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Amanda Gorman’s poetry shows why spoken word belongs in school

febrero 8, 2021febrero 7, 2021Noticias

Amanda Gorman’s poetry shows why spoken word belongs in school

Editor’s note: Not long after Amanda Gorman recited one of her poems at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Jan. 20, three of her forthcoming books skyrocketed to three of the top four spots on Amazon. She was also selected to recite an original poem for Super Bowl LV. Here, three scholars of poetry explain why the writings of the 22-year-old Gorman – who became the country’s national youth poet laureate at age 17 – and her rise to fame represent a prime opportunity for educators to use spoken word poetry as a lively way to engage students.

Wendy R. Williams, assistant professor of English at Arizona State University

During my research studying a diverse group of spoken word poets in Arizona, I learned that adolescents improved their writing skills, academic performance, confidence and social skills through writing and performing spoken word poetry. The poets used this medium to heal, advocate for change and imagine new futures.

I noticed that these brave young writers often delivered stunning lines, such as, “If I sit long enough in a dark room will I develop like film?” They used poetry to talk back to those who wronged them. And they used this medium to speak out about injustice. As one adolescent poet in the study wrote, “We live in a first-world country, yet inner-city kids still go hungry.”

Fuente de la Información: https://theconversation.com/amanda-gormans-poetry-shows-why-spoken-word-belongs-in-school-153838

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Estados Unidos: La mitad de los estados ya están vacunando a maestros

febrero 6, 2021febrero 4, 2021Noticias

Es un primer paso para que los niños regresen a las aulas, aunque no es el único factor.

Casi la mitad de los estados de EU han comenzado a permitir que los maestros se vacunen contra el Covid-19, según un sondeo de The New York Times.

Para esta semana, 24 estados y Washington, D.C. estaban proporcionando vacunas a los profesores de educación básica.

La rapidez con la que los estados aplican las vacunas a docentes se ha convertido en un elemento central del debate sobre cómo reabrir las escuelas, justo cuando surgen y se propagan más variantes de virus contagiosos.

En algunos estados donde muchos maestros ya están enseñando con clases presenciales, los maestros aún no son elegibles para recibir vacunas.

Y para muchos lugares donde las clases son principalmente remotas, vacunar a los maestros ha sido un primer paso para que los niños regresen a las aulas, aunque no es el único factor.

La semana pasada, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades dieron un mensaje sorprendente: los niños deben regresar a las aulas porque es seguro para ellos hacerlo.

La agencia dijo que la «preponderancia de la evidencia disponible» indicaba que la educación en persona podría llevarse a cabo de manera segura siempre que se mantuviera el uso de cubrebocas y el distanciamiento social.

Los investigadores de los CDC encontraron «poca evidencia de que las escuelas hayan contribuido significativamente a incrementar la transmisión comunitaria» si se seguían las medidas de seguridad adecuadas.

Sin embargo, se hizo una advertencia importante: Los funcionarios locales deben estar dispuestos a imponer medidas en otros entornos, como cenas en interiores, bares o gimnasios mal ventilados, de modo que la infección comunitaria se mantuviera baja.

El debate está lejos de estar resuelto y los sindicatos de docentes de todo el país han presionado para que los profesores sean prioridad en las filas de vacunación.

Oregon comenzó a vacunar a maestros de educación primaria y secundaria el mes pasado, dándoles un lugar antes que algunos residentes de 75 años o más. La Gobernadora Kate Brown dijo que la medida era parte de su plan que los niños regresaran a clases durante este año escolar.

«Por cada maestro que regresa al salón de clases, ayuda a 20, 30, 35 estudiantes a volver a encarrilar sus vidas«, dijo la Gobernadora Kate Brown.

«Ayuda a asegurar que 20, 30, 35 niños tengan acceso a apoyo de salud mental. Se aseguran de que 20, 30, 35 niños tengan desayunos y almuerzos varios días a la semana. Y permiten a las familias saber que sus hijos están en buenas manos cuando van a trabajar».

En Ohio, como parte del objetivo del Gobernador Mike DeWine de reanudar algunas clases en persona para el 1 de marzo, se comenzó a vacunar a maestros en ciertos condados esta semana.

Representantes de sindicatos elogiaron la decisión, pero afirman que no es la única respuesta para regresar a las escuelas de manera segura. Los niños aún no recibirán vacunas, señalan, ni tampoco todos los adultos en los centros educativos.

«Incluso cuando los educadores puedan vacunarse, seguirá siendo de vital importancia seguir todas las pautas de los CDC para mantener nuestras escuelas seguras y abiertas para la instrucción en persona cuando sea posible», dijo Steve DiMauro, presidente de la Asociación de Educación de Ohio, en un comunicado de prensa.

Fuente: https://sipse.com/mundo/estados-unidos-mitad-estados-vacunacion-maestros-391019.html

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Education Department Letter Highlights Effort to Help Americans Pursue Higher Ed During Pandemic

febrero 3, 2021febrero 3, 2021Noticias

Education Department Letter Highlights Effort to Help Americans Pursue Higher Ed During Pandemic

Following up on President Biden’s Executive Order last week directing all federal agencies to address the current economic crisis resulting from the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education today announced a special effort to help Americans pursue higher education.

