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Five new COVID cases, 10 more recoveries
The Health Ministry is reporting five new #coronavirus cases increasing the tally to 534. Two of the new patients recently arrived from the United Kingdom while three are under investigation. In the meantime, there were 10 more recoveries today bringing the tally to 181.
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Black History Month
Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month in America, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and in the Netherlands (as of 2016)[6] where it is known as Black Achievement Month. it began as a way for remembering important people and events in
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Chuck to seek closure to 2015 INDECOM review in Parliament
Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck is to table a motion in Parliament next week which will seek to complete a parliamentary review of the operations of the Independent Commission of Investigations
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MIDDLETON TEACHERS FIGHTING FOR EXCELLENCE | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
MIDDLETON TEACHERS FIGHTING FOR EXCELLENCE             These instructors at George Middleton High School are known as ‘Middleton’s Triple Threat.’ The reason? They’re fighting for Excellence in Education. Just this week they were recognized for their dedication to education. From left to
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LAUSD has no timetable for reopening campuses -
LOS ANGELES — There is still no timetable on when Los Angeles Unified School District campuses may reopen due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the district may need to create a balance of online and in-person classes for the next academic year that starts Aug. 18. That was the word from Superintendent
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Uganda: How Schools Are Racing to Complete Syllabus
[Monitor] The cutthroat competition that comes with national examinations has put schools to a resilience test. With two shortened terms, it is clear that schools and candidates may have to re-adjust if they are to score highly in the national examinations.
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First inauguration of Barack Obama
The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in Washington, D.C., marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Barack Obama as President and Joe
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South Africa: 'They Are Too Poor to Eat'
Thabo (not real name) is a member of the School Government Body at Mashao High
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Nassau, Commonwealth of the Bahamas (1492--)
Nassau is the capital city and chief port of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, an archipelago of over 700 islands that stretch from 50 miles southeast of Florida.  Nassau is located on New Providence Island and is the largest city in the Bahamas; approximately two-thirds of the nation’s people live
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Government urged to consider total shutdown of schools
More learners will return to the classroom on Monday, as government continues its phased reopening of schools.
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Why is public teaching profession not being viewed as critical contributor to every individual and organisational performance? - Stabroek News
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The “BET Awards” – The Biggest Celebration of Black Culture & Entertainment – Continues with Annual Show Set to Air Sunday June 28, 2020 at 8 pm ET – Free Press of Jacksonville
#BETAWARDS – “The BET Awards are a seminal event – the biggest celebration of Black culture, Black accomplishment, Black excellence, and Black potential,” said
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Gov't help coming for private school teachers, says Speid
ROSE HALL, St James - The Government has plans to provide financial help for teachers employed to private schools that have shuttered their doors as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, according to immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association Owen Speid. Speid was
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Career educator Leola Marslow leaves lasting legacies - Stabroek News
When a then teenage Leola Agatha Marslow née Wilson began to teach, very much intending to use the experience as a stepping stone to some other profession, she could not have imagined that 42 years later she would be retiring from a fulfilling career as an
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England series in CWI best interests, says Bishop
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Well-respected television broadcaster, Ian Bishop, believes it would be in the best financial interests of Cricket West Indies and regional players, to take up the England and Wales Cricket Board’s offer of the three-Test series in the United Kingdom this
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Long, winding journey to clip Ruto’s wings
This week’s replacement of Dr Ruto’s allies in the Senate was the culmination of a strategy to cut the publicly known political ties between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his
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Port Elizabeth teacher tests positive for Covid-19, school closes | News24
A Port Elizabeth high school teacher has tested positive for Covid-19, resulting in the closure of Ikhwezi Lomso Comprehensive School in Zwide township.
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Woza engages Parly over schools opening
BY SILAS NKALA WOMEN of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) will tomorrow engage the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education, stakeholders and parents to gauge the country’s readiness for the re-opening of schools. The consultations come after government announced that public schools
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South Africa: 'I Am Forced to Watch Other Learners Eat'
Simon (not real name) is an 18 year old Grade 12 learner at a school in
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Senegal teacher crowdfunds school rebuild | Africanews
Schoolteacher Mamadou Junior Diakhaté is on a mission to rebuild a school in Senegal in time for students to pass their exams to enter high
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Abolitionism
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Jamal Adams is leaving Loyola to become principal at La Salle - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… that is atypical. Being an African American school leader is something I … taught classes in economics and African American study. He graduated from Columbia …
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Texas Elementary Teacher Honored By School Where She Formerly Worked as Custodian
A Texas elementary school teacher was recognized by her workplace for the kindness, hard work, and perseverance that she's shown throughout the years, from her […]
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Cassellius, teachers at odds over opening - The Bay State Banner
The Boston Teachers Union Sunday took a vote of no confidence in Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius after they say she refused to sign an agreement extending safety precautions to 28 schools that reopened for high-needs students
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Assistance to students of Brown’s Town High pour in from alumni
The past students have provided items for care packages and $100,000 worth of data to assist
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Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe , in full Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born February 21, 1924, Kutama, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), the first prime minister (1980–87) of the reconstituted state of Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia. A black nationalist of Marxist persuasion, he eventually established one-party rule in
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Kerry D. Chandler
Ms. Chandler is responsible for leading the league’s global human resources strategy, including recruiting, employee relations, compensation, human resources information systems (HRIS), learning and development, and the organization’s human resources generalist
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Teacher, 57, faints and dies in classroom | News24
According to the provincial education department, the teacher was conducting a lesson when she suddenly fainted and died on Wednesday.
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The Commonwealth of Nations - African History
The Commonwealth of Nations, or more commonly just the Commonwealth, is an association of sovereign states consisting of the United Kingdom, some of its former colonies, and a few special cases. The Commonwealth nations maintain close economic ties, sporting associations and complementary
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