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Mientras Washington y Teherán intentan pactar la reapertura del estrecho de Ormuz y frenar la escalada bélica, EE UU ha lanzado ataques contra objetivos iraníes que presuntamente pretendían desplegar minas y misiles en el paso marítimo.

Teve início nesta terça-feira (26) o 3º módulo do Programa de Formação Continuada promovido pelo Centro de Assessoria Multiprofissiona (CAMP) – Escola do Bem-Viver, no Instituto de Educação Josué de Castro (IEJC), localizado no Assentamento Filhos de Sepé, do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), em Viamão, na Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre. A […] Fonte

The city of San Diego is preparing to cut the one staffer who works with Hollywood productions. Those who work in the industry say the decision will deter some productions from filming in San Diego.

Hannah Moon is the kind of teacher who attracts students looking for an inviting place to hang out during free class periods. “Can I come sit in your classroom?” calls out a senior looking for refuge during a study period.... The post Perspective | From books to college to life, how one educator motivates students appeared first on EdNC.

Marisa Phisyavong-McNellie, a biotechnology student at Johnston Community College, balances many responsibilities outside the classroom. As a mother of four children and the spouse of a disabled veteran, she wasn’t sure if returning to college would be possible after being... The post Ahead of Boost expansion to 7 more NC community colleges, leaders reflect on impact from first year appeared first on EdNC.

Highlights  Students don’t learn in a vacuum. Researchers agree that students’ social, emotional, and mental well-being is a precursor to their ability to engage in learning, develop character, and, ultimately, thrive in adulthood. The state’s public schools are a key... The post EdExplainer | How North Carolina schools support student mental health, and the challenges that remain appeared first on EdNC.

In a new report, experts weigh in on how 988 and 911 can work together to ensure that people in crisis get the help they need.

Louisiana legislators are rapidly advancing a bill that would hide from the public how much public money is being paid to college athletes.  House Bill 608 by Rep. Tehmi Chassion, D-Lafayette, passed the Senate Tuesday on a 22-13 vote. Because it was amended in the Senate, it has to go back to the House for […]

DDS chief Jordan Scheff is leaving his position to pursue a new role. Deputy Commissioner Elisa Velardo will be the interim commissioner.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.A southern Colorado elementary school that backers have called “Colorado’s first public Christian school” has dropped its religious discrimination lawsuit against the state less than four months after filing it. Riverstone Academy, along with its authorizer, a public education co-op that’s also a plaintiff in the case, filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit Friday. The case was terminated by a federal district court Monday. Michael Francisco, a lawyer representing the co-op, said by email Monday that changes to state law made the case moot. Earlier this month, Colorado lawmakers put limits on how and where public education co-ops can run schools. Riverstone no longer fits within those parameters, which means the school could be forced to close.The lawsuit termination marks the end of what the school’s backers originally hoped would be a high profile case that could eventually be heard by the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court and pave the way for religious schools in the public education system. Similar legal efforts continue to unfold in other states, including one involving a proposed Jewish charter school in Oklahoma.Riverstone received state funding this year, but the Colorado Department of Education warned last fall that the school might not be eligible for public education funding because of its religious nature. The department is currently conducting an audit of Riverstone’s authorizer — Education reEnvisioned Board of Cooperative Educational Services, or ERBOCES — and could eventually claw back funding given to Riverstone. The school argued in its lawsuit that the possible clawback violated the First Amendment’s free exercise clause by forcing Riverstone to choose between exercising its religious beliefs and continuing as a publicly funded school. The lawsuit’s end comes after a tumultuous year for Riverstone, which bills itself as a public elementary school that offers a Christian foundation.The 30-student school opened quietly last August in an industrial area of Pueblo County. It burst into public view two months later when the leader of the group that authorized the school described it as “Colorado’s first public Christian school” at an October school board meeting. Soon after, county officials cited the school for numerous health and safety violations after learning that school officials had skipped routine steps when opening the building. By late January, the county ordered the school to vacate its building and Riverstone officials complied, moving students to a local church. Two weeks later, in mid-February, Riverstone and ERBOCES sued the state. State officials responded to the lawsuit by saying it was filed prematurely and that the plaintiffs face no “imminent harm.” They said the state won’t make a final decision about recovering the money until they finish the audit of ERBOCES in 2027. These co-ops are meant to support school districts. This one started Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school.’The state also argued that Riverstone Academy doesn’t have a valid contract with ERBOCES — and therefore no standing to sue — because the five-member ERBOCES board was not properly constituted when it approved the Riverstone contract last summer. Under state law, such co-op boards are required to have board members or administrators from each BOCES member institution. But last summer, ERBOCES had only one board member from one of its three member institutions. The ongoing controversy over Riverstone, along with the explosion of homeschool enrichment programs authorized by ERBOCES, spurred lawmakers to put new guardrails on such co-ops in the last days of the legislative session this month. They allow the co-ops to authorize schools and programs only in their member school districts and clarify that school districts and BOCES can’t authorize brick and mortar schools that are entirely run by contractors. The new limits will effectively put ERBOCES at odds with state law. That’s because Riverstone is located outside of ERBOCES’ two member school districts and is run by a contractor. Quin Friberg, the executive director of Riverstone Academy and its contractor, Forging Education, did not respond to questions about whether the school will close.When asked if Riverstone will be forced to close this summer, a spokesman for the Colorado Department of Education said by email Monday that officials are reviewing the implementation and implications of the state law changes.At least one lawsuit revolving around Riverstone is ongoing. That one, filed in Pueblo County District Court by three school board candidates in March, alleges a pattern of open meetings violations that started last summer when the Pueblo 70 school board voted to allow Riverstone to open within district boundaries. Ann Schimke is a senior reporter at Chalkbeat. Contact Ann at aschimke@chalkbeat.org.

