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Mexico: LANL Foundation Awards $61,298 In Education And Community Grants

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Mexico/August 8, 2017/by Carol A. Clark/Source: http://www.ladailypost.com

The LANL Foundation awarded 26 grants totaling $61,298 to support education and community programs in Northern New Mexico during the second-quarter grantmaking period.
Sixteen programs received $37,000 in Education Outreach funding that directly supports kindergarten through 12th grade public school children. An additional 10 Community Outreach Grants totaling $23,798 were awarded to programs aligned with the LANL Foundation’s mission and vision of innovative programming, collaboration, and advocacy for lifelong learning but are not directly tied to kindergarten through 12th grade public education. Early childhood, adult learning, or community events are a few focus areas that fall under this category.

Education Grants

  • Animal Protection of New Mexico, The Animal Connection: implementation of school-based humane education curriculum in five public schools in Santa Fe and Sandoval Counties
  • ARTsmart, ARTreach: weekly, 24-week comprehensive art education class for 24 weeks taught by highly qualified teachers to all 225 students of Dixon and Abiquiu Elementary schools
  • Bernalillo Public Schools, STEM Sisters: support opportunities for students to experience and participate in STEM activities such as field trips, STEM competitions, and math festivals
  • Bridges Project for Education, College Connections: program to guide Taos High School students in grades 8–11 aligning actions in school with post-secondary and life goals
  • Dual Language Education of New Mexico, Student Leadership Institute 2017: all-day event at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque on November 3 for youth in eighth through 12th grade provides students the opportunity to attend student-lead workshops as a means of reflection, growth, and support toward successful, youth-driven school and community projects
  • Embudo Valley Library and Community Center, Maker Program: students in fourth through eighth grade create projects using computational tools, a 3-D printer, Lego robots, and Makey Makey kits under the supervision of a STEM mentor and library staff over 28 sessions, with a community event to present the projects
  • Española Valley Fiber Arts Center: trainer-led six-week, after-school program for secondary youth in local fiber arts heritage and culture; skill-development in spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery; and development of an installation piece displayed at a show in Santa Fe
  • Girls Incorporated of Santa Fe, summer camp STEM programming: 120 girls receive 45 hours of programming that incorporates developmentally appropriate, research-based STEM curricula
  • Hispanic Culture Foundation, Dream Builders: program provides the accessibility of science, technology, engineering, and math by emphasizing these disciplines through traditional Hispanic arts and customs
  • May Center for Learning: community-based tutors partner with schools to identify students performing below grade level and provide them with two, 90-minute small-group tutoring sessions per week during the academic year
  • National Dance Institute of New Mexico: at-risk elementary and middle school children in the Española Valley area participate in in-school and after-school educational enrichment for 26–30 weeks with learning and adoption of key academic skills and improvement in fitness through NDI-NM’s methodology using dance and music
  • New Mexico Indian Affairs Department and Sundance Educational Consulting, Inc., Community Builders Youth Conference II: teams of students, adults, and elders from tribal communities attend the three-day event offering learning opportunities in STEAM and other topics such as architecture, robotics, rocketry, geodesics, native arts and music, and cultural awareness, with a mentor-led project management session for students to plan local conferences
  • New Mexico Wildlife Center: NMWF and the Chimayó and Abiquiu Boys and Girls Club offer two youth outings to cultivate the next generation of environmental conservationists and create an atmosphere where life experience and cultural knowledge of diverse youth inform their interests in science and technology
  • Pajarito Environmental Education Center: Northern New Mexico students participate in an ongoing scientific study of migratory birds at Bandelier National Monument allowing them to observe and practice scientific problem-solving skills using the bird banding data
  • Santa Fe Botanical Garden: Twelve members of the Santa Fe Community Educators Network work with a summer recreation camp in Santa Fe to provide enrichment curricula to students
  • UNM STEM-H Center for Outreach, Research & Education, Southwest Region Junior Science and Humanities Symposia: event includes an oral/written competition where high school students present results of research before judging panels; participate in a forum honoring achievement in STEM; qualify for scholarships/recognition; and explore careers and develop skills in the application of science technology, engineering, math, and health

