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‘Constitution’ gets a grilling in thought-provoking Florida Studio Theater play

Amy Bodnar stars in the Florida Studio Theater production of Heidi Schreck's play “What the Constitution Means to Me.”

Amy Bodnar stars in the Florida Studio Theater production of Heidi Schreck’s play “What the Constitution Means to Me.”

When she was 15 years old, Heidi Schreck banked a lot of scholarship money for her future college education by competitively speaking or debating at American Legion halls about the US Constitution and whatever personal connection she may have to the document.

Her play “What the Constitution Means to Me,” which opened Friday night at Florida Studio Theatre, is a more adult response to the sunny presentations Schreck delivered as a teenager, when she compared the Constitution to a witch’s caldron,

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Education Notebook: Parkview Health celebrates renovated student lab at Randallia site | Schools

Renovations to a student laboratory have made it possible for Parkview Health to train more people for a lesser-known career field that has a significant effect on patient care, a news release said.

The classrooms and offices at the lower level of Parkview Hospital Randallia were also remodeled, allowing the Parkview Medical Laboratory Science program to admit up to 20 students a year, the release said. It noted the program previously could accept nine pupils annually.

Its focus is to prepare students to pass their exams for national certification, which is required by most employers, the release said.

Along with

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New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) Shares Gap Up to $29.22

Shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. (NYSE:EDU – Get Rating) gapped up before the market opened on Thursday . The stock had previously closed at $29.22, but opened at $30.68. New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares last traded at $31.89, with a volume of 28,245 shares changing hands.

Analyst Ratings Changes

EDU has been the topic of several analyst reports. The Street lowered shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group from a “c-” rating to a “d” rating in a research report on Monday, November 21st. StockNews.com began coverage on shares of New Oriental Education

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Ohio Senate OKs shift in oversight of education to governor

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The latest proposal to give Ohio’s governor more power overseeing K-12 education cleared the Republican-led state Senate on Wednesday despite objections that lawmakers are rushing legislation to significantly change decision-making about academic standards, model curricula and school district ratings, among other things.

Oversight of the state’s education department would shift to a director appointed by the governor, instead of the State Board of Education and the superintendent it elects. The bill would also rename the Ohio Department of Education as the Department of Education and Workforce, and transfer many of the state school board’s powers to

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Education and Science, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Republic of San Marino and Georgia

A few months after the celebration of 30 years of diplomatic relations between the Republic of San Marino and Georgia, the official visit to the Titan of SE Mikhail ShankiliMinister of Education and Science of Georgia and his accompanying delegation.

The Ministry of Education reported the news, explaining that “Shinkili held a bilateral meeting with the Minister of State for Education and Culture.” Andrea Pelosi on the sidelines of business 9th Environment Ministerial Conference for Europe In Cyprus last October. On this occasion, the two ministers discussed the possibility of signing a memorandum of understanding in the sectors of

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Pandemic widened California’s ‘achievement gap’

When the California Legislature reconvenes this week for a new biennial session it will have dozens of new faces and also dozens of old, unresolved issues.

Housing shortages, inflation, homelessness and drought are among the larger ones, but none is more important than the state’s crisis in public education.

If the Legislature did nothing else during the next two years, the session would be a success if it decisively addressed the widening “achievement gap” that separates poor and English learner students — about 60% of the state’s nearly 6 million public school students — from those who come from more

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Swiss Engineering Group ABB Fined $4.3 Million

ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss engineering and technology group ABB has been fined 4 million Swiss francs ($4.3 million) by the country’s Attorney General in connection with a bribery case in South Africa.

The Attorney General’s office on Friday said the penalty was imposed on ABB for “not having taken all necessary and reasonable organizational provisions in order to prevent bribery payments to foreign officials in South Africa”.

ABB and South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) this week reached an agreement that the company will pay reparations for its involvement in state corruption, the crime agency said on Thursday.

The company

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Jazz For Teens Education Program Celebrates 25 Years Of Impacting Thousands Of Young Musicians

Spring semester January 21-May 13, 2023, every Saturday @ 10:00 am-5:00 pm Special 25th anniversary performance May 13, 2023.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), the state’s anchor cultural institution, celebrates 25 years of offering thousands of high schoolers from Newark and beyond music lessons and performance experiences through its popular TD Jazz for Teensprogram. One of the first of many arts education institutions at NJPAC, it has grown into a nationally recognized and revered program producing stellar alumni such as MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Tyshawn Sorey. The 2022-23 school year is in full swing and accepting students for

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