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Georgia Teen Attached College Wish List To Balloons. Miles Away, A Pastor Took Action.

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A teen who attached a written prayer for college supplies to helium balloons said she was shocked when a stranger miles away actually answered.

Mykehia Curry, an 18-year-old from Macon, Georgia, who is t...

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Illustration Inspiration: Alison Jay, Illustrator of My Bed is an Air Balloon

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The Children’s Book Review | January 24, 2019

Alison Jay has a first-class degree in illustration from the London College of Printing. She worked in animation before moving on to children’s illustration, for which she works in quick-drying oil paint. She is well known for her children’s books—Welcome to the Zoo was selected as one of New York’s Bank Street’s best books of the ye...

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Minecraft EDU Now on iPad

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Minecraft EDU Now on iPad

Minecraft: Education Edition is now available on the iPad platform.

The iOS version shares many features found in other versions of Minecraft EDU, including the

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News story: Second birthday celebrations for the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network

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From impacting positively on the uptake of apprenticeships in the Black Asian Minority Ethnics (BAME) community to supporting learners with learning difficulties and disabilities – including mental health – the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network (ADCN) has much to celebrate as it reaches its second birthday.

The

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Legislation to protect college student journalists introduced in Nebraska and Virginia

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By Robert McIntosh January 18, 2019

As legislatures across the country go back into session, FIRE is thrilled to see bills protecting college student journalis...

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Report Raises Concerns About Transit Funding in Toronto

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Ben Spurr shares news of a new report called Mixed Signals, authored by the non-profit transit advocacy group CodeRedTO, which finds that the city of Toronto's Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) system is "precariously funded, inefficiently governed and expensive to ride."

The TTC attracts more passengers than comparable networks in other North American cities, explains Spurr, but there are still reasons for concern.  

The “most alarming finding,” according to the...

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News story: Second birthday celebrations for the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network

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From impacting positively on the uptake of apprenticeships in the Black Asian Minority Ethnics (BAME) community to supporting learners with learning difficulties and disabilities – including mental health – the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network (ADCN) has much to celebrate as it reaches its second birthday.

The

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15 Top Educators to Follow on Twitter in 2017

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The way people communicate and consume information has changed rapidly in the past decade. With developments in modern technology, it has become easier and faster to communicate with large audiences all over the globe. This has allowed readers and consumers to get news directly from the source without any intermediaries.

From trades on their favorite sports teams to breaking news from politicians themselves, many people go to social media for their unfiltered news. According to a

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Capital gains: How school pupils become university students

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Widening participation in higher education remains a challenging objective as learners from our most advantaged communities continue to benefit disproportionately in terms of securing a place at university.

Nowhere is this more significant than in Scotland right now. Eighteen year olds from Scotland’s 20% most affluent communities ...

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