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Ronique Hawkins moved her nonprofit organization, Learn My History, from New York to Sarasota in 2019 to continue giving young people more opportunities to be successful and happy than they had growing up. During the inaugural “Passing the Baton of Excellence” event on Aug. 25, members of the church's Youth Advisory Council had the opportunity to don graduation caps and gowns and celebrate their mission at Sarasota Seventh-day Adventist Church.The event marked the nonprofit's expansion into a year-long program, and Hawkins told the audience that it was her children who helped her keep the organization running during her battle with…
Digital literacy company Learning.com announced it has secured growth funding from CIBC Innovation Banking.Terms of the funding were not disclosed.Portland, Oregon-based Learning.com, which was acquired last year by private equity firm Lumos Capital Group, said the funding will enable it to pursue both organic growth and strategic acquisitions.Learning.com was founded in 1999 and offers products focused on digital literacy skills and computer programming, as well as related professional development support for educators. The company says it serves 1,400 school districts, with programs tailored to technology-related requirements in Florida, Michigan and Texas.Learning.com Chief Financial Officer Sean Sullivan said in a statement…
A former employee of the Detroit Marriott at Renaissance Center is suing the hotel chain, alleging she was sexually assaulted by a manager and then forced to quit. Dearborn women Metro Times The lawsuit, filed in Wayne County Circuit Court, alleges that the Detroit Marriott “created a sexually hostile environment” and failed to protect her because she was the alleged victim of a crime. According to the lawsuit, manager Dhruva Koirala invited the employee to his hotel room at the end of his shift at 1 p.m. on August 8 “on the pretext that other employees were also present.” Koirala…
Even if education isn't a central issue in this November's presidential election, it's likely to come up in some form in brief quotes during debates, in lower-level races where voters consider candidates for governor and state legislature, and locally, as school boards struggle with declining enrollment, the impact of new school choice programs and troubling district budgets.This carefully curated set of Education Week commentaries has been designed to give you the foundational knowledge you need in a friendly Q&A format, deepening your understanding of some of the core issues in education. School Selection This is a rapidly expanding umbrella term…
The proliferation of large language models (LLMs) in enterprise IT environments presents new challenges and opportunities in security, responsible artificial intelligence (AI), privacy, and prompt engineering. The risks associated with LLM use, such as biased outputs, privacy breaches, and security vulnerabilities, must be mitigated. To address these challenges, organizations must proactively ensure that their use of LLMs aligns with the broader principles of responsible AI and that they prioritize security and privacy. When organizations work with LLMs, they should define objectives and implement measures to enhance the security of their LLM deployments, as they do with applicable regulatory compliance. This…
Human population growth is currently experiencing something long thought impossible: population growth is fluctuating. World population is likely to peak much sooner than expected, exceeding 10 billion in the 2060s, before beginning to decline. In wealthy countries, this is already happening: Japan's population is shrinking rapidly, at a net rate of 100 people per hour. Birth rates are falling sharply in Europe, the Americas and East Asia. Birth rates are also falling in many middle- and low-income countries. This is a staggering change: Only a decade ago, demographers were predicting that our population would reach 12.3 billion, up from roughly…
MARYLAND — Walmart has recalled 9,500 cases of apple juice from store shelves in Maryland and elsewhere because the content of naturally occurring arsenic exceeded the Food and Drug Administration's recommended limit. The recall involves six-packs of Walmart Great Value 8-ounce 100% apple juice bottles packed in 8-ounce PET plastic bottles. According to the FDA announcement, the affected products have a best-by date of December 28, 2024 and a UPC code of 0-78742-29655-5. The juice is being recalled because “the product contains inorganic arsenic in excess of the limits set by industry guidelines.”The juice has been recalled from 26 states…
A pair of cylindrical objects made up of 639 small spheres. Courtesy of the Grainger School of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Simulating particles is a relatively easy task if the particles are spherical. However, in the real world, most particles are not perfectly spherical, but rather have irregular shapes and sizes. Simulating these particles becomes a much more difficult and time-consuming task. The ability to simulate particles is crucial to understanding their behavior. For example, microplastics have become a new form of pollution due to the proliferation of plastic waste and their uncontrollable breakdown in the…
On August 23, 21-year-old Monikia Thompson was involved in an argument with her 16-year-old brother at an apartment on Robert Cartwright Drive. Upon arrival, officers spoke with Thompson's brother, who explained he was upset because he found out Thompson had skipped school. He stated that while he was talking to his sister, she grabbed his TV and PlayStation. Thompson's brother stated his sister then broke both of their items. Monique Thompson (MNPD) When officers spoke with Thompson, she stated that she and her brother began to struggle. During the struggle, her brother slammed the bedroom door,…
Blended learning has posed unique challenges for both teachers and students in public schools. The shift to online distance learning, initially adopted to continue education during the pandemic, has proven to be a complicated adjustment for many. A major issue facing teachers is the inadequate internet data available to students. Many learners start their lessons but midway through, run out of data and drop out of classes. This connectivity struggle is further exacerbated by poor signal quality. Students often claim poor signal quality as the reason for not participating in recitations or for dropouts during online classes. These technical issues…