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2+ min ago (686+ words) California's education system really should be viewed as a bigger scandal than it is. In case you missed it, a damning report released last month from the University of California, San Diego laid out how underprepared many incoming freshmen are at one of California's most prestigious UCs. "Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level increased nearly thirtyfold; moreover, 70% of those students fall below middle school levels, reaching roughly one in twelve members of the entering cohort," they noted. These are students who, on paper, were top performing students in high school, with average math GPAs of 3.65 to 3.7 on a 4.0 scale. As professors at UCSD noted in a recent commentary in the San Diego Union Tribune, "UC San Diego stands downstream from California's K-12 education system. Our admissions process acts as a sensor registering previous…...

4+ min ago (659+ words) Dec 12, 2025 - 7:03pm Jeanice Swift is pictured on Monday, February 24, 2025. After gathering feedback from families and staff last fall, the Lawrence school district has been streamlining and reducing the number of positions within the district. Superintendent Jeanice Swift said on Monday that as a part of this work, eight positions in the administrator group were eliminated within the last 14 months. Efforts to reduce the number of administrative positions began after the district held several community conversation events last fall to gather feedback from families and staff. A report released at the end of January summarized what parents wanted the district to prioritize moving forward. One of the key themes from the public feedback was the desire to increase teacher and staff salaries while reducing administrative overhead, as the Journal-World reported. This week, Swift presented data to school board members in a memo…...

11+ min ago (315+ words) Top North Carolina legislators want Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools leaders to prove district educators are following laws governing classroom discussions of pronouns and sexual orientation. State Rep. Brenden Jones, a Columbus County Republican, said Friday that the House Oversight Committee in January will start requiring the district to demonstrate in writing each month that the district is following a set of laws known as the "Parents" Bill of Rights." "House Oversight has formally notified Chapel Hill'Carrboro Schools that beginning in January, they must provide monthly documentation demonstrating full and ongoing compliance with [Senate Bill] 49," Jones said in a social media post." Andy Jenks, a spokesperson for Chapel Hill schools, confirmed that district leaders have received the letter but said they have no comment at this time. The move comes two days after Jones and other members of the committee grilled…...

13+ min ago (1569+ words) As a senior director in talent acquisition, I've spent the better part of two decades dissecting job markets, understanding corporate strategy, and advising candidates on how to navigate the complexities of the tech industry. Today, I'm focusing my lens on a division that is the undisputed economic engine of Alphabet: Google's Ads and Commerce organization. To prepare this report, my team and I have meticulously analyzed over 500 engineering and product job postings published directly on Google's careers portal, which you can browse yourself at https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results. Each listing was not just scanned, but studied, to decode the underlying strategic priorities driving Google's hiring engine. What emerged from this data-intensive review is a clear, compelling narrative about the future of digital advertising and online commerce, as seen through the talent Google is aggressively seeking. The roles within Ads and Commerce are not…...

13+ min ago (372+ words) Early Childhood Council of Logan, Phillips and Sedgwick counties and Northeastern Junior College will host their annual Early Childhood Education Conference on Saturday, Jan. 31, in E.S. French Hall at NJC. This year's theme is "Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead." "We have an amazing list of presenters this year, with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, [] Early Childhood Council of Logan, Phillips and Sedgwick counties and Northeastern Junior College will host their annual Early Childhood Education Conference on Saturday, Jan. 31, in E.S. French Hall at NJC. This year's theme is "Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead." "We have an amazing list of presenters this year, with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics," ECCLPS said in a press release. There will be two keynote speakers, Shannon Stark Guss, PhD, a Senior Research Associate at the Marsico Institute for Early Learning at the University of Denver, who will…...

14+ min ago (677+ words) Northeastern faculty members Gregory Abowd and Mansoor Amiji are now fellows in the National Academy of Inventors. Two Northeastern University faculty members have been elected as fellows to the National Academy of Inventors, one of the highest recognitions in academia meant to honor the nation's most impactful inventors. Gregory Abowd, the dean of Northeastern University's College of Engineering, and Mansoor Amiji, a distinguished professor in the Bouv" College of Health Sciences, were selected for the honor." Established in 2010, the National Academy of Inventors is one of the largest and most prestigious organizations of its kind " it has affiliations with more than 300 institutions and is composed of more than 4,600 individual members. Years before smart boards would become common in elementary and high schools or transcription services that summarize lectures would become a dime a dozen, Abowd pioneered one of the first…...

15+ min ago (1134+ words) Mark Locklear For The Robesonian UNC Pembroke's inaugural DNP cohort, from left to right: Jennifer Bigger, Lisa Dial-Hunt, Vilma Ferrell, Taren Hunt, Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings, Jessica Locklear, Angela Coleman-Talbot, Shelli Spence and Ursula White. Jessica Locklear receives her doctoral hood from Dr. Amy Purser. PEMBROKE " As the lights rose inside Givens Performing Arts Center Friday night, eight nurse leaders stepped onto the stage and into the history books. Their doctoral hoods, symbols of perseverance, scholarship and service, mark a moment 138 years in the making for the University of North Carolina Pembroke. For graduates like Jennifer Bigger of Fayetteville, who was the first to cross the stage, the milestone carries profound personal meaning. After more than 30 years in healthcare, Bigger sought a terminal degree aligned with her lifelong work in population health and quality improvement. "Being among the first DNP…...

19+ min ago (387+ words) Hyderabad: Hyderabad police arrested a private tutor in Film Nagar for inflicting severe burns on an eight-year-old student's hand with a hot iron, punishing him for incomplete homework. The shocking... Hyderabad: Hyderabad police arrested a private tutor in Film Nagar for inflicting severe burns on an eight-year-old student's hand with a hot iron, punishing him for incomplete homework. The shocking incident unfolded on Thursday evening at a coaching centre in the affluent Jubilee Hills area, where the tutor allegedly heated the iron and pressed it onto the boy's palm during a rage-fuelled outburst. The child's screams alerted neighbours who rushed him to a nearby hospital with second-degree burns. Doctors confirmed the injury matched the shape of an iron. The boy later told police that the tutor had warned him against telling his parents about the injury. Film Nagar police registered…...

19+ min ago (504+ words) British author George Orwell is known for his sharp understanding of power, truth and human freedom. His line, "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past" is one of the strongest warnings against the misuse of history. It appears in his famous novel 1984, published in 1949, a story that continues to shape public thinking even today. Orwell wrote during a time of global conflict, political violence and rising propaganda. His works often showed how truth can be changed, twisted or destroyed by those who control public information. This quote captures the heart of that idea. George Orwell, whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair, was born on June 25, 1903, in Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India. He died on January 21, 1950, in London, at the age of forty-six. Orwell worked as a writer, journalist and critic, and his…...

31+ min ago (399+ words) Actualmente estoy en el compromiso de volver a tomar el examen de AWS Solutions Architect. Como parte de esa preparaci'n, decid" documentar y compartir los temas que voy estudiando, explic'ndolos de forma clara y pr'ctica. La idea es reforzar mi propio entendimiento y, al mismo tiempo, ayudar a otros que est'n recorriendo ese mismo camino. Para comenzar, quise arrancar por uno de los conceptos m's importantes "y a la vez m's subestimados" en AWS. Si est's aprendiendo AWS, seguramente ya te has encontrado con t'rminos como Regiones y Availability Zones (AZ) por todos lados, pero no siempre queda claro qu' significan realmente ni por qu' son tan importantes. Cuando este concepto finalmente hace "click, los diagramas de arquitectura de AWS empiezan a tener mucho m's sentido. " Este art"culo es el primer tema de esa serie, y sirve como base…...