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Lucknow, The Uttar Pradesh government has said that all <keyword id="37180" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="schools">schools</keyword> for <keyword id="3216" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="students">students</keyword> of <keyword id="6405739" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Classes">Classes</keyword> 9, 10, 11, and 12 will run in a single shift from Tuesday. The Classes will be run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for all educational boards as per the notice. Schools across the country were shut due to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The schools and colleges in Uttar Pradesh were reopened on October 19 in two shifts, with several safety guidelines set into place by the state government and the health department. However, most schools recorded abysmally low attendance as many students preferred to stay away. Safety measures like strict social distancing, thermal checks at entry points, wearing of masks and face covers, and regular washing of hands have been made mandatory for all the students and staff attending regular classes in schools. Additional Chief Secretary, <keyword id="6355445" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="education">Education</keyword>, Aradhana Shukla, said, "Keeping in mind the weather conditions, it has been decided to allow schools to run in one shift." An order to this effect was issued on Monday night. The representatives from unaided private schools had met Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, who also holds the education portfolio, and had sought permission to hold classes in one shift only. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/2021-will-be-a-watershed-moment-for-india-tech-ecosystem-here-are-the-startup-sectors-that-vcs-are-betting-on/articleshow/80208631.cms">‘2021 will be a watershed moment for India’s tech ecosystem’ — here are the startup sectors that VCs are betting on</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/gadgets/news/oneplus-band-with-24-hour-heart-rate-monitoring-14-days-battery-life-launched-in-india/articleshow/80209025.cms">OnePlus Band with 24-hour heart rate monitoring, 14 days battery life launched in India</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/ecommerce/news/radhakishan-damani-dmart-ready-takes-cautious-steps-against-jiomart-and-amazon/articleshow/80209971.cms">Pitted against JioMart, Amazon and others, Radhakishan Damani’s DMart has opted for “controlled acceleration” in e-commerce</a>

Uttar Pradesh government allows schools for classes 9 to 12 to run in single shift from January 12

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<div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image">Kevin Smith/Business InsiderThe Flatiron School team (from L to R) Bob Whitney, Professor, Avi Flombaum, Dean, Kelly Allen, Campus Manager, and Adam Enbar, President.</div></div></div> 
The Flatiron School was started in July 2012 by Avi Flombaum and Adam Enbar. Flombaum has a passion for teaching others to code. Before starting Flatiron School Flombaum organized a ton of developer meet ups and held online classes in the New York City area. At just 20 years old he became the CTO of a hedge fund and his credentials go on and on from there.
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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="47560" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="ups">UPS</keyword> spends $200 million a year on safety training for its drivers.</li><li>We went inside the UPS <keyword id="75266" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="driving-school">driving school</keyword> in West Boylston, Massachusetts to see how drivers learn to walk on ice, handle aggressive dogs, and drive safely.</li><li>UPS drivers collectively drive more than 3.5 billion miles a year, with each worker averaging 100 to 150 delivery stops per day.</li></ul>EDITOR'S NOTE: This <keyword id="21654" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="video">video</keyword> was filmed in early February 2020 before the pandemic.

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The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (<keyword id="3444279" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="upmsp" source="Orion">UPMSP</keyword>) has decided that 100 per cent of the syllabus would be taught to students from this academic session. The decision will be implemented in all 28,000 schools affiliated with the <keyword id="119108" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="up-board" source="Orion">UP Board</keyword>. During the pandemic, the board had reduced the syllabus by 30 per cent for Classes 9 to 12. The practice continued till the last academic session. However, from the new session, the entire syllabus will be taught in all subjects. The new session will start on April 1. UP Board secretary <keyword id="4814406" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="divyakant-shukla" source="Orion">Divyakant Shukla</keyword> said, "During the last two years, due to Covid-19, regular teaching and learning in schools were disrupted. Keeping in view the interest of the students, the course committee recommended the curtailment of 30 per cent of the annual course. Under this, the curriculum in schools was shortened. Now, as the conditions have returned to normal, 100 per cent of the syllabus will be taught from the new academic session." The UP Board secretary added that the secondary schools are back to their regular routine after two years and hence, there is no justification left for the curtailment of the syllabus. The UP Board has also laid emphasis on paying attention to extra-curricular activities for the all-around development of the students from the new session. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/eating-handful-of-nuts-seeds-daily-can-lower-heart-risk-by-25/articleshow/98902762.cms">Eating handful of nuts &amp; seeds daily can lower heart risk by 25%</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/indias-tap-water-quality-is-improving-but-very-few-are-confident-of-drinking-it-without-purifying/articleshow/98902417.cms">India’s tap water quality is improving but very few are confident of drinking it without purifying</a>

