PHOENIX — America’s schools say kids are hungry — just as pandemic-era benefit programs have lapsed. There is growing concern about the effects on kids’ ability to learn. Congress temporarily made school meals free to all American schoolkids, but since that ended last fall, the need ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University graduate students Michael Woodworth and Amy Munes were recently selected as Presidential Management Fellows, a prestigious program that partners early-career professionals with U.S. federal agencies to make a difference in government and impact their ...
From Northern Michigan University MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University Public Relations Professor Jessica Thompson’s commitment to sustainability permeates the courses she teaches for the College of Business, her interdisciplinary research with colleagues to improve climate change ...
BOSTON (AP) — Evena Joseph was unaware how much her 10-year-old son was struggling in school. She found out only with help from somebody who knows the Boston school system better than she does. Her son, J. Ryan Mathurin, wasn’t always comfortable pronouncing words in English. But Joseph, a Haitian immigrant raising him by herself, did not know how far behind he was in reading — in the 30th percentile — until a hospital where her son was receiving treatment connected her with a bilingual advocate. “I’m sad and disappointed,” Joseph said through an interpreter. “It’s ...
By PAUL GUZZO Tampa Bay Times TAMPA, Fla. — It doesn’t take strong teeth for acrobats to hang from a trapeze by their mouths. “They’re protected by a mouthpiece called an iron jaw,” Mike Foley said. “It’s the neck that hurts.” He should know. Using a homemade iron ...
By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University education assistant professor Kristen White is among collaborators from 10 partner universities and K-12s —including Marquette Area Public Schools — to receive an award from the National Association for Family, School and ...