Plum Democrat Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis was elected president by a 15-0 vote. The post Allegheny County Council elects environmental advocate as president, replacing Catena appeared first on Pittsburgh's Public Source. PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. Visit www.publicsource.org to read more.

L’art ancestral du rêve dans différentes cultures peut-il nous aider à survivre individuellement et surtout à nous organiser collectivement ? Rencontre Terrestres autour des rêves avec Barbara Glowczewski et Nastassja Martin le 3 juin à l’Académie du climat, pour saisir la portée politique de la pratique du rêve et imaginer de nouvelles formes de résistance. L’article Rêver plus loin : sur la puissance politique du rêve est apparu en premier sur Terrestres.

Maine House of Representatives Speaker Ryan Fecteau is calling on Republican state Rep. Randall Hall to resign for violating campaign finance laws.  “Your illegal actions have violated the public’s trust in the office you currently hold,” Fecteau wrote in a letter to Hall, after the Wilton representative pled guilty Tuesday to unsworn falsification and criminal […]

Hay enfermedades que se ven. Y hay otras que se viven en silencio. El lupus es una de ellas. Muchas veces no deja huellas evidentes. Otras, cambia de rostro, de síntomas, de intensidad. Un día puede sentirse como cansancio extremo; al siguiente, como dolor en las articulaciones o una fiebre que no se explica. Por […]

Here are five Canadian recording artists who use music to discuss social change and challenge mainstream stereotypes about race, culture, gender, and sexuality. The post Five Canadian artists who play the music of social change appeared first on rabble.ca.

Depois de passar do sertão à fábrica e à luta por direitos, país mergulhou na era do trabalho fragmentado e dos conflitos sem projeto. Rendeu-se à agroexportação e ao algoritmo. Como encontrar, neste caos, um novo sujeito social das mudanças? The post Quem lutará pela transformação do Brasil? appeared first on Outras Palavras.

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany said at an event Tuesday in Madison that if elected governor he’d return the state’s current budget surplus to taxpayers while also cutting property taxes, eliminating taxes on tips and overtime and overturning Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-year school funding increase while also increasing the rate at which public schools are reimbursed […]

Iran has repeatedly insisted that a deal must include Lebanon, while Israel has demanded otherwise.