UP schools back to 100% syllabus for the first time since pandemic

<ul class="summary-list"><li>An <keyword id="11946286" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oregon" source="Orion">Oregon</keyword> elementary school teacher showed up to work in <keyword id="12137727" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="blackface" source="Orion">blackface</keyword> to protest a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.</li><li>The teacher claimed to be dressing up like Rosa Parks, a Black civil rights leader.</li><li>The school district recently banned Black Lives Matter and LGBT pride flags from its campuses.</li></ul>An elementary school teacher in Newberg, Oregon, showed up to school in blackface last week and claimed to be portraying Rosa Parks to protest a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanTClarke/status/1440005294914867200?s=20">according to the Newberg Graphic</a>. The state of Oregon imposed a vaccine mandate in August for K-12 teachers, saying they must be fully vaccinated by <a href="https://www.kptv.com/news/brown-announces-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-for-oregon-k-12-teachers-staff/article_27e51384-0112-11ec-9d6e-c3dfa750efc7.html">October 18.</a>According to the Newberg Graphic, the teacher worked at Mabel Rush Elementary School, a part of the Newberg School District.The Newberg School District <a href="https://www.newberg.k12.or.us/district/statement-staff-incident">released a statement on Monday</a> saying the district takes all incidents of <keyword id="11893536" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="racism" source="Orion">racism</keyword> seriously. The district said the teacher has been placed on administrative leave, though it's unclear from the district's statement if the teacher is being paid while on leave."Last Friday, one of our employees reported for work in Blackface. The employee was removed from the location, and HR has placed the employee on administrative leave," according to the statement. "The administration of Newberg Public Schools condemns all expressions of racism.""The employee was removed from the location, and HR has placed the employee on administrative leave," the statement read. "The administration of Newberg Public Schools condemns all acts of racism."The blackface incident is a part of a pattern of racist incidents in the school district.Just last week a group of parents alerted the school district about a group chat that several students were in called "<a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/nerberg-high-school-virtual-slave-trade/283-56462efe-4f35-47b1-a4ee-6670b2754dec">Slave Trade</a>" where students would jokingly bid money on their Black classmates, called for their deaths, and asked for "another Holocaust."The <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> of the "Slave Trade" game occurred hours before the Newberg school board went over a new ban on "<a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/newberg-school-board-bans-pride-blm/283-a4998b43-caa2-496b-8f03-5aeae285c160">controversial political symbols</a>" in its schools, including Black Lives Matter and LGBT pride flags.

An Oregon elementary school teacher showed up to school in blackface to protest a vaccine mandate

