Consider Anca Gheorghe, a 23-year-old Roma woman from Romania. She attended a poorly resourced school with unqualified teachers and faced unfair discrimination, leaving her with limited opportunities. Left with virtually no other options, she joined an EU-funded vocational program to train as a hairdresser, hoping for financial independence. Yet, there are already enough hairdressers in … Read more
ČCHENG-TU, Čína, 20. listopadu 2024 /PRNewswire/ — 18. listopadu se v Čcheng-tu, hlavním městě jihozápadní čínské provincie S’-čchuan, uskutečnila akce zaměřená na porovnávání vědeckých a technologických úspěchů, které se zúčastnilo 500 špičkových univerzit, výzkumných institucí, technologických podniků, finančních institucí a agentur pro transfer technologií. Podle organizátorů je cílem akce vytvořit platformu pro poptávku i nabídku … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he has picked Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive, to head the Department of Education, an agency he vowed to dismantle during his White House campaign. “We will send education back to the states, and Linda will spearhead that effort,” Trump said Tuesday in a statement. McMahon led … Read more
Teachers in Gloucester, Beverly and Marblehead will remain on strike heading into another school week as halting negotiations failed to reach a deal again over the weekend. Monday marks the seventh day on strike for the Gloucester and Beverly teachers unions and the sixth day for the Marblehead educators. Teachers strikes are illegal under Massachusetts … Read more
Although the party is entering the snap election campaign with new leadership, it doesn’t yet have answers to the major crises facing Germany. There was little time for substance in Wiesbaden as the party’s election program won’t be adopted until the end of January. At the conference, the discussions focused on inheritance tax, reform of … Read more
The Oklahoma attorney general’s office responded after the state’s education superintendent sent an email this week to public school administrators requiring them to show students his video announcement of a new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism. In the video, he prays for President-elect Trump. Ryan Walters, a Republican, announced the new office on Wednesday and on Thursday sent … Read more
In its statement, the ESJ Paris said it was looking to “build a new project” and “strengthen its position as a benchmark in journalism education, particularly for economic [journalism].” The ESJ Paris is not part of a group of journalism schools which are recognized by the country’s professional body and is not included in yearly … Read more
JAKARTA: A top-ranking local university in Indonesia has announced the postponing of the conferment of a doctoral degree to a minister less than a month after confirming that he had fulfilled all administrative and academic requirements to graduate. The University of Indonesia (UI) also issued a public apology and said that it would temporarily halt … Read more
Beverly and Gloucester teachers’ unions were ordered to pay $50,000 fine Wednesday as contentious negotiations continue and their strike heads into its fourth school day Thursday. An Essex Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that the union must pay $50,000 if the strike continued past 6 p.m. and the fines will increase by $10,000 each day … Read more
Transgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign. Many teens worry about how their lives could change once he takes office. During his presidential bid, Trump pledged to impose wide-ranging restrictions and roll back civil rights protections for … Read more
