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Currents in Pacific Education: Trends & Issues (Pacific Partnerships in Education)

Events are transforming Pacific island education processes and practices We’ll discuss some ongoing and upcoming challenges and issues in Pacific island education, including: (a) the impacts of the ending of COFA funding on Hawaii’s schools and potential responses to this, such as creating ‘transition’ schools, and (b) the possible separation of Chuuk State from the […]

Part II: Support for Public Education or Misguided Public Policy? (Talk Story)

Investment Property Tax to Fund Public Education This week on Talk Story, Cory Rosenlee, Executive Director, Hawaii School Teachers Association, joins John Waihee to discuss supporting authorizing the State to tax investment property to fund public education. The host for this episode is John Waihee. The guest for this episode is Corey Rosenlee. ThinkTech Hawaii […]

Scholar App: A Hawaii Entrepreneur’s Journey (Business in Hawaii)

Hawaii Venture Capital Association’s 2016 Student Entrepreneur of the Year A Farrington High School graduate, Traven Watase created Scholar’s App after experiencing frustrations with scholarships from both a student and donor’s perspective. He had two main issues: 1) Completing paper applications individually was extremely time consuming, and 2) The difficulty of finding scholarships he qualified […]

Arctic – Tropical Climate Change Connections (Pacific Partnerships In Education)

A trip exploring some climate change themes and issues shared by the Marshall Islands and Greenland. The world’s largest island, the arctic behemoth of Greenland, and the tiny, remote, equatorial atoll islands of the Marshall Islands are experiencing similar impacts of climate change. We’ll show a brief video in which poets from both locations share […]

What’s next for our Little League World’s Series champs? (Working Together)

What are college coaches looking for? In this episode of Working Together, Darren L. Vorderbruegge joins Cheryl Crozier Garcia to talk about what’s next for our Little League World’s Series champs? What are college coaches looking for and how should those kids and parents position themselves to capitalize on their victory to secure scholarships at […]

Who’s Who in Gugeegue (Pacific Partnerships In Education)

Introducing the 2018 Ebeye Spartan Marine Science Campers Kara and Kayla recently returned from the 2018 Ebeye Spartan Summer Camp in Gugueegue, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. With Kayla’s assistance, Kara lead a marine science field camp for 40 select high school students. They spent two rigorous weeks together learning all about the […]

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- Danny Hakim, Ken Bensinger and Eileen Sullivan
‘We’ll See You at Your House:’ How Fear and Menace Are Transforming Politics

Public officials from Congress to City Hall are now regularly subjected to threats of violence. It’s changing how they do their jobs. [...]

- Katie Rogers
With an Eye to Black Voters, Biden to Address Graduates at Morehouse College

The president’s appearance at the historically Black college in Atlanta was not welcomed by all on campus, amid dissatisfaction with U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza. [...]

- Aaron Boxerman, Ephrat Livni and Kayla Guo
Israel’s Wartime Government Frays as Frustration with Netanyahu Grows

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of leadership, presented the prime minister with an ultimatum that demanded a plan for the future of Israel’s war. [...]

- Christopher Maag
At Chaotic Rally in Brooklyn, Police Violently Confront Protesters

Officers were filmed punching several people at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Bay Ridge. [...]

- Paul Sonne
The Technocrat Who’s Taking Control of Putin’s War Effort

Andrei R. Belousov, an intellectual with no military experience, is known for backing a state-dominated economy. [...]

Boy's body found in river as second teen 'critical'

The 14-year-old's body was found in the River Tyne and the younger boy was rescued and taken to hospital. [...]

Su and Steve fought for justice, but didn't live to see it

Su Gorman and Steve Dymond helped to expose an NHS scandal - but they died without seeing justice. [...]

Infected blood victims have waited too long - Shapps

Families have been let down over decades, says minister, ahead of a long-awaited inquiry report. [...]

Israel war cabinet minister vows to quit if there is no post-war plan for Gaza

Recent weeks have seen an increasingly public rift over how Gaza should be governed after the war. [...]

'I fluffed it': Labour's Streeting caught out on party pledges

The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg finds out if her Conservative and Labour guests know their parties' policies. [...]

DRC armed forces say they have thwarted an attempted coup involving Congolese and foreign fighters. A shootout was previously reported in the capital, Kinshasa. [...]

France has been attempting to restore order in the Pacific territory since riots broke out earlier this week. Airlines have suspended flights over the unrest. [...]

Gaza officials say over 20 people have died in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. A US security envoy is visiting Israel after talks in [...]

Both Russia and Ukraine traded drone assaults overnight as Russian forces continue their offensive in the northeast of Ukraine. Kyiv says its troops have destroyed a Russian minesweeper. DW has [...]

Saudi Arabian state media said that the 88-year-old monarch was suffering from fever and joint pain. His son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has de facto ruled the kingdom since [...]

- The Associated Press
An airstrike kills 20 in central Gaza as Israel's leaders air wartime divisions

An Israeli airstrike killed 20 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, on Sunday, as fighting raged and Israel's leaders aired divisions over who should govern Gaza after the [...]

- Clare Marie Schneider
The jawbone of washed-up whale in New Zealand was removed with chainsaw and stolen

The jawbone of a nearly 50-foot sperm whale that washed ashore in New Zealand's southernmost region has been removed. While the act is illegal, it's also considered disrespectful to the [...]

- The Associated Press
US national security adviser and Saudi Arabia crown prince hold security deal talks

President Joe Biden's national security adviser met early Sunday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss a wide-ranging security agreement between the countries. [...]

- Robbie Griffiths
Usyk beats Fury to become first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 24 years

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk became the world's first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 24 years by beating British fighter Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh. [...]

- Andrea Hsu
'Magic United': Disneyland characters vote to unionize

Disneyland employees in California, including those who perform as characters from Mickey Mouse to Moana, have voted to unionize. The 1,700 workers will be represented by Actors' Equity Association. [...]

- Emily Giambalvo

At Saturday night’s U.S. Classic, world’s top gymnast shows she won’t be playing it safe entering the Summer Games. [...]

- Eric Tucker and Michael R. Sisak | AP

Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days [...]

- MartÍn Adames AlcÁntara | AP

Voters in the Dominican Republic are casting ballots in general elections likely to reinforce the government’s crackdown on its shared border with crisis-stricken Haiti [...]

- Nicolás Rivero

Americans throw out billions of disposable razors and blade cartridges a year. There’s a better way to shave that doesn’t create tons of plastic waste. [...]

- John Leicester | AP

French security forces are working to retake control of the highway to the international airport in violence-scorched New Caledonia, shuttered because of deadly unrest wracking the French Pacific archipelago where [...]

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