<keyword id="6357713" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="uttar-pradesh" source="Orion">Uttar Pradesh</keyword> will now adopt the early warning system (<keyword id="11939755" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="ews" source="Orion">EWS</keyword>), a mechanism to alert schools about children who are at risk of discontinuing studies. The 15-member team led by Basic Education Minister <keyword id="6354782" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="sandeep-singh" source="Orion">Sandeep Singh</keyword> that visited The Netherlands last month to study their innovative approaches to check school dropouts will soon submit its reports to Chief Minister <keyword id="43254" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="yogi-adityanath" source="Orion">Yogi Adityanath</keyword>. The team was accompanied by UNICEF officials. Education specialist, UNICEF, <keyword id="1064415" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="ritwik-patra" source="Orion">Ritwik Patra</keyword>, said, "While Uttar Pradesh has already introduced EWS in 150 schools of the Devi Patan division, there are some good practices in The Netherlands that can be adopted to enhance the programme." "Any child not attending school is a serious issue there. The country strictly follows legislative commitment of not leaving any child behind and both schools and parents are equally responsible for it. There is virtually no dropouts at the elementary level," Patra added. Another member said: "The job market there is highly formal. Students are provided maximum flexibility to continue their education with many choices mixed with academic and vocational studies. Students are regularly counselled towards selecting the most appropriate choice of their education. The counsellors work closely with schools, students and parents to ensure that all students have the most suitable opportunities and receive the minimum level of certification necessary for job market." In Uttar Pradesh, the school dropout rate at the elementary level is 2.75 per cent which is nearly the same as the national average of 2.96 per cent. Special efforts are made to ensure children acquire the skills to fit into the job market. The team also learned about the system of leave approval. According to a UNICEF member, "The Netherlands has the system of excused and unexcused leaves. Children are supposed to take leaves from schools and schools only grant leaves as per government-authorised excused leaves." "Unexcused leaves are considered as absence from schools. Schools are penalised if excused leaves are granted for reasons not authorised by the state. For excused leaves, schools must inform authorities." SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/rupee-weighed-down-strong-greenback-falls-27-paise-to-close-at-82-05/usd/articleshow/100101208.cms">Rupee weighed down strong greenback, falls 27 paise to close at 82.05/USD</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/hiring-in-startups-up-in-april-despite-6-annual-drop-in-e-recruitment-foundit-report/articleshow/100101419.cms">Hiring in startups up in April, despite 6% annual drop in e-recruitment: Foundit report</a>

