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For ‘Stuff the Bus,’ Frederick community donates school supplies | Education

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Pointy pencils, unblemished notebooks and pristine glue sticks were piled high inside bright yellow bins in the church gym.

Outside, a school bus backed up to the gym’s doors.

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New Burlington High School Expected to Cost $190 Million | Education | Seven Days

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A rendering of a new Burlington High School and Technical Center - COURTESY OF BURLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

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  • A rendering of a new Burlington High School and Technical Center

In three months, Burlington voters will head to the polls and likely vote on a nine-figure bond for a new high school and technical center. This week, Burlington School District officials released the estimated cost for the project — just over $190 million.

The estimate includes roughly $138.7 million in construction costs; $30 million in soft costs such as design fees, permits and

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Alexander City Outlook#5. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary …Job description: Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary….2 days ago

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Alexander City Outlook#5. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary …Job description: Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative,
or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary….2 days ago
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Iowa OB-GYN education future unclear as abortion training standards change

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When Iowa lawmakers were considering legislation in 2018 to ban most abortions, University of Iowa officials said the law could threaten its standing to educate doctors who specialize in female reproductive health.

Now that the state and U.S. supreme courts have eliminated obstacles to that law and Gov. Kim Reynolds is working to reinstate it, questions are again looming about the effect on obstetrics and gynecology education.

The answer is not yet clear because accreditation standards are changing nationwide following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on abortion. In states that ban abortions, universities may have to send students out

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Who Really Needs a Definition of Recession?

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Social media is ablaze with a dispute over whether the US economy is in a recession.

The debate was prompted by the White House’s statement on upcoming GDP data. The statement claims:

While some maintain that two consecutive quarters of falling real GDP constitute recession, that is neither the official definition nor the way economists evaluate the state of the business cycle.

The debate on social media is about whether this is true, but I think a different question takes priority. Why do we care? I’m not asking why we should care about whether the economy is bad— that’s

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