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Teachers speak out about 'atrocious' staff shortages crippling many NSW public schools

Teachers need permission to speak to media, but whistleblowers want you to know what’s really going on in NSW schools hit by staff shortages.

ABC News

How Kamala Harris took down Corinthian Colleges as California’s attorney general, in her words

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ decade-long “journey for justice” on behalf of Corinthian Colleges students will soon come to a close as the Biden administration promises to relieve borrowers of their remaining federal student loans.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Kamala Harris to announce debt relief for Corinthian College students

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to forgive loans for an estimated 560,000 former students of Corinthian Colleges, a group of for-profit schools that Vice President Kamala Harris helped put out of business when she was attorney general of California, a senior administration official said Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times

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Biden Tiptoes Closer to Mass Forgiveness of Federal Student Loan Debt

Biden wants to forgive $10,000 in federal loan debt per borrower, regardless of whether they need it.

Reason

What happens to the school building in Uvalde, Texas?

Public officials and residents of Uvalde, Texas, will have to grapple with a difficult question as the community continues recovering from last week’s shooting at Robb Elementary School: What should be done with the building where 19 children and two teachers were massacred?

Tribune News Service

‘Last in, first out’ policy causes havoc for Ireland’s special needs assistants, says rep

Linda O’ Sullivan, a working SNA and representative for trade union Forsa, believes that SNAs have not received adequate recognition for their work in the past

Irish Mirror

Bungendore divided over high school as NSW govt takes ownership of land

Bungendore High School is a step closer to reality, but residents are split on the location the NSW government has selected.

The Canberra Times

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Citipointe Childcare fined $18,000 for losing toddler after bushland excursion in Brisbane

A childcare service affiliated with a Brisbane school that demanded students sign an enrolment contract denouncing homosexuality has been fined $18,000 after a toddler went missing on an excursion.

ABC News

Dublin mum feels helpless as young non-verbal son deteriorates before her eyes due to lack of support

She is calling on the Government to provide more therapy and respite to children with additional needs

Dublin Live

Most Florida reviewers of math textbooks saw numbers, not ‘woke’ concepts, but a few did

Dozens of state reviewers found no evidence of “prohibited topics” like critical race theory and social-emotional learning in math textbooks, a partial review of nearly 6,000 pages of book examinations shows. However, a much smaller number of reviewers did find examples they disagreed with on those topics.

Miami Herald

Orlando Sentinel, Sun Sentinel stand by math book story despite education agency’s complaint

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Education on Friday disputed an Orlando Sentinel/South Florida Sun Sentinel story about what math textbook reviewers found in the books, but the newspapers stand by their work.

Orlando Sentinel

GOP's move to stop debt relief backfires

The GOP's attack is a tacit acknowledgment that Biden appears to have the power to finally make good on his promise

Salon

A closer look at Florida’s rejected math textbooks

It’s been two weeks since Gov. Ron DeSantis declared that nearly half the state’s proposed new math books weren’t fit for Florida classrooms. He offered few details about his claims of “indoctrination” then, and the Department of Education hasn’t provided specifics since, beyond posting four passages without explanation.

Tribune News Service

Liberty faces probe over rape claims

The school dismissed reports of rape and threatened to punish accusers for running afoul of its moral code

Salon

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Editorial: Many questions and few answers on math textbook ban

On the website of Houston-based Accelerate Learning is a group photo of young people, lined up and holding hands.

Los Angeles Times

Feds to forgive $238 million in loans for students of failed Marinello beauty schools

Former students of the shuttered Marinello Schools of Beauty will have their loans forgiven, totaling $238 million for approximately 28,000 students, the federal government announced Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Teacher escapes losing job for discussing student’s gender identity

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A South Florida high school teacher who almost lost her job for discussing a student’s gender identity in class should be able to stay in the classroom, a state judge ruled this week.

Irish Mirror

Department of Education lost nearly 17,000 days to sick leave among staff over two years

Stress and work stress were among the most common reasons cited

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Newcastle Herald

Hunter school teachers prepare to strike on May 4

The Department of Education called on the NSW Teachers Federation to call off the action.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Student loan forgiveness must target the needy. Profligate collegiate spenders must pay the piper

Attacking “waste, fraud and abuse” is a common promise made by both parties, but too often forgotten after the campaigning is over. On the touchy issue of student loan debt forgiveness, President Joe Biden can hardly afford to forget.

ABC News

Queensland education department staff urged to report integrity breaches as public interest responsibility

Teachers and employees of Education Queensland are being encouraged to call out and report breaches of integrity within the workplace, as the Opposition says there is a "problematic" culture across the Labor government.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter schools prepare for changes to COVID-19 rules in term two

"We're nervous about the possibility of increased transmission."

Salon

"Social emotional learning": The new CRT

Right-wing culture warriors' new obsession: Widespread "life skills" approach is actually sinister "Trojan horse"

Mic

It’s far from perfect, but Biden’s student debt relief plan is a big deal

Yes, there’s thousands in loan forgiveness, but the real meat of the plan might be the new income-driven repayments.

ABC News

Dominic Perrottet questioned about suspended MP Gareth Ward's pay and entitlements

Dominic Perrottet says the state government is not intending to bring forward laws to remove the pay of Kiama MP Gareth Ward, who was suspended from parliament after he was charged last month.

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