Poundland’s 99p Stores fall into administration: 60 shops across the UK SHUT
HIGH street chain 99p Stores has shut 60 stores, after the Poundland-owned company fell into administration. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Trump administration ‘could separate women & children arriving at Mexican border’
WOMEN and children trying to illegally enter the US from Mexico could be separated at the border under a new proposal under consideration by the Department of Homeland Security , government officials have claimed. Daily Express :: World Feed
Obama Administration Touts Early Childhood Ed Expansion
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) Today, hundreds of thousands more US children have access to high-quality early learning programs than when the Obama administration began. It was 2013 when President Obama announced his Preschool for All proposal that would establish a state-federal coalition to provide quality preschool for every four-year-old from low- and moderate-income households. After the initiative […]
Obama Administration Asks Schools to Re-Think Role of SROs
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) The Obama administration is calling on schools to rethink the disciplinary techniques they employ when responding to misbehavior following a systemic increase in disciplinary action being undertaken by school policing services. The focus is being shifted from policing in schools to initiatives that generate collaborative partnerships between students, schools and safety […]
Obama Administration Offers Head Start Overhaul
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The Obama administration has released a major overhaul of the federal Head Start program that reduces the number of requirements while at the same time expanding the program to last a full day and span an entire school year. It will also increase the services available to children with disabilities and those […]
Federal Injunction Halts School Bathroom Directives from Obama Administration
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) The Obama administration has been blocked by 13 states over an attempt to broaden the application of a statute that governs the operation of each state and locality that receives federal funding for schools. The Texas-led coalition against the use of bathrooms and locker rooms by transgender people based on their […]
More States Sue Obama Administration Over Transgender Bathrooms Directive
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Ten additional states are suing the Obama administration as a result of the federal government declaring that they must allow transgender people to use public bathrooms that align with their chosen gender identities. These states, including Nebraska, Wyoming, Michigan and Ohio, have been added to 13 other states that are already suing […]