This article was originally published in Kansas Reflector. Cindy Lane takes it personally that Kansas needed a Kansas Blueprint for Literacy initiative to improve preparation of educators to teach reading and funnel more literate students into colleges and the workplace. Lane, retired special education teacher and former superintendent of Kansas City, Kansas, schools, will soon […]
CLINTON — High school students from Clinton Community Schools continue to showcase their prowess when it comes to putting their science and engineering skills to the test. During the months of May and June, select groups of high school students represented the Clinton district at both state and international engineering competitions, including the 2024 International […]
BRUSH VALLEY, Pa. – Boy Scouts from the Laurel Highlands Council are spending the week camping at Yellow Creek State Park in Indiana County, and the annual trip has taken on a supernatural spin – the campers were searching for Sasquatch. Organizers at Camp Seph Mack at the state park wanted to shake up the […]
In six weeks, Donald Trump has gone from mocking President Joe Biden as a feckless debater who can barely speak to praising his talents ahead of their first debate in the 2024 presidential election. “Crooked Joe Biden is the WORST debater I have ever faced — He can’t put two sentences together!” Trump wrote on […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A company drilling for natural gas off the coast of northern Israel discovered a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Thursday. The discovery of the late Bronze Age ship so far out at […]
The blade in Kathleen Reckling’s right hand flashes and flies, her wrist guiding it at angles her opponent will have to process instantly, or suffer the consequences. The wrist rises, the tip of the blade descends. Touch. The wrist lowers, the tip of the blade rises. Touch. She lunges straight and leans into the blade […]
Kelsea Ballerini says she’s a “two-cup-a-day kind of girl,” when it comes to coffee. The “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat” artist might be a four-time Grammy nominee, but in a very relatable move, Ballerini needs her morning java like the rest of us. “I’m full gremlin mode until I have coffee,” the singer-songwriter tells TODAY.com […]
A group of international partners, including Germany, announced the launch of a worker training programme for Ukraine aimed at preparing young people with skills to help rebuild the country. The initiative plans to train 180,000 people in skills needed for Ukraine’s reconstruction, according to German Development Minister Svenja Schulze, who announced the initiative on Tuesday […]
Batten down the hatches: Both a “‘skills tsunami”’ and a “‘silver tsunami”’ are on the horizon, according to a panel of McKinsey executives. Back in 2010, the U.S. had around 12 million more unemployed people than it had job vacancies, senior McKinsey partner Anu Madgavkar said during the consultancy’s media day last week. “Despite the […]
Jun. 4—LIMA — As employees and visitors leave the parking lot in front of Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima, they pass a sign that reads: “Thank you! Together we made a difference today!” While this sign is undoubtedly meant for the corrections officers and staff at the facility, many of the men confined to the […]
Front-line Ukrainian units getting new troops told the Post they have a massive training problem. They said commanders have to re-teach soldiers on the front basic skills like firing their weapons. Some said Ukrainian training centers also don’t have bullets and grenades for new recruits. Ukrainian soldiers say their reinforcements are arriving on the front […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A kitten’s cry for help came straight from the inside of a storm drain in Defiance, Ohio last week. On May 12, Patrol Officer Eric Rubio with the Defiance Police Department managed to fish out the young cat that somehow gotten itself trapped. Critically-ill girl from Odessa watches racehorse named after […]