UP to follow Netherland model to check school dropouts

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Despite the declining reputation of Big Tech, many <keyword id="107736" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Business-school">business school</keyword> grads are setting out to become the next great tech founder.</li><li>Tom Eisenmann, an entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, set out to examine why so many grads are attracted to startup's in his new book "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Why-Startups-Fail-Roadmap-Entrepreneurial/dp/0593137027">Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success."</a></li><li>But beyond providing a few interesting case studies, Eisenmann fails to deliver insight on what is driving the continued move towards these "ill-considered, ill-fated ventures."</li><li>This is an <keyword id="6356002" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="opinion">opinion</keyword> column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.</li></ul>Big tech's dramatic fall from grace has occurred with stunning speed. In the eyes of the public and regulators the leaders of these businesses went from being considered iconic beacons of American ingenuity to little more than self-serving robber barons. <keyword id="6354576" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="facebook">Facebook</keyword>, for instance, had been widely viewed as the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/18/ben-horowitz-facebook-is-the-best-run-company-in-technology/">best run company in technology</a> and in 2018 was coming off an unprecedented three year run as the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-best-place-to-work-in-america-2017-12">best place to work in America overall</a>. But that image has quickly changed. The FTC last year took the extraordinary step of suing Facebook to undo two previous acquisitions that had been reviewed and approved almost a decade ago. Before that dramatic about face, the federal government had left largely unchallenged literally hundreds of deals by Facebook and the other tech giants. Facebook founder <keyword id="6354630" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="mark-zuckerberg">Mark Zuckerberg</keyword> went from being Time Person of the Year in 2010 to being described in 2020 <a href="https://airmail.news/issues/2020-8-1/worst-bond-villain-ever">as the "worst Bond villain ever."</a>Despite modern tech titans' collapse in popularity, the aspiration to become the next transformational founder has never burned so bright. Top business school graduates of a previous generation aspired to become investment bankers or consultants. Today, the ultimate sign of success is starting your own thing or working at an early stage company with dreams of becoming the next unicorn - securing outside capital at a valuation of over $1 billion. This fight to lead the next big thing persists despite the fact that most of these companies will end in financial ruin. So it is good news that Professor Tom Eisenmann, who has long taught the required introductory entrepreneurship course for first year <keyword id="6360839" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mba">MBA</keyword> students at Harvard Business School, has decided to step back and consider what he has learned from following his students' ventures for almost a quarter century. <h2>Cheerleading with few useful conclusions</h2>In "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Why-Startups-Fail-Roadmap-Entrepreneurial/dp/0593137027">Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success</a>," Professor Eisenmann relies not only on his personal experience but a detailed survey of almost 500 founder/CEOs to chart a detailed end-to-end obstacle course from original ideal all the way to picking one's self up and figuring out what to do next once a venture collapses. The book is helpfully organized to address the distinct challenges faced in launching, scaling and ultimately dealing with failure.Although chock full of helpful insights along the way, Why Startups Fail reads a little too much like a business school case discussion: long lists of issues are identified, and both sides of each topic are considered yet few specific conclusions are drawn. This both sides' approach is more exhausting than engrossing. So, charismatic founders are great at raising money and inspiring troops but can be defensive and dangerously unrealistic. Similarly, raising too much or too little money each has pros and cons. In the hands of a great teacher - and Professor Eisenmann has written over a hundred classic Harvard Business School cases - who can draw out these considerations through a Socratic dialog with students, the case method can be a remarkably effective live teaching tool. But to sustain an engaging narrative in book form, more is required than exhorting the reader to carefully balance the various factors depending on the situation.The survey results might have supported a stronger point of view on some key topics, but often these bordered on the tautological. How surprising is it that unsuccessful startups were more likely to report that they undertook either too many or too few business model "pivots" than did their successful counterparts? In the end, although I don't doubt that the numerous checklists and stories provided in Why Startups Fail are valuable, the sheer breadth of variables identified and the depth of uncertainties involved leaves a strong impression that nothing is likely to fundamentally change the overwhelming proclivity of startups to fail.Professor Eisenmann identifies an important social benefit to his effort to eliminate "avoidable errors" that cause startups to fail. "Society needs entrepreneurs to solve a spate of problems,and can't afford to have talent and resources tied up in ill-considered, ill-fated ventures," he writes. Eisenmann does not consider, however, the possibility that far fewer should be pursuing startups in the first place and that society would be better off if more of that talent were directed towards improving established businesses.Indeed, Professor Eisenmann ends the book by noting that he reached out to early former students who launched ventures- "almost all of which failed" - at the top of the first internet bubble in 1999 and 2000. According to him, "all but one alumni founder insisted they had no regrets whatsoever," leading Eisenmann to exhort the latest crop to put aside their fears and "Go build something great!" The problem is that the number who may answer his call now is far greater than in 2000. In 2020, for the first time ever, more than 10% of the class representing over 100 graduates of Harvard Business School decided to <a href="https://www.hbs.edu/recruiting/data/Pages/entrepreneurship.aspx?year=2020">start their own company rather than take a job</a>. In years prior to 2010, it was not unusual for as few as 3% of the class to take this path. That reflects a broader explosion in the number of the most talented graduates who now want to either start their own new business or go work for someone else's startup. At <keyword id="33081" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Stanford">Stanford</keyword> Business School, ground zero for start-up fever, <a href="https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/files-fpp/23396/report-2020-mba-employment-report.pdf">nearly 20% of the graduating class</a> now go out on their own - double the number that followed this path in 2000. Sure, if you have always dreamed of starting a business you should go do it. But I am dubious that fervent entrepreneurship has infected such a large part of the population. This radical shift in career focus probably reflects the same old herd instinct pointed in a different direction rather than a suddenly discovered innate longing. And no amount of preparation or study will change the statistical likelihood that most of these ventures will end in tears. Given the haphazard nature of training and development available at startups, the downside to those who follow this path in the absence of a genuine calling is not insignificant. And the potential upside to the rest of us if they were to instead contribute their skills to proven enterprises in need of innovation could be meaningful. Jonathan A. Knee is Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Business School and a Senior Advisor at Evercore. His next book, The Platform Delusion: Who Wins and Who Loses in the Age of Tech Titans, will be released in September by Portfolio.