Community Grants

  • Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum: three programs for 60 child/caregivers in early childhood experiential science in collaboration with local libraries
  • Family Learning Center, STEM for Preschoolers: teachers provide a weekly science experiment for 36 weeks sent home for each child and parents to repeat, building science skills and vocabulary
  • Gerard’s House: age-appropriate, peer grief group support sessions throughout the school year in Santa Fe Public Schools
  • IMPACT Personal Safety, Project PREPARE: school day or after-school classes for youth that address aspects of violence prevention including boundary-setting, anti-bias, anti-bullying, de-escalation, and verbal or physical self-defense skills in collaboration with public schools and Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council
  • Interfaith LEAP, Sangre de Cristo House: program to raise residents’ GED scores by increasing access to computers, classroom materials, and curriculum, with the goal of improving comprehension, test-taking skills, and computer proficiency
  • MAKE Santa Fe: 12-week (four 3.5 hour sessions) pilot program in partnership with YouthWorks! offers instruction and lab time with experts at Make Santa Fe, focusing on additive and  subtractive manufacturing, computer numerical control basics, electronics, and certification in digital fabrication, making, and manufacturing
  • Many Mothers: baby boxes, safe sleep instruction, educational materials, and supportive in-home visitation services for families in Rio Arriba, Los Alamos, and Santa Fe counties, with community behavioral and mental health service referrals
  • Rio Arriba County Fair Association: supports 4-H and Future Farmers of America agricultural livestock projects where youth raise animals and learn anatomy in preparation for showing and competing at the county fair and Expo NM
  • Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Learning Lab: program based on community service, personal accountability, specialized academics, teamwork, and life-skills development provides a customized and culturally appropriate alternative education to high school and middle school students at risk of expulsion from Taos Municipal Schools
  • Santa Fe Community College Foundation: support for the transfer of the First Born® home visiting program model and curriculum to Santa Fe Community College

Public school districts, nonprofit New Mexico educational institutions, IRS-qualified 501(c)(3) organizations, government agencies, and Pueblo/Tribal communities serving the Northern New Mexico counties of Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, or Taos are eligible to apply for grants of up to $2,500.

Application and instructions may be found online at www.lanlfoundation.org/grants. Grant proposals are accepted quarterly. The deadline for second quarter funding is Aug. 15.

For more information, contact Susanne Miller at 505.753.8890 or susanne@lanlfoundation.org.

About the LANL Foundation

Since 1997, the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has worked to inspire excellence in education and learning in Northern New Mexico through innovative programming, collaboration and advocacy. By investing in human potential, the Foundation’s vision is that all New Mexicans have the skills and confidence they need to be self-sufficient, lifelong learners who are engaged in their communities. Programs in early childhood, STEM inquiry education, scholarships and small grants serve Northern New Mexico communities primarily in Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe and Taos counties.

Source:

http://www.ladailypost.com/content/lanl-foundation-awards-61298-education-and-community-grants

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UNICEF: Global Coalition Fights Education Under Attack In Conflict Zones

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UNICEF/August 8, 2017/By Riley Bunch/ Source: http://reliefweb.int

According to UNICEF, conflict zones around the world are preventing 25 million young students from getting access to education. Schools being targets for attacks, military use and occupation by armed forces has caused global concern surrounding protection of education under attack in conflict zones.

In 2010, The United Nations alongside multiple non-governmental organizations recognized the need for immediate action. As a solution to this problem, they created the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA). The agencies coming together acknowledged the need for implementation of policies and programs to protect students and teachers from deliberate attacks.

The multidisciplinary coalition, in hand with humanitarian law agencies, education in emergency groups, and child protection agencies, now focuses on advocacy among ministries and government bodies in conflict affected countries on how to reduce war crimes on schools and increase safety for future generations.

Diya Nijhowne, director of the GCPEA, addresses the phenomenon as a major global crisis—one that is only growing.

“Sadly, the problems of schools and universities being bombed and burned and students being raped, killed, executed, abducted from their schools is continuing,” Nijhowne said. “Generally, we have not seen it go down. And in some places, such as the middle east it is getting worse.”

Within a report titled Education Under Attack (based on data gathering for the period 2009-2013), over the past five years armed nonstate groups, state military, security forces and criminal groups have attacked thousands of primary students, university students, teachers, academic instituions and education establishments in at least 70 countries worldwide.

In coordination with the United Nations, the GCPEA has developed the Safe Schools Declaration. Within it are outlined steps, and procedures nations must implement to combat the issue of education under attack in conflict zones. Countries who have already endorsed the document get given training and programs to abide by the terms of the declaration.

