NFTE Receives $600,000 Grant from American Student Assistance to Fund Expansion
March 10, 2021 14:58 ET | Source: Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) New York, New York, UNITED STATES
New York, NY, March 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) announced today that it has been awarded a $600,000 grant from
American Student Assistance® (ASA), a national nonprofit that helps foster student understanding of career and education pathways. NFTE intends to use the unrestricted funds to support the rapid expansion of its entrepreneurial education curriculum in Florida, Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina beginning January 2021.
As part of that expansion, NFTE’s programs will be available for the first time in rural areas of Florida and Texas. The grant also aligns with a significant investment from the Florida Department of Education in supp
The Pioneer does a Q&A with finalists Jay Mathisen, Dan Koopman and Jeffry Davis
Jefferson County School District 509-J Board members have selected their top three candidates for the superintendent position. Two candidates are leaders at Oregon colleges, and the third is from a Washington school district.
This week, the board of directors will begin conducting final candidate interviews with three superintendent finalists, Jay Mathisen, Dan Koopman and Jeffry Davis.
The district will host three public events for the community to meet the candidates. The first event is Tuesday evening, March 2 with Mathisen. A second event will be Wednesday evening, March 3 for the public to meet Koopman, and the final event is Thursday evening, March 4 for the community to meet Davis.
Coroner examining Danny Frawley s death urges AFL players to donate brains to science
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Danny Frawley coached Richmond Football Club from 2000 to 2004.
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A Victorian coroner has recommended AFL players be encouraged to donate their brains to science to further researchers understanding of the brain disease CTE.
Key points:
He is one of a number of former players diagnosed with brain disease CTE
There is a lack of research into the brain disease, partly because it can only be diagnosed after death
Victorian Coroner Paresa Spanos made the recommendation after investigating the death of AFL great Danny Frawley, who died at 56 in a car crash in September 2019.
The death of AFL great Danny Frawley shows the need for more research into the the long-term consequences of head blows in contact sports, a coroner says.In her findings into the St Kilda legend's suicide death, Victorian Coroner Paresa Spanos says AFL players should be encouraged to donate their brains to science to shed more light on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
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