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星期五, 4月 30, 2021
波士頓市府請公眾提意見 減輕自然災害
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波士頓市社區保存委員會撥款500萬元幫助首次購屋者
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麻州撥款七千萬元推暑期學習計畫
Baker-Polito Administration Launches Summer Learning Programs, More Than $70 Million in Funding for Schools and Community Partners Across the Commonwealth
CANTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced the establishment of summer learning opportunities and the availability of more than $70 million in funding for school districts and community organizations to offer summer learning and recreational programs that will help students, who have been impacted by a year of remote and hybrid learning, grow academically and socially.
Students at every grade level will have opportunities to take part in a mix of academic and recreational programs offered at schools, after-school providers, community colleges and recreation sites. Governor Charlie Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Education Secretary James Peyser and Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley made the announcement while visiting Galvin Middle School in Canton, where school officials are planning to boost learning opportunities for students this summer.
All middle schools in the Commonwealth were required to return to full time in-person learning this week. Elementary schools returned on April 5, and high schools will be required to return by May 17.
“Our administration has long maintained that children are best served academically, socially and emotionally when learning in-person and in the classroom,” said Governor Baker. “After a challenging school year for students, teachers and staff, the focus must now shift to recouping any learning loss experienced remotely to ensure that our children are equipped for success in the classroom and beyond.”
“As students and teachers return to the routine of learning in classrooms, it is time to partner with schools and communities across the Commonwealth to provide opportunities to students in all grades to learn and have fun this summer,” said Lt. Governor Polito. “To support this effort, our administration has developed several options schools can choose from and will make funding available to cover the costs.”
“As important as this summer will be to jumpstarting educational recovery, we must all embrace the reality that this will not be a one-and-done project,” said Education Secretary James Peyser. “It will be a challenge we will continue work to resolve for both individual children and our public education system as a whole.”
“We are providing students access to academics as well as enrichment opportunities to help them grow and keep connected to school this summer,” said Education Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley. “I hope all districts across the Commonwealth take advantage of these programs and this funding the Administration has made available.”
Acceleration Academies
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) will help school districts launch Acceleration Academies, which allow students to learn and build skills working intensively on one subject in small, hands-on learning environments with excellent teachers.
Students benefit from small class sizes, longer uninterrupted instructional blocks, individualized attention, project-based lessons and teacher flexibility for learning time. The Baker-Polito Administration will commit up to $25 million in grants for districts to operate Acceleration Academies using federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Response (ESSER) discretionary funds. This will be a multi-year program that the Department anticipates will impact more than 50,000 students statewide each year.
Acceleration Academies will include:
- Early Literacy Academies for incoming kindergarteners, rising 1st and 2nd graders; and
- Math Acceleration Academies for rising 3rd and 4th graders, as well as 8th and 10th graders.
Summer School Matching
Grants
DESE will also offer summer school matching grants, up to $15 million in federal ESSER funds, for school districts to offer 4-to-6-week, in-person programs with a mix of in-person academic and recreational activities. The Department is making these funds available to schools to enhance or expand their existing summer programs while also including mental health services and additional supports for students with individualized education plans and English learners.
Summer Acceleration to
College
High school graduates from the Class of 2021 will be able to participate in Summer Acceleration to College, a new program that provides recent graduates access to credit-bearing math and English courses at no cost to them as they prepare for college.
Fourteen community colleges in the Commonwealth will participate in this program, expected to be funded at $1 million.
Summer Step Up
The Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) will support school districts to offer Summer Step Up, a new program aimed at giving extra support to young learners entering school in the fall.
Young children, who have had limited in-school experiences due to the pandemic, will be able to take part in summer learning opportunities developed in conjunction with community partners to help prepare them for school. With pre-school and kindergarten enrollments down over the last year, Summer Step Up is an opportunity to engage young learners and accelerate learning while smoothing the transition to in-person learning for young children to provide them a stronger foundation for academic success. The Administration will commit up to $10 million to this program.
In addition to these programs, the Baker-Polito Administration will:
- Provide early literacy tutoring grants this summer and during the 2021-22 school year, funded at $10 million.
- Launch a new K-8 Math Acceleration program to help teachers increase student learning over the summer and throughout the school year.
- Expand the Biggest Winner Math Challenge – which was piloted last summer – to serve approximately 2,500 gifted math students, costing approximately $2.5 million.
- Offer college courses over the summer for rising high school juniors and seniors who are enrolled in approved Early College programs, costing approximately $1 million.
- Help camps and community organizations expand educational enrichment as part of their existing summer programs by making at least $3 million in funding available.
空服員協會會長背書支持 吳弭宣佈設立勞工賦能長計畫
Candidate for Mayor Michelle Wu Receives Endorsement of Sara Nelson, President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, and Unveils Plan for Cabinet-Level Worker Empowerment Chief
Photo by Chutze Chou
Press release from Michelle Wu's campaign team
Sara Nelson, President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA endorse Michelle Wu for Mayor of Boston. Photo by Chutze Chou |
In recent years, the City of Boston has taken
steps to legislate worker protections, but without protocols in place to
proactively investigate and enforce has continued to see tragic
and preventable fatalities. The responsibility for supporting workers and enforcing labor
standards, as well as investing in workforce development, is currently spread
across several City departments, resulting in a lack of coordination and
accountability.