These terms include monitoring education under attack in conflict zones and collecting accurate data to respond to the issue, creating contingency planning for emergency situations and creating “conflict sensitive” learning environments that can continue education under warring times.

Currently, 76 or one-third of the members of The United Nations states have signed onto the Safe Schools Declaration and agree that this issue is of high importance. Endangerment to education within conflict zones is not only physically impacting communities, but taking a severe psychological toll on students and staff.

“If you are worried your school is going to be bombed or this phenomenon of military use of schools as well,” Nijhowne said. “Forces might be in the classroom next to the kids or on the play field, just having that sort of militarized atmosphere is very stressful.”

One commitment countries must make when signing the Safe School Declaration is to assist victims. Support can range from making sure perpetrators are punished all the way to psycho-social support for the people impacted.

“Schools are traditionally there to provide routine, they provide safety, they have a protection function, not only within society but within a war zone,” Nijhowne said. “If that place that is supposed to be a sanctuary becomes somewhere that might be attacked that diminishes what would have been a protective function that the school is offering.”

Anecdotal evidence taken from reports done by the GCPEA shows that women and girls are disproportionately affected by education under attack in conflict zones. If military forces are present on school grounds, parents are more likely to be protective of their daughters and refrain from sending them to school. Also, if there is limited opportunity for children to attend school, parents often choose their sons to go to school rather than their daughters.

Under international law, there is no prohibition against using schools for military purposes. However, with the growing number of schools and universities getting targeted by the military, ministries and other government agencies around the world have become increasingly willing to work on alternative approaches to avoid using schools as bases.

GCPEA continues to work on addressing war crimes against education under attack in conflict zones and furthering their advocacy in countries who have yet to sign the Safe Schools Declaration.

Source:

http://reliefweb.int/report/world/global-coalition-fights-education-under-attack-conflict-zones

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EEUU: Texas Governor Mark White, Houstonian and Public Education Reformer, Dies at 77

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EEUU/ August 8, 2017/ By Zach Despart/ Source: http://www.houstonpress.com

Mark White, who fought to reform the public education system in Texas as the state’s 43rd governor, died of a heart attack Saturday at his Houston home. He was 77.

White, a Democrat who served a single term from 1983 to 1987, was the most recent Texas governor from Houston. His brief tenure is remembered for the strides made to improve the educations of Texas public schoolchildren. Among other successes, White pushed the Legislature to adopt a 22-to-1 student-teacher ratio, to prevent overcrowded classrooms. Under his watch, Texas also introduced its first standardized testing standards.

More controversially, White pushed for a «no-pass, no-play» policy for student-athletes — meaning in football-crazed Texas, football players who were flunking a course had to ride the bench. The Houston Chronicle noted that White said in a 2009 interview that the policy was bad politics, but good for the kids who learned how an education is a more applicable life skill than throwing a spiral or catching a pass.

White continued to care about education long after he left office. In 2010, he was the subject of a Houston Press column on his fight to keep the Legislature from undoing many of his education reforms — including his hard-fought student-teacher ratio cap. In 2014, Houston ISD named an elementary school after White.

Born in Henderson, White was educated in Houston public schools before earning a bachelor’s degree and later a law degree from Baylor University. He worked in private practice in Houston, and served as the attorney general and secretary of state before he was elected governor.

Curiously, White is survived by just two former governors — George W. Bush, who served two terms as president of the United States; and Rick Perry, the current Secretary of Energy.

Governor Greg Abbott on Sunday ordered flags to be flown at half-staff, and in a statement praised his predecessor for his devotion to educating children.

“Mark’s impact on Texas will not soon be forgotten, and his legacy will live on through all that he achieved as Governor,» Abbott said. «Cecilia and I extend our deepest condolences to Linda Gale White and family during this difficult time, and I ask that all Texans join us in praying for the White family as they mourn the passing of a devoted husband, father and public servant.»

Source:

http://www.houstonpress.com/news/former-texas-governor-mark-white-dead-at-77-9676440

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South African students not prepared for tertiary education, says study

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South African/August 8, 2017/By: Suthentira Govender / Source: https://www.businesslive.co.za

Not being happy with your study choice and failing schools standards are some of the reasons South African students have given for feeling unprepared for tertiary education, according to a new study

This revelation is contained in the latest PPS Student Confidence Index survey conducted among nearly 2‚500 students in fourth year and above‚ pursuing qualifications in engineering‚ medicine‚ law or accounting.

