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A Câmara dos Deputados aprovou nesta quarta-feira (20) um projeto de lei que reduz a área da floresta nacional do Jamanxim, no Pará, e transforma parte do território em Área de Proteção Ambiental, a chamada APA. Isso significa uma redução de cerca de 40% da floresta e regras mais flexíveis para uso econômico da região […] Fonte

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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.New York City will soon require elementary schools in four local districts to use city-approved math curriculums, one of the first education initiatives under Mayor Zohran Mamdani outside of early childhood.The announcement Thursday marks the first time elementary school math teachers will be required to shift their instruction as part of the city’s broader curriculum mandate. Schools in Manhattan District 5, Bronx Districts 11 and 12, and Queens District 25 will be required to make the shift by this fall.Elementary schools across all of the city’s 32 local districts will eventually be required to use approved math curriculums, though officials did not lay out a timeline. Officials also revealed the latest wave of middle schools that will be required to use approved reading and math curriculums.The new elementary school curriculum mandate will use versions of the same curriculums the city mandated in middle schools.The $17.3 million effort represents an expansion of a major initiative to overhaul reading and math instruction that began under former Mayor Eric Adams and which Mamdani signaled he would continue on the campaign trail. The mayor has yet to unveil a more detailed education agenda.School leaders have long been allowed to choose their own materials, leading to variation in instructional approaches from school to school. On some campuses, teachers write their own curriculums. City officials argue that created uneven quality in instruction and complicated efforts to train teachers at scale. Now, Education Department leaders contend they are ensuring schools are using materials that are rigorous. Chancellor Kamar Samuels, who got his start as a middle school math teacher, has hinted for months that changes were on the horizon to the city’s curriculum overhauls, known as NYC Reads and NYC Solves.“We absolutely need to get elementary school math teachers into the conversation,” Samuels told educators affiliated with the advocacy group Educators for Excellence, at a meeting in March where they pressed him on expanding the curriculum overhaul. “Undergirding our system is a lot of fear in math.”The Education Department has previously pointed to standardized test scores as a reason to rethink the way schools teach reading and math. Roughly 57% of New York City public school students were considered proficient in math and 56% in reading in grades 3-8, according to last year’s state tests. Curriculum overhauls have sparked debateSome educators and parents have embraced the curriculum changes while others have pushed back, arguing that a one-size-fits-all approach can stifle innovative approaches to instruction that attract families to their schools. There have also been complaints about the specific curriculums city officials have mandated and concern that there hasn’t been enough public input in selecting them. The city’s most widely used reading program, for instance, favors excerpts over whole books.The city’s teachers union, which supported the reading curriculum mandate, has been more wary of the math changes and criticized the decision to make changes to elementary school math.“The DOE has not solved the problems of NYC Solves,” United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said in a statement. “Changes that educators have called for from the beginning have not been made, and the holes in the curricula have not been filled.”All middle schools are in the process of transitioning to approved reading and math curriculums, which officials previously said would happen by fall 2027. High schools are already required to use a common Algebra 1 curriculum called Illustrative Mathematics, which has garnered mixed reactions from teachers. Beginning this fall, elementary schools in District 5 will use i-Ready Mathematics Classroom; Districts 11 and 12 will use Illustrative Mathematics; and District 25 will use Amplify Desmos Mathematics.The decision to approve i-Ready as the primary math curriculum across many elementary and middle schools may raise eyebrows. The private equity-backed education technology platform, widely used in New York City and across the country, has faced criticism from some families and educators amid a wider backlash over tech in schools. Asked about potential concerns with selecting i-Ready, First Deputy Chancellor Danielle Giunta said that “has not [been] flagged as an implication to the core program and implementation, but should something arise, we will respond accordingly.”Unlike the elementary school reading changes, which were made in part because hundreds of schools used curriculums that were discredited, Giunta said the math overhaul was prompted by successful rollout of common curriculum materials in other parts of the system. “There is so much energy from our superintendents, our principals,” she said. Officials are also considering expanding the curriculum mandate to include high school English classes, Giunta said, though there is not yet a timeline for that. For now, city officials are focusing on beefing up targeted instruction for students who are behind in reading in four of the city’s 11 high school districts. Questions resurface about parent engagementSome parent leaders said they were unaware elementary school math curriculum changes were in the works, despite promises from Mamdani to incorporate parent and educator feedback in education policy decisions. One member of the community education council in Manhattan’s District 5, which includes Harlem, said they had not been consulted about the elementary school math curriculum changes. (The council member spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of professional repercussions.)Jonathan Collins, another District 5 parent and member of the city’s Panel for Educational Policy, said he had also not heard community discussion about elementary school math overhaul. “I think there are questions as to whether or not this engagement process really reached the street level,” Collins said. Still, he said is “cautiously optimistic” about the elementary school math changes.Advocates who have pushed the city to require more schools to adopt common curriculum materials cheered the move to expand to elementary school math. Elementary school math instruction is “fractured and fragmented across the system,” said Evan Stone, the CEO of Educators for Excellence. He added: “If we actually want to build coherence in a system, we need to be training teachers on a core set of curriculum materials.”Thursday’s announcement also included expansions to reading and math mandates at the middle school level in a slew of districts, which have been incrementally rolling out over multiple years. Manhattan District 2 and Brooklyn District 18 will use the Wit & Wisdom reading curriculum.Middle schools in the following districts will be required to use a city-approved math curriculum: Manhattan District 3; Bronx District 9; Brooklyn Districts 16, 21, 22, and 23; and Queens Districts 24, 27, 28, and 30. Officials did not respond to a question about which curriculums those districts will use.Educators and families: Let us know what you think of the curriculum changes by emailing us at ny.tips@chalkbeat.org. Alex Zimmerman is a senior reporter for Chalkbeat New York, covering NYC public schools. Contact Alex at azimmerman@chalkbeat.org.

