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Sanders taps Florida education leader Oliva to replace Key as Arkansas’ secretary of education
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Sanders taps Florida education leader Oliva to replace Key as Arkansas’ secretary of education

Governor-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Thursday that she will nominate a key official in Florida’s education system as secretary for the Arkansas Department of Education.

During a morning news conference at the Arkansas State University System office, Sanders said she plans to appoint Jacob Oliva as the head of Arkansas’ education system. Sanders, a Republican, also said she intends to work in partnership with the state Board of Education to appoint Oliva to serve in a dual role as commissioner of elementary and secondary education.

Oliva, 48, currently serves as the division of public schools chancellor for the Florida Department

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Muslim groups sue Quebec government over prayer room ban in schools

Quebec Muslim groups are taking the provincial government to court over its recently enacted prayer room ban in public schools, arguing that the order is discriminatory and violates the Charter rights to freedom of religion and association.

Five Muslim organizations filed their case this week in Quebec Superior Court, seeking a judicial review of the ban and to have it declared unconstitutional. The groups are also seeking a judgment on how secularism and the notion of religious neutrality are interpreted by the government.

“The plaintiffs request that a declaratory judgment concerning the interpretation to be given to the principles of

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Quebec’s education minister criticized for comments about teachers’ salaries

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Education Minister Bernard Drainville is dismissive of teachers when he insinuates that they are deserving less of a significant pay raise than MNAs, according to Liberal MNA Marwah Rizqy.

In an interview with Le Devoir on Monday, Drainville was asked why Quebec teachers don’t deserve to be among the highest paid in Canada, while MNAss are on their way to becoming so.

The CAQ government introduced a bill to increase the pay of MNAs in the national assembly by 30 per cent. Teachers have been offered at least a 9 per cent increase over five years.

Drainville responded

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Sask. school division says province ‘skews the numbers’ on education funding

Education funding has been a highly debated topic in Saskatchewan, and one school division took the time to fact-check the province’s claims, addressing their repeated message of “record funding.”

Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS) sent a message to parents and caregivers saying they’ve been reviewing the provincial funding since it was announced in March.


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“Our initial optimism faded when faced with the reality that school divisions in Saskatchewan—and therefore the students and families we serve—would not benefit from the province’s good financial fortune,” read the letter.

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Locust Street teachers reward businesses with pies for Partners in Education Week

Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary School principal Julia Coggins, left, talks with Dianne Lynch, president of Stephens College on May 4, 2023. The women's college has been a Partner in Education with the nearby elementary school for 36 years.

Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary School principal Julia Coggins, left, talks with Dianne Lynch, president of Stephens College on May 4, 2023. The women’s college has been a Partner in Education with the nearby elementary school for 36 years.

Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary School teachers and principal after school on Thursday took a field trip to reward businesses and institutions that have supported the school by providing their personnel for school projects and in other ways.

It’s part of the Columbia Public Schools Partners in Education program and the district designated the week as Partners in Education Week. The

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Alabama early education secretary resigns as Gov. Ivey decries ‘woke’ resource book



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The head of early childhood education in Alabama has been ousted after Gov. Kay Ivey learned of “woke concepts” in a resource book for pre-K teachers, officials said.

Barbara Cooper, secretary of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education (ADECE), resigned after Ivey asked her to stop the use of the book, according to a Friday news release from Ivey’s office. The governor made the decision to “have a change in leadership” in the department.

The release says the manual argues that there are “larger systemic forces that perpetuate systems of White privilege” and that “the United States

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Can America unite in common purpose? Tim Shriver is committed to bridging the divide

University of Utah impact scholar Tim Shriver answers interview questions in the Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts and Education Complex at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

University of Utah impact scholar Tim Shriver answers interview questions in the Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts and Education Complex at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

When the Pew Research Center recently asked Americans whether the US can solve its problems, more than half of those surveyed said “no.”

“What they’re saying is, ‘The country’s doomed. I don’t think we can solve our problems,’” said bestselling author, longtime chairman of the Special Olympics and educator Tim Shriver.

The poll also found that 75% of Americans either have no

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NB Teacher’s Association says teachers are being ‘squeezed,’ applies for mediation in contract talks – New Brunswick

The New Brunswick Teacher’s Association says it has applied for mediation in its ongoing negotiations with the provincial government for a collective agreement that expires in 2021.

It launched a campaign on social media using a lemon.

“The lemon is a symbol that we arrived at and I think it signifies very well that … the government really needs to stop the squeeze on public education in this province,” said NBTA president Connie Keating.

Keating said talks were originally delayed by the pandemic, but described the situation as “loosely” being at the table.

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