According to the survey‚ less than half those surveyed felt prepared for the transition from school to higher education institutions. This represents an 8% decline from 2016‚ and marks the first time in three years — since the survey was started — that the percentage has dropped below 50%.

Motshabi Nomvete‚ PPS spokeperson, believes the implications «of this lack of preparedness is no doubt contributing to the fact that 47.9% of university students do not complete their degrees as determined in the latest [2015] report by the Department of Higher Education».

She said there needs to be more engagement by the corporate sector and professional bodies with government on school curriculums to ensure the divide between secondary and tertiary education levels is reduced.

Prof Labby Ramrathan‚ based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s school of education‚ said the school-to-university transition «is a complex phenomenon that has many facets». «The emotional facet of being prepared or not for this transition cannot be used as any substantive argument for the high rate of dropout from universities.»

Ramrathan said the drop in percentage of students being ready for tertiary education «is related to the confidence in being able to access their study programme of choice and this is, I believe‚ what may have resulted in their lower levels of confidence in transition from school to university».

«There are a number of studies that have pointed to‚ among other [things]‚ being admitted to programmes that were not the student’s first choice as a reason for high levels of student dropout. Students have the potential to succeed‚ but there are several factors, including institutional‚ personal and academic‚ that contribute to the high rate of student dropout‚» added Ramrathan.

Another education expert‚ Prof Wayne Hugo‚ said: «At the heart of it lies the following problem: school standards are struggling to keep up to scratch for university level study.»

«Universities accept students who they know are not university-ready because they know the school system is struggling and so they put in all sorts of foundation and assistance programmes that help the student,» he said. «By the time it comes to actually graduate‚ the openness and support has come to an end and the student must display full university standards. By then‚ some of our students have caught up … but those who have not experience a rude awakening.»

Hugo added that the Fees Must Fall campaign had «a terrible physical and psychological toll on students and lecturers alike‚ resulting in an increased divide and less energy and commitment».

Source:

https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/education/2017-08-07-sa-students-not-prepared-for-tertiary-education-says-study/

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Britain: Brexit caused by low levels of education, study finds

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Britain/August 8, 2017/By: Jon Stone/Source: http://www.independent.co.uk

A slight increase in higher education could have kept Britain in the EU.

Britain would have likely voted to remain in the European Union were its population educated to a slightly higher level, a new study has found.

Researchers at the University of Leicester say that had just 3 per cent more of the population gone to university, the UK would probably not be leaving the EU.

The researchers looked at reasons why people voted Leave and found that whether someone had been to university or accessed other higher education was the “predominant factor” in how they voted.

The paper, published in the peer-reviewed journal World Development, applied a multivariate regression analysis and logit model to areas of the country to identify why people voted the way they did.

The level of higher education in an area was far more important than age, gender, the number of immigrants, or income in predicting the way an area voted, the researchers found.

Age and gender were both significant but not as important as education level, the researchers found. Income and number of immigrants in an area were not found to be a significant factor in how people voted.

The researchers also found that a lower rate of turnout – by just 7 per cent – would also likely have changed the result to Remain.

The last Labour government set a target of half of young people accessing higher education and there has been a large expansion in numbers in recent decades. Universities UK says it expected the number of people in employment with higher education qualifications to have risen from 28.7 per cent in 2002 to 51.3 per cent in 2022

Dr Aihua Zhang, from the University of Leicester’s Department of Mathematics, said: “The EU referendum raised significant debate and speculation of the intention of the electorate and its motivations in voting. Much of this debate was informed by simple data analysis examining individual factors, in isolation, and using opinion polling data.

“This, in the case of the EU referendum where multiple factors influence the decision simultaneously, failed to predict the eventual outcome. On June 23rd 2016, Britain’s vote to leave the EU came as a surprise to most observers, with a bigger voter turnout – 72.2 per cent – than that of any UK general election in the past decade.”

British voters voted by 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave the EU in a referendum held in June 2016.

Source:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-education-higher-university-study-university-leave-eu-remain-voters-educated-a7881441.html

 

 

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República Dominicana: Realizaran primer Simposio Internacional de Educación para Personas Sordas

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República Dominicana/07 agosto 2017/Fuente: El Caribe

El mismo se llevará a cabo por los esfuerzos de colaboración del Ministerio de Educación,  el Instituto de Ayuda al Sordo Santa Rosa; La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días, y la Universidad Pedro Henríquez Ureña -UNPHU-.

