[ad_1] Del Mar College’s first graduates with bachelor’s degrees took the stage on Friday. This summer, 14 nurses completed the university’s new RN to BSN program. This program allows current registered nurses who already have an associate’s degree to pursue a bachelor’s degree in nursing. “The greatest benefit will come to the community,” said Jennifer ...

[ad_1] (Photo by Jack Hawley from Pexels) RICHMOND — Virginia’s pass rate for standardized learning tests and other assessments released Thursday remains lower than pre-pandemic results. Pass rate data shows that all students performed better than the previous year in the past year when students returned to face-to-face learning. However, education officials said the results ...

[ad_1] Maria Kuiper WATERLOO — The future of the former Elk Rune Preschool building may be decided soon. The Waterloo Community School Board of Education will consider the sale of the Elklan Heights building at a meeting Monday at 5:00 p.m. at the Education Services Center at 1516 Washington Street. The Board’s Facilities Committee considered ...

[ad_1] Recently, Kansas voters adamantly rejected a referendum that would ensure more abortion restrictions in the red-hot state. The Supreme Court’s decision in the Women’s Health Organization in Dobbs v. Jackson, which nullified the above protections, has led to predictions that conservatives may pay the price in the next election. But while the abortion debate ...

[ad_1] The National Science Foundation has awarded $1,228,857 to the learning community of the Pen West California School of Science. The three-year project, Research-Based Professional Development for Science Teachers and its Impact on Student Learning, is led by PennWest Instructor Dr. Peter Cormas from the Department of Education. Dr. Louise Nicholson, Department of Biology, Dr. ...

[ad_1] School lunch payments on Monday’s school board agenda Released at 12:07 am on Sunday, August 21, 2022 SALISBURY — A national issue landed on Monday’s agenda of the Rowan Salisbury School Board. The board is seeking an update on school lunches after a federal exemption that allowed all school districts in the country to ...

[ad_1] Jenny McCarthy of Raymond, a certified intentional peer support specialist, sits earlier this month in the lavender garden she planted. She plans to have a large garden of lavender where people can relax. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal file To prevent violence in hospitals, the state should focus on fixing the mental health system’s failures, not ...

[ad_1] GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org The problem with taxes is that most people don’t know how taxes work. Taxes by their very nature create winners and losers, and usually more losers than winners. But because the majority of people don’t understand the finer points of taxation, states have an upside-down system for one of their biggest ...