Labour sending ‘wrong message’ to Putin after £160m cut to next-gen fighter jet program
Keir Starmer’s Labour government is ‘sending the wrong message’ to Vladimir Putin unless it reverses a £160M cut to the ‘Tempest’ stealth fighter jet project Daily Express :: News Feed
Samsung Upgrade Program: Spread the cost of a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 or Z Flip 5
Samsung has announced the new Galaxy Z Fold 5 and the Galaxy Z Flip 5 at its latest Unpacked event and you can get the new phones through its upgrade programme. Daily Express :: Tech Feed
Every ex-smoker to be offered lung cancer tests in new NHS program
Ministers are expected to support the mass rollout of CT scans in trucks and mobile units in supermarket car parks. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Booster jab program in the West to create mutations and ‘prolong pandemic’, warns WHO
COVID could spread even further in developing countries with new mutations because of vaccine supply turned into booster jabs for fully vaccinated people in the West rather than being sent elsewhere. Daily Express :: World Feed
US defence chiefs demand China acts IMMEDIATELY to halt North Korea’s missile program
CHINA must force further economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to curb nuclear ambitions, the US demanded during high-level talks in Washington on Wednesday. Daily Express :: World Feed
Read To Be Ready Program Promotes Better Literacy Teaching in TN
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) The Tennessee Department of Education has joined with roughly 90 districts in the state to create a network that trains teachers in the best ways to teach children literacy skills. The goal is to get more students reading on grade level, and the Read to be Ready coaching network will train and […]
Tennessee County Uses Incentive Program to Boost Attendance
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Shelby County Schools in Tennessee have started an attendance campaign called Represent Every Day, which is a new effort to improve attendance following last year’s approach that saw little positive impact. Jennifer Pignolet writes for The Commercial Appeal that attendance last year in the district increased by under one-tenth of a percentage […]
Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program Sees Enrollment Increase
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Enrollment in Florida’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program continues to see an increase, with participation numbers for the 2016-17 school year reaching an all-time high. The most recent data from Step Up For Students, the largest nonprofit organization to distribute the scholarships in the state, shows more than 92,000 students currently enrolled […]
Report: Cutting Louisiana Scholarship Program Loses Money
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A new report from the University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform examines the elimination of the Louisiana Scholarship Program, which was proposed as an answer to the troubled financial situation currently facing the Louisiana Department of Education budget. The report, “Squeezing the Public School Districts: The Fiscal Effects of Eliminating […]
Court Dismisses Suit Against Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A lawsuit bringing into question the constitutionality of the largest school voucher program in Florida has been dismissed by the First District Court of Appeal. According to the court, the case against the Tax Credit Scholarship Program should not be allowed to continue because the plaintiffs, which include the state teachers union and a number […]