También, el Consejo Nacional de Discapacidad –CONADIS-; la Asociación Nacional de Ayuda al Sordo y el Club Rotario Internacional Santo Domingo-Mirador.

Según explicó la doctora Ruth Claros, organizadora del evento, el objetivo de este encuentro académico es proveer las herramientas necesarias para avanzar en los logros educacionales de las personas sordas en el país y contribuir en la mejora de la calidad de la educación que reciben.

La actividad contará con 5 especialistas de EEUU, y 5 de Latinoamérica.

Entre los disertantes en el evento estarán Nathan Van De Graaff, padre, quien es sordo y con maestría en educación; Nathan Van De Graaff, hijo, experto en Lenguaje de Señas Americana –ASL-; Katie Pletcher, con una maestría en educación de personas sordas; y Ruth Claros- Kartchner, doctora en bilingüismo y experta en lectoescritura, tanto para personas sordas como para oyentes.

En el marco del simposio, se entregará a los participantes el libro “La desmitificación de la educación de sordos: hacia una pedagogía de éxito”, una edición especial para República Dominicana de la autoría de la doctora Claros-Kartchner, con  el auspicio de La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días.

Fuente: http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/08/04/realizaran-primer-simposio-internacional-educacion-personas-sordas/

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UNICEF asegura que «nada puede justificar los terribles abusos» contra mujeres y niños en Kasai, República del Congo

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República del Congo/07 agosto 2017/Fuente: Eco Diario

El director ejecutivo adjunto del Fondo de Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), Justin Forsyth, ha subrayado este lunes que «nada puede justificar los terribles abusos contra mujeres y niños» que se han registrado en la región de Kasai, en República Democrática del Congo, al tiempo que ha reclamado a las partes en conflicto que protejan a los niños y las instituciones educativas.

«El mundo no puede cerrar los ojos ante la situación que están viviendo los niños y las familias en la región del Gran Kasai», ha asegurado el responsable de UNICEF, en un comunicado. Forsyth ha asegurado que, en los últimos doce meses, más de 1,4 millones de personas –incluidos 850.000 niños– se han visto «obligadas a abandonar sus hogares y sus vidas, marcadas por actos generalizados de violencia extrema».

«Los niños y las mujeres nos hablan de terribles abusos. Muchos niños han sido reclutados por las Fuerzas Armadas, drogados y atrapados en la violencia. Nada puede justificar estas acciones», ha afirmado el director ejecutivo adjunto de UNICEF.

Tras denunciar que la situación de los niños sigue empeorando y las familias desplazadas por el conflicto «no pueden acceder a los servicios más básicos», la agencia de Naciones Unidas ha señalado que «más de 200 centros de salud han sido destruidos y uno de cada cuatro centros sanitarios no funciona con normalidad». «Se estima que cerca de 400.000 niños están en riesgo de sufrir desnutrición aguda grave», ha alertado.

Forsyth ha explicado que los niños en Kasai han perdido un año de educación porque hay «cientos de escuelas» que han sido objetivo de «ataques y saqueos». «Los maestros han sido asesinados o se han visto forzados a huir por razones de seguridad. El miedo a la violencia se traduce en que el personal docente no puede ir a trabajar y los padres temen enviar a sus hijos a la escuela», ha señalado.

El director ejecutivo adjunto de UNICEF ha dejado claro que todas las partes enfrentadas deben proteger a la infancia. «Todas las partes en conflicto deben proteger a los niños, poner fin a estas graves violaciones contra la infancia y preservar las escuelas y los servicios de salud. Los actores humanitarios deben tener acceso ilimitado a las poblaciones afectadas para que podamos llegar a todos aquellos que lo necesitan», ha asegurado.

Por último, ha indicado que UNICEF y una extensa red de aliados locales están respondiendo a las «crecientes necesidades humanitarias, «llegando a más de 150.000 personas afectadas por la crisis con nutrición, salud, educación, agua y saneamiento, donaciones directas en efectivo e intervenciones de protección infantil». «Pero a menos que esta violencia se detenga, nuestro trabajo nunca será suficiente. Las vidas de muchos miles de niños están en riesgo», ha concluido.

Fuente noticia: http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/internacional/noticias/8540777/08/17/UNICEF-asegura-que-nada-puede-justificar-los-terribles-abusos-contra-mujeres-y-ninos-en-Kasai-RD-Congo.html

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