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School children crying and refusing to let go a <keyword id="15540" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="teacher" source="Orion">teacher</keyword> who has been transferred, is a very rare sight, especially in <keyword id="6357713" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="uttar-pradesh" source="Orion">Uttar Pradesh</keyword>. <keyword id="12228495" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="shivendra-singh" source="Orion">Shivendra Singh</keyword>, a primary school teacher in <keyword id="14462040" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="raigarh-primary-school" source="Orion">Raigarh Primary School</keyword> in Chandauli, was recently transferred to another school. His farewell was held in the school earlier this week where students hugged him and cried inconsolably. An emotional Singh is seen trying to console them. "I will visit you soon. Keep studying hard. You must do well," he is heard telling the children. Videos of the incident have gone viral on social media. Sources said that Singh became immensely popular because of his unconventional ways of teaching and drawing his students' interest. He was posted as an assistant teacher at the school in 2018. He used games and social media to raise awareness among the children, drawing more and more students to the school, which had always seen low attendance because of the difficult terrain. SEE ALSO : <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/with-free-preparatory-classes-delhi-govt-schools-to-help-students-for-cuet/articleshow/92897046.cms">With free preparatory classes, Delhi govt schools to help students for CUET</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/rupee-at-80-heres-how-a-falling-rupee-could-impact-indias-current-account-deficit/articleshow/92897064.cms">Rupee at 80: Here’s how a falling Rupee could impact India's current account deficit</a>

Kids weep after teacher is transferred to another school in UP

Technology is of no use if it doesn’t help people, and going by that definition, <a href="http://www.aarambh.org">Aarambh</a>, an NGO that works for underprivileged children and <keyword id="624" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Women">women</keyword> has come up with an ecological and economical way to help the kids of government schools of rural India. It has made a school bag that can be opened up to be used as study desks. 
 
Due to lack of resources, school kids in rural India have to sit on the ground, resulting in poor eyesight, bad seating posture and also, poor handwriting. 
 
What this NGO did was to use used cartons to create a pre-set stencil design. The cartons were then cut and folded to create desks that could open up as school bags, aptly called Help Desk 
 
Watch the video, to understand how this great innovative idea provided smiles on the faces of rural kids of Maharashtra for as less than Rs 10 per piece.

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New Delhi, Feb 24 (PTI) The Delhi government issued guidelines to its schools on Wednesday for the assessment of students up to Class 8, ruling out offline examinations and instead, asking them to grade the students on the basis of projects and assignments. The guidelines of the Directorate of Education (DoE) have been issued to the government-run and aided schools for assessment for the 2020-21 academic session, during which schools were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and all teaching and learning activities were conducted online. According to government officials, private schools will prepare their own schedule and decide on the modalities on their own. "Since no classroom teaching and learning has taken place at the primary and middle level, the formal mode of pen-and-paper assessment will be replaced by a subjective assessment of projects and assignments for Classes 3 to 8," the DoE said in an official order. According to the guidelines, for Classes 3 to 5, 30 marks will be for assessment based on worksheets, 30 for the assignments given in winter breaks and 40 for the assignments and projects provided from March 1 to 15. Similarly, for Classes 6 to 8, 20 marks will be for assessment based on worksheets, 30 for the assignments given in winter breaks and 50 for the assignments and projects provided from March 1 to 15. "In case a student does not have access to a digital device or internet, the assignments and projects will be given in hard copies by calling his parents to the school while following the COVID-19 guidelines. "While allotting the assignments and projects, the subject teachers will explain the nature and method of attempting the worksheets. They will also keep in mind that words hurting religious sentiments related to caste, contradictory statements having double meaning etc. will not be part of the assignments and projects," the order said. The DoE also said the students should not be called to school for the results, which should be intimated to them through digital means, text messages or phone calls. "Private schools will take their own decision about assessment and act accordingly," another senior government official said. The DoE has also issued guidelines for assessment of students from the KG level to Class 2. "The students of Classes KG to 2 will be given grades on the basis of the winter break assignments and responses to the worksheets shared during the pandemic through WhatsApp or any offline means. "All the currently enrolled students of Classes nursery to 2 shall be promoted to the next class. However, the purpose of the assessment is to understand the impact of the alternative-learning approach that needed to be adopted under the prevailing circumstances this year. The teachers will not ask the students or parents to submit or resubmit any worksheet issued previously," the DoE said. Schools were closed in March last year, ahead of a nationwide lockdown, to curb the spread of the coronavirus. While several states reopened schools from October onwards, the Delhi government has allowed reopening of Classes 9 to 12 from January 18. The board examinations for Classes 10 and 12 will be conducted from May 4. The students of Classes 9 and 11 will have offline exams in accordance with the schedule decided by the schools.

