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Becoming An Educated Person in the 21st Century and The Mind of the Navigator. (Education Matters)

What is the new educational destination for students in the 21st Century?. Host Carol Mon Lee interviews Robert Witt, long time Hawaii educator and co-founder of Malama Honua Public Charter School. The educational destination for students of this new charter school in Waimanalo is to achieve“The Mind of the Navigator.” Students learn to possess the […]

SEEQS: ​the School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability (Out And About)

SEEQS Public Charter School: a collaborative interdisciplinary learning environment where students learn to become educated, engaged and effective stewards of our planet.. SEEQS is a ​public charter middle school​ that equips its students with the skills and habits of mind for success in the 21st century, including critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity. Learners engage […]

Minna no Care Network & Nagomi Foster Homes みんなのケアネットワーク、なごみホームズ (Konnichiwa Hawaii こんにちは、ハワイ!)

This show will be broadcast in Japanese :この番組は日本語で放送します。. In this all Japanese broadcast Host Yukari Kunisue interviews Kayoko Miura about Minnano Care Network, and Nagomi Foster Homes 日本語でおとどけするThinkTech Hawaiiの第一回目は、日本語放送担当の国陶ゆかりが、なごみフォースターホーム、なごみケアホームの代表三浦佳代子さんをお招きして、ハワイの介護施設なごみホームズと、ハワイの「みんなのケアネットワーク」という日本人同士のサポートシステムについてお話いただきます。 The host for this episode was Yukari Kunisue, PhD. The guest for this episode was Kayoko Miura. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 […]

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Arizona Charges Giuliani and Other Trump Allies in Election Interference Case

Those charged included Boris Epshteyn, a top legal strategist for Donald Trump, and fake electors who acted on Mr. Trump’s behalf in Arizona after the 2020 election. [...]

Trump’s Immunity Claim Joins His Plans to Increase Executive Power

The former president is asking the Supreme Court to put the presidency above criminal law as he pursues a broader agenda of expanding the office’s power should he win the [...]

Campus Protests Over Gaza Intensify Amid Pushback by Universities and Police

There were dozens of new arrests, mostly in Texas, as universities moved to prevent pro-Palestinian encampments from taking hold as they have at Columbia University. [...]

Columbia Says Student Protesters Agree to More Talks and to Remove Some Tents

Nemat Shafik, the university’s leader, met privately with faculty members, who could soon decide to admonish her. Columbia’s board, though, made its support clear. [...]

Arizona House Votes to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban

The almost-complete ban on abortions in the state could go into effect as soon as June 8 if the State Legislature does not repeal it, the state’s attorney general said. [...]

US secretly sends long-range missiles to Ukraine

Missiles delivered this month have been used to strike Russian targets in Crimea, US media say. [...]

Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within first term

The party says it offers the "biggest overhaul in a generation" but ministers brand it "pointless". [...]

One-word Ofsted grades should stay, says government

The government says the judgements are useful for parents, after MPs called for them to be scrapped. [...]

Spain's PM halts public duties as wife faces inquiry

Pedro Sánchez says he will "stop and reflect" on whether to remain in the job. [...]

Girl arrested after teachers and pupil injured in school stabbing

A teenage girl has been arrested after two teachers and a pupil were stabbed in Ammanford, south-west Wales. [...]

Opposition candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is in the lead after winning almost almost 40% of the first-round vote. The election comes as North Macedonia seeks EU membership. [...]

Antony Blinken arrived in China for his second visit in a year to discuss a range of issues amid rising tensions between the two countries. [...]

Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Miss Lieser" was long thought to be lost, when in fact it hung for decades in a private villa near Vienna. [...]

US President Joe Biden has said deliveries of much-needed artillery munitions and other supplies to Ukraine will commence within "hours" after he signed a long-awaited aid package into law. DW [...]

On a visit to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the German president said Germany and Turkey needed each other. Erdogan used to occasion to criticize the West's stance on the [...]

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona

Arizona is now the fourth state where charges have been brought against individuals involved in so-called "fake elector" schemes that sought to undermine Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump. [...]

Gateway Pundit files for bankruptcy after election conspiracy defamation lawsuits

The influential website faced multiple defamation suits over conspiracy theories about 2020 election fraud that it's accused of promoting. [...]

What consumers should know about the milk testing positive for bird flu

Federal officials and scientific experts say the virus detected in retail milk samples may be inactive and unable to cause an infection. [...]

Heated arguments at the Supreme Court in newest abortion case

At issue is a clash between federal and state law about how pregnant women must be treated in the emergency room. [...]

Taylor Swift set a new record this week with, well, records. The vinyl kind.

Taylor Swift, whose latest album is now the first to surpass one billion Spotify streams in a single week, has smashed another record as well. [...]

A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions has won approval from the state House, clearing its first hurdle a week after a court concluded the state can enforce [...]

Curtis Mead hit his first homer of the season and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 to avoid a three-game sweep [...]

In one meeting, Biden and others sprang a surprise effort to persuade Speaker Johnson to pass the aid package [...]

'The Banshees of Inisherin' and Germany’s 'All Quiet on the Western Front' closely followed. [...]

"Sound of Freedom," a low-budget film about child sex trafficking, almost topped the box office. But its star Jim Caviezel has linked it to the QAnon movement. [...]

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