See how Port Arthur ISD is reaching out to international teachers to enhance education experience Published 12:38 am Friday, December 23, 2022 Leaders with Port Arthur Independent School District are continuing their mission to work with Spanish speaking international teachers to benefit students. “To meet the needs for Spanish teachers, the PAISD contracted with Global Educational Concepts, which recruits internationally certified teachers,” Superintendent Mark Porterie said. “These teachers are part of the visiting international J-1 Visas Exchange Visitor Program approved by the United States Department of State.” The district ratified a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nashville based company recently. The company…
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The second highly successful US Africa summit which has just concluded in Washington D.C. marks the beginning of a new chapter in US-Africa relationships. Geopolitical shifts have created major dislocations in the international energy and fertilized markets, massively impacting emerging and developed marketplaces alike, highlighting the critical need for sustainable global food security solutions. Indeed a new African food security renaissance is about to take place – As a critical world leading nation, the United States of America has promised to rise to the challenge as a genuine, engaged and powerful partner in the building of Africa as a sustainable…
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” wasn’t really a surprise, and there always seems to be a John Grisham title. Dolly Parton and James Patterson’s thriller also made the Erie County Public Library’s 2022 list of most-circulated titles, along with a book about a real-life Erie bookmaker’s murder.”We’re probably the only library in the country that has this in our top circulating titles,” said Anitra Gates, technical services manager for the Erie County Public Library, about “The Unholy Murder of Ash Wednesday.”Gates compiled the unscientific list in late November and made a few edits to it in early December. Including results…
The World Bank recently approved $311m to help fund the increase of grid-connected renewable energy capacity for West Africa in International Development Association financing. Some of the beneficiaries of this electricity fund within the region includes; Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo. The Regional Emergency Solar Power Intervention Project includes a $20m grant to help facilitate future regional power trade and strengthen the institutional and technical capacities of the West Africa Power Pool to undertake its regional mandate, according to the World Bank. “The main objective of the RESPITE is to rapidly increase grid-connected renewable energy capacity and strengthen regional…
Since 2017, Evanston Latinos worked to amplify the voices of the city’s Latinx community and Rebeca Mendoza was the face of the nonprofits efforts. She translated the city’s Covid medical information, resources and restrictions into Spanish to share with the Spanish-speaking community on Facebook. Mendoza secured grants to continue outreach. All the while carving more space for the city’s undocumented and immigrant families. That chapter is coming to a close along with the end of the year, Mendoza said. In the new year, a new Latinx leader will lead Evanston Latinos. “I want to give the opportunity for new leadership,”…
Debbie Green (right), general manager IGT, joined hands with an IGT ASA beneficiary and resident of Mustard Seed Communities — Matthew 25:40 Children’s Home (in mask) to cut the Christmas cake. Sharing in the cake-cutting duty are Andre McFarlane (left), home administrator, and Darcy Tulloch-Williams, executive director of Mustard Seed Communities. THE children of Mustard Seed Communities’ Matthew 25:40 Children’s Home were filled with joy as a well-decorated Christmas tree lit up their home recently during a Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony hosted by International Game Technology (IGT). The youngsters were delighted to see the beautifully decorated tree surrounded by a…
“This”, says the Ghanaian writer Fatima Derby, “is what solidarity looks like.” After the west African premiere of Voices, a new performance project by black women, Derby was one of many at the event in Accra, Ghana who were of the same mind. “It’s a huge defining moment,” she says.Voices, an audioplay and campaign exploring the stories of black women in Africa and in the diaspora, was launched on 18 December at the Nubuke foundation in Accra.The play, directed by the poet and activist Aja Monet, was curated by V-Day, a global movement working to end violence against women, which…
Investments in digital transformation across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (Meta) region is projected to surpass $74 billion by 2026, helping organisations achieve long-term stability and growth, a new study from the International Data Corporation (IDC) has found.Spending on such initiatives is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of about 16 per cent over a five-year period through 2026, and would account for more than 43 per cent of total information and communications technology investments, the US research firm said on Thursday.That growth rate would be more than double over the 2021-2026 period. More notably, digital transformation…
Ōpōtiki District Council. (Source: Re: News)Progress on Ōpōtiki becoming a reo rua (bilingual) town has been put on hold in order for mayor and councilors to be brought up to speed about what it involves.By Neryda McNabb, Local Democracy ReporterAt a meeting of Ōpōtiki District Council on Tuesday, elected members were asked to formalise an agreement in principle between Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board and the council join the Aotearoa Reorua initiative, run by the Department of Internal Affairs. The programme offers $225,000 in funding over two years for council and iwi to work together to create and implement a plan…
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/Gray News) – A children’s book is causing controversy at a Georgia bookstore after a mother and grandmother said it is too explicit for young children.Lanel Williams said she was shopping at Ollie’s Bargain Outlet in Augusta for her grandchildren’s Christmas gifts when she came across “Was I in Mama’s Stomach, Too?” by Dagmar Geisler.She was interested in the book, aimed at helping young children learn about their bodies. But the book was more explicit than they expected.“We thought it was going to be like a big brother, big sister type book, you know, and having a brand-new…