No offline exams up to Class 8 in Delhi govt schools

By Aditi Khanna London, Jun 19 () British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday announced a new one-billion pounds COVID-19 "catch up" package of measures to tackle the impact of lost teaching time as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. The most disadvantaged pupils in England will have access to tutors through a 350-million pounds National Tutoring Programme over the year from September. Primary and secondary schools across England will also be given 650 million pounds to spend on one-to-one or group tuition for any pupils they think need it to catch up on lost classes. "This one billion pounds catch-up package will help head teachers to provide extra support to children who have fallen behind while out of school," said Johnson. "I want to once again thank teachers, childcare workers and support staff for the brilliant work they have been doing throughout the pandemic. This includes providing remote education for those not in school, as well as face-to-face education for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers," he said. The UK prime minister stressed that he remains "determined" to do everything possible to get all children back in school from September, after what is traditionally a summer holiday period for schools in Britain. While head teachers will decide how best to spend their one-off coronavirus catch-up grant funds, the government has directed that the bulk must go towards small group tuition for those most in need. The Department for Education said the one billion pounds package is on top of the 14 billion pounds three-year funding settlement announced last year and recognises the additional work schools will need to do to help students to catch up. "We cannot afford for any of our children to lose out as a result of COVID-19. The scale of our response must match the scale of the challenge," said UK Education Secretary Gavin Williamson. "This package will make sure that every young person, no matter their age or where they live, gets the education, opportunities and outcomes they deserve, by spending it on measures proven to be effective, particularly for those who are most disadvantaged. "The plan will be delivered throughout the next academic year, bringing long term reform to the educational sector that will protect a generation of children from the effects of this pandemic," he said. The National Tutoring Programme is designed to reach up to two million of England's most disadvantaged children. The UK government said it hopes that all providers running holiday clubs and activities for children over the summer holiday will be able to open, if the scientific data on the coronavirus infection rate allows. Guidance will be provided to the education sector on how to implement the protective measures necessary to open safely, and to parents on how to minimise the spread of the virus if they choose to attend. While primary and other early years schools were allowed to open as part of the first phase of the government's lockdown easing plans this month, most schools are likely to return fully only in September. Some basic level of school availability has been kept running through the lockdown for children of key workers such as healthcare providers and food retailers who had to get to work and other vulnerable families. The details for education measures to be put in place by the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be laid out over the course of the month. AK PMS PMS