As part of its ongoing response to that order, the department released a letter reminding student financial aid administrators of their ability to make it easier for those who are unemployed or have received unemployment assistance to get federal aid for postsecondary education.

For instance, the letter reminds aid administrators that they have authority under the Higher Education Act to engage in «professional judgment» — a process that allows them to adjust factors that play into a student’s eligibility for federal financial aid, such as their income.

The letter informs administrators that at all times — but especially during the national pandemic — they may set income from work to zero for a student or parent who received unemployment benefits. This, in turn, may make applicants eligible for a Pell Grant or possibly a larger loan award.

«Easing the economic burden on working people is critical in helping America recover from the ongoing pandemic and its effects. Under the President’s leadership, we are working to help families who have lost jobs to get financial support to pursue higher education,» the department stated.

For more information on student financial aid, please see the department’s webpage, studentaid.ed.gov. The site contains extensive information on how students can apply for aid to pursue higher education.

Fuente de la Información: https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/education-department-letter-highlights-effort-help-americans-pursue-higher-ed-during-pandemic

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Estados Unidos: Central American Leaders Hope to Develop Common Agenda with Biden

febrero 3, 2021febrero 3, 2021Noticias

Central American Leaders Hope to Develop Common Agenda with Biden

WASHINGTON – Washington’s immigration policy will focus on regional migration and its root causes, as well as the annulment of policies inherited from the Trump administration, according to White House officials.

President Joe Biden will make the announcement Tuesday, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said during a daily briefing this week.

Representatives of the governments of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala envision more U.S. attention toward the region during the Biden administration and plan to support a common development agenda based on «mutual respect.»

President Biden told his Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, that Washington will address the containment of the irregular flow of migrants to Mexico and the United States, in part, through promoting economic development in Central America.

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2020 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his daily, morning news conference…

FILE – In this Dec. 18, 2020 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his daily, morning news conference at the presidential palace, Palacio Nacional, in Mexico City.

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández told VOA that approach represents an “opportunity to retake” what the Obama administration was working on.

Guatemalan Foreign Minister Pedro Brolo told VOA that both countries have a “common agenda” beyond economic opportunities, including fighting increased organized crime and drug trafficking, and he plans to bring those issues to the table in future meetings.

Cooperation and mutual respect

Ariel Ruíz Soto, an analyst at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, said U.S. investment in the region is not enough.

The Northern Triangle countries need to show they are committed to solve the root causes of the immigration, including poverty and corruption, Ruiz Soto said. Bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress is also necessary to enact immigration reform, he added.

“The relationship has to change its tone. It is necessary to reopen the dialogue with Central America in order to once again have cooperation, not pressure,” Ruíz Soto told VOA.

Biden promised during his presidential campaign to allocate $4 billion to the Central American region and attack the issues that cause migration, including “endemic corruption,” poverty and economic insecurity.

Demonstrators with the New York Immigration Coalition rally asking President-elect Joe Biden to prioritize immigration reform,…

FILE – Demonstrators with the New York Immigration Coalition rally asking President Joe Biden to prioritize immigration reform, Nov. 9, 2020, in New York.

Brolo indicated the three countries that make up the Northern Triangle will be more «attractive for foreign investment» to repair economies hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and last year’s natural disasters, including back-to-back hurricanes Eta and Iota.

“Our people would tend to migrate less, since they would have jobs,» he explained.

Fuente de la Información: https://www.voanews.com/americas/central-american-leaders-hope-develop-common-agenda-biden

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Governor, Superintendent, State Board Chair urge return to in-person learning

febrero 3, 2021febrero 3, 2021Noticias

Governor, Superintendent, State Board Chair urge return to in-person learning

Alex Granados

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper urged schools to bring students back for in-person learning during a press conference today, Feb. 2.

Cooper’s announcement came on the same day that a Senate education committee gave a favorable vote to legislation that would require schools around the state to open for in-person learning. The bill would make schools open for exceptional needs students under plan A (full-time in-person with minimal social distancing), and under either plan A or B (hybrid in-person and remote learning) for all other students. No school would be able to offer plan C (all remote). Families who want their students to remain fully virtual would still have that option.

In effect, Cooper is asking for the same thing as lawmakers, he just doesn’t want a mandate.

“I don’t think that’s the way to go,” said Cooper in reference to the legislation. “I think the way to go is to get our local school boards to take this action, and I believe that many of them — most of them — will do so, and hopefully all of them will do so, because it is the right thing to do.”

However, Cooper did not say if he would veto the legislation if it passed the General Assembly. Cooper also said that students who want to remain in remote learning should be given that option.

It was Cooper who closed schools last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic and allowed them to reopen this fall under either plan B or plan C. Later in the fall, he allowed elementary schools to open under plan A.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt and State Board of Education Chair Eric Davis also made comments at the press conference urging schools to bring students back for in-person learning. You can hear what they had to say below.

