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D-3 corner putting off med school to chase NFL draft dreams

D-3 corner putting off med school to chase NFL draft dreams

Andrew Whitaker is like every other long-shot NFL prospect in exactly one way: He has a dream of making it. That part is unremarkable. But everything else about Whitaker, a cornerback at Division III Washington University In St. Louis, apparently is. Whitaker is not only a standout at his level of football. He’s also a national champion for the school in track. He has won or been nominated for national awards for academics (too many to list), community service (Allstate AFCA Good Works Team)… Source link

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Retired Rams S Eric Weddle takes high school coach job

Retired Rams S Eric Weddle takes high school coach job

Less than a week after winning a Super Bowl and quickly returning to retirement, Eric Weddle has his next job lined up. Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego announced Saturday that outgoing football head coach Tristan McCoy will be replaced by the longtime NFL safety. The announcement via Facebook: It’s official! The 2022 football season will be coach McCoy’s last as the RBHS head coach. Coach McCoy has led the Broncos’ football program the past 11 seasons, and built a reputation of… Source link

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Is now the right time to be rolling back school mask mandates?

Is now the right time to be rolling back school mask mandates?

“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. What’s happening Over the past few days, officials in a number of Democrat-led states have in the coming weeks. Collectively, the moves represent a significant shift in the long-running debate over school mask policies. The changes come amid a steady drop in daily COVID-19 cases from the peak of the Omicron surge in mid-January. But not all blue states are following suit, at least when it comes to schools…. Source link

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Don’t expect ‘old school’ inflation anytime soon: DoubleLine’s Jeff Sherman

Don’t expect ‘old school’ inflation anytime soon: DoubleLine’s Jeff Sherman

The days of sub 2% inflation — as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) — look over for quite some time, thinks DoubleLine’s co-chief investment officer Jeff Sherman. Sherman assigns the blame to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and in part the extremely easy monetary policy employed by the Federal Reserve to gin up the economy throughout the health crisis.  “I don’t think we are going back to the old school one and a half to 2% inflation because it’s permeated the psyche for a period… Source link

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‘Overwhelmed’ teachers lead Virginia Beach City to end certain school days early

‘Overwhelmed’ teachers lead Virginia Beach City to end certain school days early

One Virginia school district has made select Wednesdays shorter for students as teacher burnout through the coronavirus pandemic drags on.  The district’s superintendent said the move was to give teachers more time amid a historic shortage of educators. “Our teachers are just tired — they’re tired and they’re overwhelmed and dealing with a lot of the mental health issues that I think many folks are dealing with as a result of the pandemic,” Aaron Spence, superintendent of the Virginia… Source link

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Harvard Business School Moves MBA Classes Online As Covid Cases Surge

Harvard Business School Moves MBA Classes Online As Covid Cases Surge

2021 is looking uncomfortably like 2020. Poets&Quants has learned that Harvard Business School is going back to remote instruction for all first-year MBA students courses after a “steady rise in breakthrough infections” among students. The move is effective this week, September 27 to October 3. Some second-year courses also will be taught remotely this week, the school announced. “In recent days, we’ve seen a steady rise in breakthrough infections among our student population, despite… Source link

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‘A lot of our school systems’ are at risk of closing amid surges, doctor warns

‘A lot of our school systems’ are at risk of closing amid surges, doctor warns

Children are accounting for a larger number of COVID-19 cases as the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads rapidly. And as millions of students return to school nationwide, health officials are warning that infection numbers could get worse, potentially forcing schools to return to remote learning. “We’re going to start seeing a lot of our school systems, especially those that did not mandate masks, starting to close down,” University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Dr. Michael Saag… Source link

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China Bans For-Profit School Tutoring in Sweeping Overhaul

China Bans For-Profit School Tutoring in Sweeping Overhaul

(Bloomberg) — China unveiled a sweeping overhaul of its $100 billion education tech sector, banning companies that teach the school curriculum from making profits, raising capital or going public. Beijing on Saturday published a plethora of regulations that together threaten to up-end the sector and jeopardize billions of dollars in foreign investment. Companies that teach school subjects can no longer accept overseas investment, which could include capital from the offshore registered… Source link

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Emory Apologizes to Medical School Applicant Rejected Because He Was Black

Emory Apologizes to Medical School Applicant Rejected Because He Was Black

More than six decades after Marion Hood was rejected by Emory University School of Medicine, he received another letter from the school. This time, it was an apology for refusing to admit him into its medical program because he was Black. “Your rejection letter serves as a somber reminder that generations of talented young men and women were denied educational opportunities because of their race, and our society was denied their full potential,” said the letter, which was sent in March… Source link

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