This is after many people raised concerns, including our next guest, Felice Leon. She wrote about this for The Root, where she's a producer. Welcome. FELICE LEON: Hi, Ari. SHAPIRO: So "In The Heights" is about the New York City neighborhood Washington Heights.
Parents Say Schools Must Make Up For Failing Kids With Disabilities During Pandemic
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In the U.S., schoolchildren with disabilities have a legal right to special education services. But in many school districts, these vital services - including speech and occupational therapy, behavioral counseling - well, they were disrupted or stopped altogether during the pandemic. Now, 15 months later, many families say schools must make up for all their children have lost. NPR's Cory Turner is here to talk about this. Hey there, Cory. CORY TURNER, BYLINE: Hey, Audie.
India’s Suffering Female Farmers Have the Most to Lose
Rajveer Kaur grew up working in the fields of Gandhar village in Muktsar, Punjab, alongside her parents and siblings. After her school day, she would harvest wheat and feed cattle; during summer break, they sowed cotton and rice for the monsoon season. “If you want to eat, you don’t have a choice,” she said.
The Best Online Transcription Jobs | 3Play Media
March 24, 2021 BY ELISA LEWIS Millions of Americans got to experience working from home during the pandemic. As many can now attest to, there are a number of benefits and a lot more flexibility when working remotely. When set up successfully, online work has many benefits, including less time commuting, increased productivity, money saved, greater job satisfaction, and more time for health fitness, and family, to name a few.
Did You Know? Audio Description Is Required by Law
January 21, 2021 BY ELISA LEWIS Updated: January 29, 2021 It can be difficult to keep up with ever-changing accessibility laws and their application to rapidly evolving technology and media. However, the challenge of staying up-to-date doesn’t exempt businesses, institutions, and organizations from providing legally required accommodations, such as audio description (AD).
Joe Biden's Stimulus Plan Emphasizes School Reopenings
President-elect Joe Biden has said he would like to see most K-8 schools open in person within 100 days of taking office, and now he is asking Congress for hundreds of billions of dollars to help him achieve this goal. On Thursday, Biden unveiled his proposed COVID-19 stimulus package, which asks for $1.9 trillion to help rebuild the nation’s economy, manage the coronavirus and support struggling communities.
Parents Have Faced Fines and Threats of Court for Their Kids' Remote Tech Issues
Hayden, 12, had been having panic attacks about school even before a letter arrived at his home last month, threatening legal action for his alleged absences from distance learning. The sixth grader has been attending online class from his home outside Austin, Texas, since August, and having difficulties adjusting. When his grades dropped, he started having intense bouts of anxiety, working himself up until he cried so hard he could barely catch his breath.
They didn’t turn in their work for remote school. Their parents were threatened with courts and fines
Hayden, 12, had been having panic attacks about school even before a letter arrived at his home last month, threatening legal action for his alleged absences from distance learning. The sixth grader has been attending online class from his home outside Austin, Texas, since August, and having difficulties adjusting. When his grades dropped, he started having intense bouts of anxiety, working himself up until he cried so hard he could barely catch his breath.
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