Fuente de la Información: https://www.ednc.org/2021-02-02-nc-governor-state-superintendent-state-board-chair-urge-return-in-person-learning/

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Colombia: Dos jóvenes de 16 y 18 años descubren 4 exoplanetas a 200 años luz de la tierra

febrero 1, 2021enero 30, 2021Noticias

Dos jóvenes de 16 y 18 años descubren 4 exoplanetas a 200 años luz de la tierra

Kartik Pinglé, de 16 años, y Jasmine Wright, de 18, han sido coautores de un artículo en ‘The Astronomical Journal’ sobre el descubrimiento de 4 nuevos exoplanetas a 200 años luz de la Tierra.

Los estudiantes de secundaria estadounidenses participaron en la investigación a través del Programa de Mentores de Investigación para Estudiantes ,Srmp, en el Centro de Astrofísica Harvard & Smithsonian. Dirigido por la astroquímica Clara Sousa-Silva, el Srmp conecta a estudiantes de secundaria locales que están interesados en la investigación con científicos del mundo real en Harvard y MIT. Luego, los estudiantes trabajan con sus mentores en un proyecto de investigación de un año.

«Es una curva de aprendizaje empinada», dice Sousa-Silva, pero vale la pena. «Al final del programa, los estudiantes pueden decir que han realizado una investigación activa y de vanguardia en astrofísica».

El logro particular de Pinglé y Wright es raro. Los estudiantes de secundaria rara vez publican investigaciones, dice Sousa-Silva.

«Aunque ese es uno de los objetivos del Srmp, es muy inusual que los estudiantes de secundaria sean coautores de artículos de revistas». Pueden ser los astrónomos más jóvenes en hacer un descubrimiento hasta ahora.

Con la guía del mentor Tansu Daylan, un postdoctorado en el Instituto Kavli de Astrofísica e Investigación Espacial del MIT, los estudiantes estudiaron y analizaron datos del Satélite de Estudio de Exoplanetas en Tránsito ,Tess.

Tess explora estrellas brillantes cercanas con el objetivo final de descubrir nuevos planetas.

El equipo se centró en Tess Object of Interest ,TOI, 1233, una estrella cercana y brillante similar al Sol. Para percibir si los planetas estaban orbitando alrededor de la estrella, se acercaron a la luz de TOI-1233.

«Buscábamos ver cambios en la luz a lo largo del tiempo», explica Pinglé. «La idea es que si el planeta transita la estrella, o pasa frente a ella, [periódicamente] cubriría la estrella y disminuiría su brillo».

Para sorpresa del equipo, descubrieron no uno sino cuatro planetas orbitando alrededor de TOI-1233.

«Estaba muy emocionado y muy sorprendido», dice Wright. «Sabíamos que este era el objetivo de la investigación de Daylan, pero encontrar un sistema multiplanetario y ser parte del equipo descubridor fue realmente genial».

Tres de los planetas se consideran «subneptunos», planetas gaseosos que son más pequeños, pero similares al Neptuno de nuestro propio sistema solar. Cada uno de ellos tarda entre 6 y 19,5 días en orbitar alrededor de TOI-1233. El cuarto planeta está etiquetado como una «super-Tierra» por su gran tamaño y rocosidad; orbita alrededor de la estrella en poco menos de cuatro días.

Fuente de la Información: https://www.vanguardia.com/mundo/dos-jovenes-de-16-y-18-anos-descubren-4-exoplanetas-a-200-anos-luz-de-la-tierra-BE3341333

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The CEO of Heavens Laboratory calls for closure of basic schools

febrero 1, 2021enero 30, 2021Noticias

CEO of Heavens Laboratory calls for closure of basic schools

By Mark Abisah

The Chief Executive Officer of Heavens Diagnostic Services Ltd., in Sunyani, Nana Bredu Antwi Berko has called on President Akufo-Addo to as a matter of urgency shut down all basic Schools in the country to contain further spread of Covid-19 cases among children.

Speaking to Margaret Fafali Amematsia, the Host of Suncity 97.1 FM’S Morning Show, dubbed “Suncity Morning Drive”, Nana Bredu said, measures put in place by authorities to ensure the safety of the Kids are not being implemented properly by the School authorities, a situation he said could be dire if Basic Schools were not closed immediately.

Nana Bredu Antwi recalled one occasion where a class one pupil went to School with a blue nose mask but returned home with a pink one.

“Our children are our future we know! we want the best for them, but what does a parent benefit if his children acquire knowledge and lose their lives?” he inquired.

He expressed concern about the overloading of School buses and the wanton disregard for social distancing and nose mask-wearing protocols among basic School pupils.

The Biomedical Scientist called for comprehensive education on Covid 19 prevention protocols for both teaching and non-teaching staff.

President Akufo-Addo in his 21st Covid 19 update announced that all Kindergarten, primary, and JHS students should go back to school after almost nine months of closure over Covid-19 concerns.

Meanwhile, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi is recording an upsurge in Covid 19 cases among children. Nine children, including an 11-day old baby, tested positive for Covid 19 within 10 days in the facility.

Fuente de la Información: https://www.modernghana.com/news/1058602/ceo-of-heavens-laboratory-calls-for-closure-of.html

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