یک کارشناس برجسته دفاعی روز پنجشنبه با رد گزارش‌هایی که می‌گویند جمهوری اسلامی از زمان شروع آتش‌بس، بخش‌هایی از زیرساخت‌های نظامی خود را سریع‌تر از حد انتظار بازسازی کرده است، گفت توانایی تولید موشک جمهوری اسلامی به شدت در اثر حملات نظامی اخیر آمریکا و اسرائيل فلج شده است.

A 4ª Vara Federal do Rio de Janeiro condenou a União a pagar uma indenização de R$ 200 mil por danos morais coletivos por causa de ofensas a João Cândido Felisberto e aos participantes da Revolta da Chibata feitas pela Marinha do Brasil.  A sentença foi proferida pelo juiz federal substituto Mario Victor Braga Pereira […] Fonte

O Armazém do Campo recebeu, nesta quinta (21), mulheres líderes de religiões de matriz africana para o lançamento oficial da série documental “Terreiros Urbanos”, produzida pelo Brasil de Fato. Os episódios estão disponíveis no canal do Brasil de Fato no YouTube. Antes da exibição dos episódios, elas, que estão presentes no documentário, falaram um pouco […] Fonte

Two Democratic legislative candidates backed by labor unions and the party’s left flank grew their leads Thursday over an incumbent state senator and local elected official supported by much of the party establishment. After Washington County published updated election results late Thursday afternoon, former elementary school principal Myrna Muñoz led Sen. Janeen Sollman, D-Hillsboro, by […]

OMAHA — The nation’s top housing official was in Omaha Thursday, promoting Trump administration strategies to increase homeownership by cutting “red tape” for builders and rebuilding troubled neighborhoods via “opportunity zone” incentives. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner’s visit to Nebraska’s most populous city focused on a tour of a revitalized North Omaha […]

California’s primary election is just around the corner. Prepare to vote with the latest updates from CalMatters’ election newsletter. National Democrats have zeroed in on the 22nd Congressional District, a swing seat in the Central Valley, as a key part of their strategy to win back control of Congress.  Two Democrats are vying for the […] The post National Democrats said they’d stay out of this California race. Then they picked a side appeared first on Fresnoland.

