Classroom

2022 - 9 - 5

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Florida veterans empowered to begin next tour of duty in the ... (Fox News)

Florida recently initiated a popular program to move military veterans into the classroom with a temporary teaching certification.

In Florida, under the leadership of Governor Ron DeSantis and the state Legislature, we recognize that there are many different paths to prepare someone to teach and inspire our future generations. This veteran initiative is an addition to Florida’s 11 existing teaching pathways. It was further supported by a coalition of education non-profits, including the Florida Citizens Alliance, the Florida Parent Teacher Association, and multiple veteran advocacy organizations. How can anyone say the veteran isn’t just as qualified as a recent college graduate? In fact, it passed through the Florida legislature unanimously as part of Senate Bill 896. Anyone who receives a temporary certification through this pathway still must earn a bachelor’s degree within five-years, or they will be unable to receive a full, professional certification to continue teaching.

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Riverkeeper floating classroom set to celebrate 20000th participant ... (LaGrange Daily News)

On Thursday, Sept. 29, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) will celebrate its 20,000th participant served aboard the West Point Lake Floating Classroom.

CRK has operated a floating classroom on Lake Lanier for the past 20 years. “We’re reinforcing what teachers are teaching in their classrooms but doing so out on the lake in a safe environment,” Jacobs said. A group of sixth-grade students from Callaway Middle School are expected to help the program surpass the mark.

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East Lothian university campus to have outdoor classroom in centre ... (Edinburgh Live)

A 'Wee Forest' has been planted in the campus with plans to let the public use the new classroom when it is not being used by students.

They said: "As the proposal would be used as an outdoor learning classroom/hub as an additional facility for the existing Queen Margaret University and by being located within the existing campus it would be easily accessible to students within the campus by foot. [breaking news](https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/) to the latest on the [coronavirus](https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/all-about/coronavirus) crisis in Scotland, we'll have you covered. Plans for the new hub said the outdoor classroom and 'Wee Forest' will be "one of the key focal points on campus, included along the Knowledge Trail adding the classroom will "facilitate course teaching on 'Outdoor Learning' in a hands-on environment and with opportunities for the students to add to the space;" The classroom and surrounding area will be open for public use when not being used by students and have a capacity for 40 people. [East Lothian](https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/all-about/east-lothian) Council, will see a 'knowledge trail' created within the campus which will be available for public use. [Musselburgh](https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/all-about/musselburgh), worked with Edinburgh and Lothian Greenspace Trust to create the new learning hub to provide future teachers with outdoor lesson experience.

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