Shakin’ Stevens announces massive UK tour for 2017: The Welsh Elvis is back
SHAKIN’ STEVENS has announced he will tour the UK in 2017. Daily Express :: Music Feed
LAUSD’s King Announces Highest Graduation Rates Ever
(Photo: LA Times) The graduation rate for students in the Los Angeles Unified School District was 75% for the Class of 2016, compared to 72.2% last year, prompting Superintendent Michelle King, in her first “state of the district” speech, said this was the school system’s highest graduation level ever. This high rate comes in the same year that […]
Chicago Schools Announces Budget, But Union Pushes Back
(Photo: Youtube, Creative Commons) Chicago Public Schools has announced a $ 5.4 billion operating budget with the assumption that the Chicago Teachers Union would go along with a contract that is very much like the one CTU rejected earlier in the year. CTU President Karen Lewis responded quickly by saying that the district should know that […]
Apple announces some major iPhone news and it’s proving very popular
APPLE reveals that it’s just sold its one billionth iPhone. Daily Express :: Tech Feed
Dept of Ed Announces Protections for Student Loan Borrowers
(Photo: Steve Castillo, Stanford) The US Department of Education has introduced a series of protections and customer service standards in an effort to implement a new vision for student loan servicing that hopes to make sure the more than 40 million individuals in the country who hold student loan debt receive high-quality customer service and fair […]
King Announces Promise Neighborhoods Grant Competition
(Photo: Oliver Douliery-Pool, Getty Images) US Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. has announced the 2016 Promise Neighborhoods Grant Competition, which will provide as many as five institutions the funding necessary to help their communities gain a coordinated, comprehensive network of services and school supports meant to improve the outcomes for students and their […]
Kevin Durant announces he will join Golden State Warriors (Yahoo Sports)
Kevin Durant decided his best chance for ”growth” means leaving his beloved Oklahoma City behind for a big move out West to join the Golden State Warriors to play alongside Splash Brothers Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. In the most anticipated move of the NBA offseason, Durant announced his decision Monday on The Players’ Tribune. […]
Lloyds Bank announces 525 job losses but none are linked to Brexit vote
BANKING giant Lloyds has announced 525 job losses, hitting its retail and group operations. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
WISE Announces Global List of Ed Tech ‘Makers and Shakers’
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) The first comprehensive global index of movers and shakers in educational technology has been created by WISE, the World Innovation Summit for Education, and EdTechXGlobal, who organize both the EdTechXEurope and EdTechXAsia conferences that focus on educational technology. The Makers and Shakers of Education Technology Index recognizes the 50 most innovative […]
Guillermo del Toro announces Cold War Fantasy film ‘The Shape of Water’
DIRECTOR Guillermo del Toro has unveiled the title of his new film, The Shape of Water, which is set to be a romantic fantasy set in the Cold War era. Daily Express :: Films Feed