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is waging a war against 'woke' public schools.</li><li>Universal vouchers without restrictions on families' incomes will create competition for students, he argues.</li></ul>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared the Sunshine State is "where woke goes to die." His latest target is public schools.On Monday, the governor signed universal school vouchers into law, which both conservatives and liberals expect to hurt public schools.The <a href="https://www.flgov.com/2023/03/27/governor-ron-desantis-signs-historic-legislation-to-expand-school-choice-options-to-all-florida-students/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new law</a> eliminates financial eligibility restrictions to participate in the state's voucher program, which subsidizes the cost of families sending their children to private schools and other public school alternatives. All Florida K-12 students will now be eligible for vouchers projected to be $8,700 per student on average, according to the <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article273632055.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miami Herald</a>.This comes after Desantis' administration passed laws prohibiting discussion of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-legislature-passes-bill-limiting-critical-race-theory-in-schools-2022-3">critical race theory</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fight-over-floridas-dont-say-gay-bill-explained-2022-2">sexual orientation</a>, and gender identity in Florida's public schools, resulting in the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-teacher-books-classroom-desantis-2023-1?_gl=1*1rhea53*_ga*MTgyNTUxNzM3Ny4xNjc0OTU1ODA5*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTY3OTExMjg4OS4xNTUuMS4xNjc5MTE5MDk0LjU1LjAuMA..">removal of thousands of books</a> not approved by the state from school classrooms and the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-school-board-member-on-desantis-african-american-studies-ban-2023-1?_gl=1*1rhea53*_ga*MTgyNTUxNzM3Ny4xNjc0OTU1ODA5*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTY3OTExMjg4OS4xNTUuMS4xNjc5MTE5MDk0LjU1LjAuMA..">blocking of high schools from teaching</a> AP African American studies. Universal school choice is the governor's latest attempt to undermine Florida's public schools.<h2>Teachers and Democrats are worried the move could threaten public schools </h2>The governor framed the law as a victory for parental rights and school choice, forcing public schools to compete with private schools for students."They either offer a product that parents want or they don't," DeSantis said, according to <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/28/desantis-signs-floridas-biggest-school-voucher-program-expansion/11556334002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USA Today</a>.The president of the Florida Education Association, the largest teachers union in the state, didn't see it that way. While private schools are largely free to do what they want, public schools "must follow 1,300 pages of laws and a ton of regulations on top of that," Andrew Spar told Insider. "This is not competition. This is an attempt to create a divide, to create an advantage."Public school enrollment has only dropped a few percentage points, from <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/98018.pdf">89.6%</a> to <a href="https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7562/urlt/PS-AnnualReport2022.pdf">87.2%</a>, since Republican Gov. Jeb Bush rolled out the state's voucher program two decades ago, which was aimed at helping more Florida families send their kids to private school.Private schools "haven't been able to profit the way they've wanted to off of these kids," Spar said.Now, however, DeSantis' move to broaden the voucher program to all Florida families could meaningfully threaten funding for public schools."Florida public schools are woefully underfunded," Spar said. According to the <a href="https://educationdata.org/public-education-spending-statistics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Education Data Initiative</a>, Florida spends $9,983 per pupil in its public schools, spending less than 41 other states. The state receives $3.5 billion each year — the third-largest amount of any state — from the federal government to help fund K-12 education.Spar fears universal vouchers "will literally siphon money away" from public schools because it's all under the same education budget. Estimated <a href="https://apnews.com/article/desantis-florida-vouchers-school-d777ba50ce2c78d4f9de786826bf7253" target="_blank" rel="noopener">annual costs</a> for the program range from $209 million to $4 billion. Meanwhile, the state senate appropriations committee has only proposed an additional <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Media/PressReleases/Show/4429" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$1.2 billion</a> to cover the expansion of the already <a href="https://www.floridapolicy.org/posts/floridas-hidden-voucher-expansion-over-1-billion-from-public-schools-to-fund-private-education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$1.3 billion program</a>. If the cost exceeds that amount, "dollars are coming out of the public school budget," Spar said.Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democratic congresswoman representing Florida's 25th district, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDWStweets/status/1640846262642659334" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> the universal program will "hand our tax dollars to millionaires to subsidize their kids' private school education, leaving our public schools and teachers to struggle even harder for basic funding."Republicans have been pushing to privatize public schools for 20 years, Spar said. And the culture-war fights are part of the same push."That's why we are seeing all this book banning and limiting what you can teach because they have not been successful in driving parents out of public schools," Spar said. "It's about undermining the sacred trust between parents and teachers."Not everyone thinks defunding public schools is a bad thing. Noting what he called "the craziness that happens in our K-12 schools," Florida's Republican House Speaker Paul Renner <a href="https://apnews.com/article/desantis-florida-vouchers-school-d777ba50ce2c78d4f9de786826bf7253" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praised</a> the new law for enabling more parents to send children to schools that suit their religious and political preferences.Conservative commentator Richard Hanania <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDWStweets/status/1640846262642659334?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> the law would "bankrupt the entire corrupt system" of public schools: "We're watching the liberation of childhood." Are you a Florida teacher, parent, or student who could be affected by the new voucher program? just want something a lillll more specific Tell your story to this reporter at <a href="mailto:edodd@insider.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">edodd@insider.com</a>.Correction — March 31, 2023. The article has been corrected to reflect that the federal government sends $3.5 billion to Florida public schools each year.Editor's note — This article was originally published March 29, 2023.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A <keyword id="11899427" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pennsylvania" source="Orion">Pennsylvania</keyword> parent's attempt to get an "After <keyword id="11900653" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="school" source="Orion">School</keyword> <keyword id="11904951" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="satan" source="Orion">Satan</keyword> Club" started has gone up in flames.</li><li>The school board in Northern York County School District voted 8-1 in opposition to the club.</li></ul>A Pennsylvania parent's push to get an After School Satan Club set up at one of the state's elementary schools has gone up in flames after a school board voted it down 8-1. Hundreds of people turned up at Tuesday's meeting to voice their disapproval of the club, according to the <a href="https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2022/04/20/after-school-satan-club-denied-northern-york-school-board-joy-el-christian-club/65351019007/">York Daily Record</a>. Only one member of the Northern York County school board, Thomas Welch, voted in favor of the club. A mother named Samantha Groome proposed the club. She said she was looking for a non-religious club for students at Northern Elementary School. Groome told the York Daily Record she proposed the After School Satan Club as a secular alternative to a local Christian club program.But local parents were largely opposed to the club's creation. "There is a lot of evil already in this world, so to allow it to come into our school and our community is not OK," said parent Laura Vangeli, according to <a href="https://local21news.com/news/local/after-school-satan-club-proposed-at-york-county-elementary-school">CBS affiliate WHP-TV</a>.The <a href="https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/after-school-satan">Satanic Temple</a> says the After School Satan Clubs "promote self-directed education by supporting the intellectual and creative interests of students." The Temple's website also says that the clubs are open to parents, who are welcome to participate. The Temple also emphasizes that "proselytization is not our goal, and we're not interested in converting children to <keyword id="11904952" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="satanism" source="Orion">Satanism</keyword>.""After School Satan Clubs will focus on free inquiry and rationalism, the scientific basis for which we know what we know about the world around us," the Temple wrote.The Satanic Temple <a href="https://www.boston25news.com/news/the-satanic-temple-to-open-international-headquarters-in-salem/446710701/">has its official headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts.</a> There are four After School Satan Clubs in the US — including <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-school-satan-satanic-temple-portland-approved/">one in Portland, Oregon,</a> approved in 2016, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/after-school-satan-club-illinois-concern-parents-superintendent">and another in Moline, Illinois</a>. Ken Sechrist, the president of the Northern York County school board, told <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/after-school-satanic-club-voted-down-school-board-1699461">Newsweek</a> that the board sent Groome a letter to explain why they rejected her request. "In short, we start clubs when there is a student interest in a particular subject not covered in our curriculum," Sechrist told the outlet. "In this instance the requesting parent, when given the opportunity to provide evidence of any student interest, provided none."In response to the school board's decision, the Satanic Temple's co-founder Lucien Greaves told the York Daily Record that he thought it was "religious discrimination" for the school to accept only "certain religious voices, but not others." Greaves added that the Satanic Temple may put up funds for litigation to push for the club under the First Amendment.

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