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Akron teachers voice more safety concerns

Members of the Akron Education Association teachers union and others pack Monday night's Akron Board of Education meeting.

Members of the Akron Education Association teachers union and others pack Monday night’s Akron Board of Education meeting.

Parents and teachers packed Monday night’s Akron school board meeting, some of them excitedly urging board members and administrators to do more to address bad student behavior.

“While some of the safety issues that you are addressing will help with outside violence coming into our schools, you’re still not addressing the violence occurring inside our schools,” said Catina Stecz, a teacher at Firestone High School.

She and dozens of other members of the teachers union, the Akron Education Association, filled many of

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2022 Healthcare Breaks – Rickard & Associates

The eight largest healthcare breaches of 2022 were all related to vendors.

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As healthcare breaches continue to run rampant, it is important to look for patterns.

Eight of the largest healthcare breaches were related to third-party vendors.

These included:

  • A breach at Advocate Aurora Health where 3 million patients were affected by a tracking pixel tool that sent data to Google or Meta,
  • A breach at a printing and mailing
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Are Your Patients Searching for a New Doctor?

If your patients are not happy with their experience, they may be in the market for a new physician.

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Healthcare has historically been behind other industries in providing a patient-focused experience, leaving patients dissatisfied and often in search of a new place to receive care.

If you have patients who don’t return after their visit, cancel appointments, no-shows, or patients who call but don’t schedule a visit, it may be

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Who Qualifies For Education Tax Breaks For College?

There are several education tax breaks to help taxpayers pay for college. These include the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC), Lifetime Learning Tax Credit (LLTC), Student Loan Interest Deduction, Education Savings Bond Program, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and 529 College Savings Plans.

Some of these tax breaks involve tax credits and some involve an exclusion from income, often called a deduction. Each tax break has different eligibility restrictions and different definitions of eligible expenses. Some of the requirements are adjusted annually for inflation and some are not.

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Appearance-Based Discrimination Costs The US Economy Over $500B Annually, Dove Study Finds

Dove has released a comprehensive report revealing the true costs of harmful beauty standards.

The Real Cost of Beauty Ideals (RCOBI) report, created in partnership with Deloitte Economics and the TH Chan School of Public Health and STRIPED at Harvard, revealed 66 million people living in the United States in 2019 experienced body dissatisfaction and appearance-based discrimination as it relates to weight, skin shade, or natural hairstyles. The research considered girls as early as 10 years of age.

The alarming statistics stems from societal expectations influenced by film, family, sociocultural factors, and media — which often places whiteness as the

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If You Want To Be A Winner, Change Your LEVI & KORSINSKY NOTIFIES 17 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC. INVESTORS OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND UPCOMING DEADLINE Philosophy Now!

Published: Sept. 1, 2022 at 2:45 AM MST

NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. (“17EdTech” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: YQ) of a class action securities lawsuit.

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CLASS DEFINITIONS: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of 17EdTech investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded 17EdTech securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus

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