.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Leaving the sounds of bombing and an ongoing war behind, 15-year-old Mahdi Hossaini’s family vacated his birthplace of Ghazni, Afghanistan, about six years ago.First moving to Turkey and then to New Mexico.Albuquerque’s landscape isn’t too dissimilar from Ghazni — from what Hossaini can remember.ADVERTISEMENTThe 15-year-old, who speaks four languages and is currently learning a fifth, has first-hand experience on what it means to be a refugee in the Albuquerque Public Schools system.But the Highland High School junior doesn’t feel like he has a voice at the table with the district.He told the Journal he has seen refugee students being pushed to the next grade without the proper grade-level education. Mahdi Hossaini, a native of … [Read more...] about Organizations call for influence in new APS program
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AP News in Brief 07-30-18
Nation and World News By Mitchell Bonds | Monday, July 30, 2018, 12:05 a.m. Share this story Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Se looks his ballot at a polling station in Takhmua, Kandal province, southeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) Cambodia’s Hun Sen coasts to win after opposition silenced PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia’s ruling party won an expected victory in an election Sunday widely considered illegitimate after the only credible opposition was silenced and which ensures that long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen will serve another five-year term. ADVERTISING Although 20 parties contested the election, the only one with the popularity and organization to mount a real challenge, the Cambodian National Rescue Party, was dissolved last year by the Supreme Court in a ruling generally seen as political. Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith confirmed to The Associated Press that the Cambodian People’s Party … [Read more...] about AP News in Brief 07-30-18
Plainfield: Record-high District 202 students named 2018 AP Scholars
Thetimesweekly.com Plainfield – A record-high 395 District 202 high school graduates and current students have been named 2018 AP Scholars based on their performance on the Advanced Placement exams given during the 2017-2018 school year. This year’s 395 AP Scholars is 19 more than last year’s 376 AP Scholars, which was also a record high. District 202 recorded 104 AP Scholars in 2010, the first year that students from all four high schools took AP exams. The number of AP Scholars has increased each year. This year’s group includes 14 students named National AP Scholars, the highest Scholar designation. There were 10 National Scholars last year. As well, one student earned an AP International Diploma. This recognition is available to international students attending secondary schools outside the U.S. and to U.S. high school students applying to universities outside the country. It certifies outstanding academic excellence with a global perspective. This is the … [Read more...] about Plainfield: Record-high District 202 students named 2018 AP Scholars
AP-NORC/MTV Poll: Young people looking for younger leaders
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... WASHINGTON — Young people are looking for a change this election season — a generational change. A poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV found that most Americans ages 15 to 34 think voting in the midterm elections gives their generation some say about how the government is run, and 79 percent of this group say leaders from their generation would do a better job running the country. The poll found young people eager to vote for someone who shared their political views on issues like health care and immigration policy. They expressed far less excitement about voting for a candidate described as a lifelong politician. ADVERTISEMENT “These older Congress people, they don’t understand the internet and they don’t know what … [Read more...] about AP-NORC/MTV Poll: Young people looking for younger leaders
AP News in Brief 07-29-18
Nation and World News By Associated Press | Sunday, July 29, 2018, 12:05 a.m. Share this story Friends of the Bledsoe family embrace outside of the sheriff’s office in Redding, Calif., on Saturday after hearing news of the death of Melody Bledsoe and her great-grandchildren James Roberts, 5, and Emily Roberts, 4, who were killed at their home by an advancing wildfire. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Fire claims 2 children, great-grandmother REDDING, Calif. — The death count from a rapidly growing Northern California wildfire rose to five Saturday after two young children and their great-grandmother who had been unaccounted for were confirmed dead. ADVERTISING “My babies are dead,” Sherry Bledsoe said through tears after she and family members met with Shasta County sheriff’s deputies. Bledsoe’s two children, James Roberts, 5, and Emily Roberts, 4, were stranded with her grandmother Melody Bledsoe, 70, when walls of … [Read more...] about AP News in Brief 07-29-18