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Jason Clare has just put the Australian Research Council on notice. This brings (some) good news for academics

This week Education Minister Jason Clare has kicked off what could be a major reset of university research funding in Australia.

He first announced a review of the Australian Research Council (ARC) in July but released the details of how it would work on Tuesday. He also released a strongly worded “letter of expectations” about the ARC’s work for the rest of 2022.

This follows serious concerns about ministerial interference in funding decisions under the Morrison government. It also follows ongoing frustrations and heartache within the academic community over the huge amount of work involved in applying for grants, the

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Montreal English School Board launching new ‘virtual academy’ this year

As the start of the new school season is less than a week away, a Montreal school board is set to launch a new virtual school for select students who want to take their learning online.

Starting this week, the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) is opening registration for the Quebec Virtual Academy, which will be eligible to certain students who meet specific criteria set by the Ministry of Education.

The online learning model will be open to students with a “long-term medical condition” who can’t attend class for health reasons on the condition they provide a note from a

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LAWRENCE JONES: America’s children are facing ‘unprecedented challenges’ as new school year begins

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Fox News host Lawrence Jones broke down the challenges facing America’s education system on “Cross Country.”

LAWRENCE JONES: We’re taking a hard look at the state of our education in this nation. The students in our lives are facing unprecedented challenges as this school year begins.

EX-FAIRFAX COUNTY TEACHER ON GENDER TRANSITION TRAINING: “PARENTS RIGHT ARE BEING OBSTRUCTED LEFT AND RIGHT”

School districts are offering incentives and pay raises to get more teachers into the classroom before August.

School districts are offering incentives and pay raises to get more teachers into the classroom before August.
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We see the consequences of the pandemic in the form of massive

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Masks to stay optionally available in Ontario school rooms subsequent yr, Ministry of Schooling says

Facemasks will stay optionally available in Ontario colleges when college students return to the classroom this fall, the Ministry of Schooling says.

In a press release, a spokesperson for Minister of Schooling Stephen Lecce mentioned he was following “the knowledgeable recommendation of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Well being.”

The province lifted Ontario’s masks mandate in colleges on March 21, permitting college students to determine whether or not they wished to put on a masks indoors. The transfer got here as a part of a broader easing of measures, significantly masks necessities, through the spring.

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Affected person Centricity because the Way forward for Digital Well being Administration

Digital well being is an all-encompassing time period that refers back to the care offered via eHealth and mHealth via advances in computing sciences.

Challenges or Gaps in Conventional Care

Main technological challenges confronted by the healthcare trade have gotten to do with information processing, cybersecurity, and offering a user-friendly expertise. Nevertheless, developments in every of those fields have confirmed to be gainful, and can proceed to take action. Our focus right here has extra to do with the consumer expertise side of digital well being administration.

There are fairly numerous digital well being care suppliers, reasonably, platforms that avail

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US Training Secretary Cardona to go to SC HBCU subsequent week

US Training Secretary Miguel Cardona is making his first go to to South Carolina, stopping at a traditionally Black college, the place he’ll hear instantly from college students about how the pandemic disrupted their lives and their studying simply days earlier than a brand new college yr is about to start.

The Aug. 15 journeys will take Cardona to Orangeburg, the place he’ll go to SC State College alongside US Home Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, an alumnus of the varsity and the very best rating Black member of Congress.

The journey was first introduced by SC State College, and later

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Florida Trainer Quits, Complains Workers Took Photos Of Black Icons Off His Wall

A Florida trainer says he has stop after studying a college district worker “eliminated” footage of historic Black figures from his classroom partitions, the Pensacola Information Journal reported.

Michael James, a particular training trainer for 15 years, informed Gov. Ron DeSantis and Escambia County Superintendent Tim Smith that the varsity worker took down what she known as “age-inappropriate” pictures.

“I hate to say this about all people within the employees or the management there, however one thing just isn’t proper,” James mentioned. “One thing must be modified or fastened.”

OJ Semmes Elementary, the place James was set to show in

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McKinley Senior High engineering class makes musical dreams come true

Heart of Stark

Heart of Stark

In partnership with The Repository, every Monday, the Stark Community Foundation highlights positive happenings in our community. Here’s to Good News Mondays!

Each year, the career technical education pre-engineering students at McKinley Senior High School learn how to design and print 3D projects from instructor Chad Weaver.

In the past, students in the class have developed projects ranging from prosthetic legs to welding devices, but their recent project was especially memorable because it made a fellow student’s music dreams become a reality.

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