Month: October 2020

Utah House District 59 race focused on education | Local Elections

by Cassondra Kame on October 21, 2020 in Education Center

Education is at the focus of the race between Republican Orem Rep. Val Peterson and United Utah Party candidate Catherine Eslinger to represent Utah House District 59.

“I think that we have teacher retention problems because we ask our teachers to do so much with really limited resources,” Eslinger, a Vineyard resident who previously served as a Utah chapter co-lead for the nonpartisan Mormon Women for Ethical Government and who has spent years on Capitol Hill advocating for various policies, said in an interview Tuesday. “And so I would like to get more funding and resources to our teachers and

Pandemic Widens Learning Gap in Education-Obsessed S. Korea | World News

by Cassondra Kame on October 21, 2020 in Education Foundation

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When South Korea began its delayed school year with remote learning in April, that spelled trouble for low-income students who rely on public education, get easily distracted and cannot afford cram schools or tutors used by many in this education-obsessed country.

Students like Han Shin Bi, who struggled to concentrate.

“Online classes were really inconvenient,” said Han, a high school senior in Seoul. “I ended up with a bad grade (in an exam) because I didn’t really focus on studying while online. It was a blow.”

Like legions of other

DeVos says it isn’t Department of Education’s job to track schools’ coronavirus reopening plans

by Cassondra Kame on October 21, 2020 in Education Publishing

Education Secretary Betsy DeVosElizabeth (Betsy) Dee DeVosOVERNIGHT ENERGY: Trump creates federal council on global tree planting initiative | Green group pushes for answers on delayed climate report | Carbon dioxide emissions may not surpass 2019 levels until 2027: analysis Trump creates federal government council on global tree planting initiative Private schools prove reopening learning institutions safely can be done MORE said Tuesday it is not the job of her department to track school districts’ reopening plans or the number of coronavirus cases they are grappling with as districts look for guidance as to how to conduct classes safely during

Letter: Education positions – Anchorage Daily News

by Cassondra Kame on October 20, 2020 in News

My name is Jeffery Mayfield. I live in House District 25, where both Calvin Schrage and Mel Gillis are running for a chance to be our representative. As a parent of a child in our local public schools and a substitute teacher for Anchorage School District (before COVID-19), education is one of the most important things I will be voting on in this coming election. I wanted to talk about these candidates’ records on education.

Gillis says that he supports schools, and uses the evidence that his children and grandchildren attend or attended school here in Anchorage to support this,

Autauga County superintendent likely to be selected Thursday

by Cassondra Kame on October 20, 2020 in Education News

PRATTVILLE — The Autauga County Board of Education will select a candidate for the schools system’s next superintendent on Thursday night.

The meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at Prattville High School. The board interviewed six finalists over a week period. The meeting is open to the public, but just how much of the process will be conducted in public is unknown.

“I don’t like the idea of deciding candidates in public,” said Board President Mark Hindman on Monday night after the final candidate had been interviewed. “We’ve never done this before. But we will seek