Following a yearslong effort for prescription drug affordability, the measure now awaits consideration in the Senate.

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La Moncloa defiende la “pulcritud” del procedimiento aprobado por el Consejo de Ministros, mientras la Audiencia Nacional pone el foco en la actuación de la SEPI, la Seguridad Social y los contactos que rodearon la ayuda de 53 millones a la aerolínea.

Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988. A lawsuit challenging Idaho’s transgender bathroom ban in K-12 public schools could end soon, after a group at Boise High School suing over the law dropped the case. The […]

在第79屆戛納影節沉浸式單元中，由法國導演烏果·阿爾薩克（Ugo Arsac）創作的互動紀錄片《卡塔巴西斯（Katàbasis）》榮獲“最佳沉浸式作品獎”。

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رهبران جمهوری‌خواه مجلس نمایندگان آمریکا، روز پنجشنبه ۳۱ اردیبهشت، رأی‌گیری برنامه‌ریزی‌شده در مورد قطعنامه‌ای را که قرار بود اختیارات دونالد ترامپ، رئیس‌جمهوری آمریکا برای اقدام نظامی علیه جمهوری اسلامی را بدون تأیید کنگره محدود کند، لغو کردند.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox.Newark Public Schools lost students for the first time in six years, a stark difference from the year-over-year growth that has set it apart from trends in districts across the country over the past five school years. In the 2025-26 school year, the district enrolled 43,216 students, down 764 from the 2024-25 school year when the district enrolled 43,980, according to fall enrollment data from the state released Thursday. That’s a turn for a district that had surged by almost 20% since 2019, driven largely by a rise in Hispanic student enrollment and multilingual learners. This year, the district’s largest student demographic drivers, powered by an influx of immigrant families and multilingual learners, are beginning to slow.The district is also edging closer to national trends where enrollment has dropped by nearly 1.3 million students since the COVID-19 pandemic, partly due to declining birth rates and shifts in migration. The steepest drop this year hit the district’s multilingual learner population. Newark enrolled 11,879 multilingual learners in the 2025-26 school year, down 744 from the previous year when that population surpassed 12,000 for the first time. At the same time, Hispanic student enrollment grew by 460 this school year, according to fall enrollment data. It’s unclear from the state’s data if the decline in multilingual learners is a result of those students leaving the district or transitioning out of English learner programs and back into general education.More than 720 fewer white students attended Newark’s public schools in 2025-26 than in the fall of the year prior, as did 488 fewer Black students. The number of Asian American students remained around the same from the prior year.Additionally, early grade levels and transition grades showed the sharpest enrollment declines this year. Compared to last school year, first grade lost 221 students and kindergarten fell by 154. Also compared to last year, seventh grade fell by 197 students and ninth grade by 140 students, major grade level transition years.During January’s board retreat meeting, Superintendent Roger León said the district’s enrollment decline was close to 818 students, but he didn’t say what subgroups contributed to that decline. He cautioned that the fall enrollment numbers were a snapshot from October and do not take into account students who arrive later in the school year. “I can’t tell you who they are, because there were kids who came and left in the process just by October,” León said. “That shows and proves that we have a high mobility rate.”Newark’s enrollment surge in previous years set it apart from neighboring New York City, which lost some 100,000 students since before the pandemic and Philadelphia schools, which are down nearly 10,000 students since the 2019-20 school year. But whether this year’s dip is a one-year anomaly or the start of a longer trend will depend heavily on whether the city continues to attract and retain immigrant families who drove much of the district’s recent growth. At the January retreat, León said of the multilingual students who left the district, a “large number” of those students left the state and a “significant number of them” left the country. Jessie Gomez is a reporter for Chalkbeat Newark, covering public education in the city. Contact Jessie at jgomez@chalkbeat.org.

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