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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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Pasco schools plan student discipline crackdown when classes start

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Published Aug. 2|Updated Aug. 2

LAND O’LAKES — Pasco County superintendent Kurt Browning has a message for parents: Teach your kids how to behave in school.

Students who don’t will face the possibility of increased penalties, Browning said Tuesday during a school board meeting. That includes expulsion recommendations for those who receive referrals for one Level 3 serious offense, such as a physical attack, weapon possession or sexual harassment, or two Level 2 offenses, for actions such as disruptive behavior, fighting and defying school personnel.

The district began recommending expulsion for “serious offenses” in March. It did

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California school district paid $20K for ‘Woke Kindergarten’ consultant

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EXCLUSIVE — A
California
school district paid an education consultancy organization called “Woke Kindergarten” $20,000 for a monthlong
teacher
training program on “anti-racist” and anti-bias curriculum in
elementary
school.

Hayward Unified School District contracted Woke Kindergarten at its district board meeting this week in order to continue training staff at Glassbrook Elementary School in anti-racism, a phrase commonly associated with
critical race theory
.


PHILADELPHIA ADDS SWEEPING PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH TO CITY CODE

The district’s contract abstract says teachers and staff will “learn how to use Woke Kindergarten’s resources and pedagogical approaches in practice as a way to

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