A medida que los países de Asia-Pacífico aceleran sus esfuerzos para aprovechar los ecosistemas de carbono azul como parte de la acción climática, surge una pregunta central: ¿quién tiene la capacidad de convertir la ambición en impacto? Los ecosistemas de carbono azul —manglares, pastos marinos y marismas salinas— se encuentran entre las soluciones climáticas basadas […] The post El desafío pendiente del carbono azul: fortalecer capacidades para una financiación justa appeared first on CIFOR-ICRAF Forests News.

(The Center Square) – White House officials urged a group of state attorneys generals to partner with the Trump administration to combat fraud in welfare programs and hold fraudsters accountable. “One of the things we’ve realized in combating fraud is that the resources of the federal government, while vast, can be supplemented and aided by a lot of the people who know best what’s happening in their states, which is the attorneys general represented here today,” Vice President J.D. Vance, head of the White House’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, said Tuesday. “[W]e’re protecting two classes of victims here: We're protecting the American taxpayers who shouldn't have their money stolen by fraudsters, and of course we’re protecting the people who need these services,” Vance added. “[A]ll of our fellow Americans have been taken advantage of by fraudsters, and the task force is here to stop it.” The Trump administration, which recently charged 15 people in Minnesota of stealing tens of millions of dollars from Medicaid, specifically wants states to focus on Medicaid fraud. Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson, a member of the task force, told the Republican attorneys general present Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be conducting a “thorough review” of states’ Medicaid fraud control units. Ferguson claimed that “huge groups of people in this country” are responsible for “hundreds of billions” in welfare fraud, which he called “one of the most pressing problems this nation confronts.” “Fraud is bleeding these programs dry,” he added. “Unless fraudsters believe that there will be consequences attached with attacking America’s benefits programs, they will keep doing it. Our fraud detection systems will stop much of it, but cannot stop it all. The only way to defeat the fraudsters is by making sure that they know, every single one of them, that if they try to commit fraud, they will be pursued, arrested, prosecuted, and jailed.” The Government Accountability Office found that 15 federal agencies together made at least $186 billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2025, with improper Medicaid payments amounting to $37 billion. Improper payments are not necessarily fraudulent. GAO estimated that since 2003, federal agencies have improperly paid out at least $3 trillion via benefits programs. In recent months, the Trump administration has deferred or blocked billions in program funding due to fraud concerns, including $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to California and $1.4 billion in home health and hospice funding nationwide. It has also targeted billions in "fraudulent or delinquent” pandemic-era loans and $60 million in allegedly fraudulent student loan applications, as well as launched an investigation into $6.3 billion in suspected fraudulent government contracts. Every Democratic attorney general declined to attend the Tuesday meeting, writing in a response letter that the “short notice does not match the spirit of collaboration that has long defined our joint efforts with federal partners.” “With appropriate notice and a genuine opportunity for engagement, we would welcome the chance to participate in a future meeting and contribute to a productive dialogue,” they added. Instead, the group hosted its own virtual meeting later that day on combatting government program fraud. Vance argued that addressing fraud “should not be a partisan effort.” “Everybody should care about fraud, everybody should care about rooting out fraud, everybody should care about saving the American taxpayers’ money,” Vance said. “And importantly, everybody should care about actually protecting the programs that only work and are only properly funded if the money funding those programs isn’t being stolen by fraudsters.” White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, who also attended the meeting, claimed that fraud levels are so high that rooting out all program fraud would close the federal deficit. “I believe, based on what I’ve seen and what I’ve heard, that we could balance the federal budget if the only dollars that went out of the Treasury went to individuals who are properly, lawfully, correctly eligible to receive them,” Miller said. “And that ultimately is going to be what we have to do as a country.” The amount of fraud in government programs would have to be more than eight times GAO’s improper payments estimate in order for Miller’s statement to be true. The federal deficit for the past two years has teetered around $1.8 trillion and is projected to hit $2 trillion by the end of the current fiscal year.