I had nothing but positive things to say during that time, but that was before the promises were broken.
She says a Howard West program leader promised to match an offer from Apple, which would pay for her senior year, but she found herself instead with unpaid bills and a sour experience. While she said she enjoyed the program in general, she and other participants often felt that Google s ambitions for the program took precedent over the needs of participants.
The program is one of many initiatives the tech industry has undertaken to improve diversity in its workforce. Today, only 3.7% of Google s U.S. workforce is Black, a small rise from 2.4% in 2014, when the company first announced its diversity numbers. Attrition rates for Google s Black U.S. employees are higher than for other demographic groups, with Black females seeing a particular spike in attrition from last year, up 18%,
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Students are scheduled to again walk the halls of Lift For Life Academy, which were once part of a bank, in January for the first time since the pandemic forced schools to close.
More St. Louis-area high school students will have the opportunity after the Christmas break to learn from inside a classroom instead of their homes.
That’s if plans from school leaders hold over the next several weeks. Administrators stress that all plans are tentative when trying to run a school district during a pandemic.
Several school districts in the region told St. Louis Public Radio they plan to add or resume in-person learning options for middle and high school students in January, in most cases after an all-virtual buffer week following the holidays.
I ve seriously considered quitting : How school leaders and parents are still navigating education during the pandemic
A teacher seeks more support from her administration, a superintendent makes tough decisions for his district, and a parent weighs the cons of remote and in-person learning.
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Tough choices are a natural fit for roles like the president, mayor, and superintendent. But the decisions Dr. Curtis Cain, superintendent of Wentzville School District, has contemplated this year are not the ones he anticipated experiencing when he first took the position in 2013.Â
Like nearly all school districts across the state of Missouri, Wentzville has implemented such protocols as virtual learning when needed, wearing face-coverings, social distancing in the hallways, and having students eat their lunches at their desks. But still, outbreaks happen.Â