Special education teacher shortage impacting 48 states

Raleigh, N.C. – Fourteen percent of all education” target=”_blank”>public school < Susan McDermott has been a special education teacher for 20 years at Davis Drive Elementary School in Cary, North Carolina. “The first time I walked into a special ed classroom, I was home,” she said. McDermott says helping special education students succeed is the…

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Rashida Tlaib discloses thousands of dollars in rental income, despite co-sponsoring 'cancel rent' bill

us-regions rashida-tlaib” target=”_blank”>Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s< pandemic. Tlaib joined fellow “the-squad” target=”_blank”>Squad<, D-N.Y., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and other progressives in April 2020 to co-sponsor Rep. Ilhan Omar’s, D-Minn., bill to “institute a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage payments through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic.” She tweeted during the beginning of the pandemic in…

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COVID-19 surge in Florida school district forces thousands of students to isolate, quarantine

More than 5,000 education” target=”_blank”>students< school district are in infectious-disease isolation or quarantine, the school district said this week. “As of 7 a.m. Monday, 5,599 students and 316 employees in Hillsborough County Public Schools are in isolation or quarantine. Isolation refers to individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 while quarantine refers to those who have…

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US Bicycle Route System expands with 2,903 miles of new cycling trails across 5 states

Cyclistsa> are getting more options with the <a href="https: latest expansion. In total, 18 new bicycle routesa> have been added to the national system, which measures 2,903 miles –the largest addition to date, according to the <a href="https:. The new routes are spread across California, Indiana, Ohio, Utah and Washington.  Adventurers can travel down this…

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California recall election of Gov. Newsom gets underway as voters start receiving ballots

Ballots are now being sent to voters for us-regions‘s gubernatorial recall election of embattled gavin-newsom” target=”_blank”>Gov. Gavin Newsom< The latest public opinion polls indicate those likely to vote in the recall contest are divided on ousting Newsom. The surveys also point to how crucial turnout will be in a state where registered Democrats greatly outnumber…

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Over 1,000 Nashville students in COVID-related quarantine after first week of school

Upward of 1,000 nashville” target=”_blank”>Nashville< and staff are under infectious-disease quarantines or isolation on Tuesday following the city’s first week of school. According to data from the Student Health Service department, during the week of Aug. 9 through 15, there were 207 confirmed positive coronavirus cases and 52 confirmed staff positive cases.  TENNESSEE GOV. LEE…

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