Education

Prioritizing your child’s mental health this back-to-school season

Prioritizing your child’s mental health this back-to-school season It’s that time of year when families are busy checking off those back-to-school lists. You’re likely making sure your student has the right notebooks, folders, pens and pencils – but even more important than school supplies is making sure your...

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New Report: 92% of Jobs Require Digital Skills, One-Third of Workers Have Low or No Digital Skills Due to Historic Underinvestment, Structural Inequities

New Report: 92% of Jobs Require Digital Skills, One-Third of Workers Have Low or No Digital Skills Due to Historic Underinvestment, Structural Inequities Today, National Skills Coalition (NSC) in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta released Closing the Digital Skill Divide, a real-time snapshot of demand for digital skills in the US labor market. The analysis finds that 92% of jobs...

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Ollie the emotional support puppy brightens students’ lives at Nathan Hale Elementary

Ollie the emotional support puppy brightens students’ lives at Nathan Hale Elementary For years, Julie Pearson, principal at Nathan Hale Elementary, has wanted to bring an emotional support puppy to her school. Pearson brought up the idea during principle meetings and mentioned the benefits that having an emotional support puppy at...

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Boosting student physical activity during Field Day at Hall STEM Academy

Boosting student physical activity during Field Day at Hall STEM Academy Kids at Hall STEM Academy in north Minneapolis are getting a lesson in outdoor fun. For the school’s annual Field Day event, several University of Minnesota student-athletes were on site to help coordinate activities and invoke a little friendly...

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Longtime NIPSCO executive Don Babcock joins Purdue Northwest Chancellor’s staff

Longtime NIPSCO executive Don Babcock joins Purdue Northwest Chancellor’s staff  Purdue University Northwest (PNW) announced today that longtime Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) director of economic development, Don Babcock, will be joining the staff of Chancellor Thomas L. Keon part-time, as director of...

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