As Mayor, Michelle will create a Cabinet-level
Chief of Worker Empowerment with oversight and resources to advance working
Bostonians -- ensuring transparency and accountability for wage theft,
workplace safety, and other labor law violators; partnering with workers’
centers, unions, and community organizations to empower reporting and
coordinate resources for workers to know their rights; setting policy to create
sustainable career pathways in the new economy, especially for gig workers,
care workers, and green jobs, and holding the city accountable to its own
contracting laws. Read the full proposal HERE.
“In this pivotal moment, our economic recovery
must center working families through building healthy, safe, and resilient
communities. I have always been proud to stand with workers and labor unions to
fight for equity, fair wages, and safe working conditions across our city. As
Mayor, I will direct every resource in city government toward supporting our
working families and coordinating our services for full accountability. It’s
beyond time to create a cabinet-level Chief of Worker Empowerment to close
gaps, elevate the dignity of work, and advance the well-being of all Boston
workers and our communities,” said Michelle Wu.
“Michelle Wu’s leadership embodies Boston’s
revolutionary spirit,” said Sara Nelson, President of the Association of
Flight Attendants-CWA. “Her commitment to workers’ rights, affordable
housing, a free MBTA, and climate leadership, are a bold vision that will move
the city forward. As we recover from this pandemic, her plan to create a new
Cabinet-level Chief of Worker Empowerment should be a model for cities across
the country. I stand fully behind Michelle Wu and her vision for a stronger
Boston.”
“Throughout Michelle Wu’s career on the Council,
her support has not wavered for our members. Teamsters Local 25 and the Rest of
the Labor Movement have fought hard for the Middle Class to be able to not only
live and work in the City of Boston…but thrive in the City of Boston. Michelle
has not and will not waver in her commitment to Teamsters Local 25 and
Organized Labor and will continue to fight side by side with us for these
common values,” said Tom Mari, Secretary Treasurer of Teamsters Local 25.
“Michelle Wu’s proposal to establish a Cabinet
Position of Chief of Worker Empowerment shows her commitment to focus on
critical issues at the workplace. It will create a more transparent
process in negotiating future contracts within the government and the private
sector to achieve better pay and benefits and a more diversified workforce. In
the long run this will create a more efficient and productive workplace
environment,” said Timothy W. Lasker, President/Business Agent of OPEIU
Local 453.
Michelle has a long record of standing up for
workers’ rights. In 2014, she passed the Healthcare Equity Ordinance, prohibiting discrimination in health care
coverage for City employees based on gender identity. In 2015, she passed the Paid Parental Leave Ordinance, providing six weeks of paid leave for new moms
and dads working for the City. Her Communications Access Ordinance, passed in 2016, guarantees translation and
interpretation for residents with limited English proficiency, and assistive
technology for residents with hearing or visual impairments to access City
services. She also filed legislation to require a Fair Work Week for workers at city-contracted companies.
Michelle is proud to be endorsed in the Mayor’s race by Teamsters Local 25, OPEIU Local 453 and the Alliance of Unions at the MBTA, and has the most labor endorsements in the race.
Councilor Wu’s proposal for a Cabinet-level Chief of Worker Empowerment follows her bold vision to close the childcare gap, transform our public schools, Boston Green New Deal and Just
Recovery Plan, Food Justice Agenda, Digital Equity Agenda and more.
紐英崙客家鄉親"上課" 羅烈師談傳統創新文化形成
陽明交通大學客家文化教授羅烈師。 |
紐英崙客家鄉親會近期舉辦過多場客家文化起源講座,陸續有行政院客家委員會2019年客家終身貢獻獎得主朱真一,臺灣國立聯合大學客家研究學院院長林本炫,旁徵博引闡述,稱客家血源尚無定論,讓紐英崙客家鄉親深覺上了堂大課。
紐英崙客家鄉親會會長宋玉琴。 |
羅烈師指出,文化是生活方式的總和,包含物質條件,社會體制和精神等各種層面,民俗與節慶都涉及文化中的整合與認同,客家民俗節慶融合了漢文化,自有其特殊性。
他還進一步從不同角度解說客家民俗,在他會後提供的簡報上還註明,物質方面有民間美術,飲食,服飾,建築,風俗方面有家族、社會制度,婚喪祭祀,遊戲,舞蹈,音樂,宗教方面有民間信仰,靈魂轉世,妖怪,占卜,巫術,民俗療法,以及口傳文學的民間故事,神話,傳說,諺語,繞口令,歌謠等。
紐英崙客家鄉親會前會長周一男夫婦。 |
星期四, 4月 29, 2021
波士頓市長Kim Janey拜訪華埠商家 聆聽小企業民意 (圖片)
右起,喜臨門老闆梁國忠,華人前進會榮譽主席李素影, 波士頓市長Kim Janey,波士頓市議員Ed Flynn同席暢談,(周菊子攝) |
波士頓市長Kim Janey和喜臨門老闆梁國忠。(周菊子攝) |
波士頓市長Kim Janey和面包工坊老闆 Wei Liang Chen。 (周菊子攝) |
波士頓警察局A-1區警長也趕到現場,向波士頓市長 Kim Janey報告華埠一帶治安狀況。左起依序為,華埠 主街主任和陳素貞,波士頓警察局A-1區警長,市長聯絡員 許麗莎,肥牛火鍋老闆黃華林,波士頓市長Kim Janey。 (周菊子攝) |
波士頓市長Kim Janey(右二)在華人前進會榮譽主席李素影 (右起),華埠主街主任何陳素貞,波士頓市議員Ed Flynn, 華人前進會主任陳玉珍,前任華埠主街主任,現在 波士頓市府任職的何藹茵等人一起拜訪華埠商家。 (周菊子攝) |