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A Colorado school district will still be able to use its mascot named after the Kiowa Tribe despite a state law banning the use of American Indian mascots by schools going into effect next month, voted the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs on Thursday. Elbert County School District C-2, based in Kiowa, was removed from the commission’s non-compliance list, meaning […]
Read moreBy John Gerritsen of RNZ It’s time to rebuild the devastated foreign student industry, Minister of Education Chris Hipkins says – but it needs to diversify too. Hipkins told an international education conference he wanted to see higher-quality courses and more diversity in the nations that students were coming from. “We don’t just want to build back the way that […]
Read moreBy Jordan Bond of RNZ Methamphetamine use has significantly increased and remained elevated since the August 2021 Covid-19 lockdown. Police wastewater figures show use more than doubled between July and September 2021, and has stayed well above the historical average right through to January 2022, the most recent available figures showed. A social worker believes the drug is far more […]
Read moreThe committee revising Colorado’s social studies standards has reversed its plans to add the experiences of LGBTQ people to its recommended curriculum for students below the fourth grade after receiving public feedback questioning the “age appropriateness” of the change. The committee, which is made up of school social studies teachers from across Colorado, recommended changes to the state’s history and […]
Read moreWeeks before Dave Davan died, he gave police the murder weapon used to kill him. His son Conrad says he also told police the name of the man he reckons killed him. It was Saturday, November 13, when Davan sat down to dinner and poured a glass of port from one of two bottles that had turned up in his […]
Read moreIt didn’t take long for the sinking of Enchanter to be known at its home port of Mangonui. For about 12 hours, the news broke like a slow-moving wave. The wave of horror receded with the discovery skipper Lance Goodhew and deckie Kobe O’Neill had survived the sinking. And then it surged back as rescuers recovered body after body through […]
Read moreThe country is facing another week of grim records as Covid cases continue to rocket, with one principal warning school children will be on a “rolling carousel” in and out of isolation. The impact of Covid is starting to put strain on organisations as large numbers of school students are isolating at home today. Some workplaces have been forced to […]
Read moreALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For teachers at a middle school in New Mexico’s largest city, the first inkling of a widespread tech problem came during an early morning staff call. On the video, there were shout-outs for a new custodian for his hard work, and the typical announcements from administrators and the union rep. But in the chat, there were hints […]
Read moreExclusive: schools minister rejects proposal by cross-party MPs for more black input into history syllabus Last modified on Fri 31 Jul 2020 23.36 EDT Calls for a review to add more black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) history to the English national curriculum have been turned down by the government, the Guardian has learned. Nick Gibb, the schools minister, said […]
Read moreThere are 80 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today as Aucklanders prepare to leave the city from tonight after being restricted for four months. Meanwhile, several members of a flight crew have been identified as close contacts of an Omicron variant case in Australia. The crew members arrived in New Zealand last night and are in an MIQ […]
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