The United States Length Learning Affiliation has named Jeremy Glass, a senior lecturer of mathematics at The College of Texas at Arlington, as the Gold Winner of its 2022 Award for Excellence in Distance Studying Educating. The global award is presented to an fantastic individual or workforce of persons whose instructing demonstrates remarkable achievements.
Glass said he strives to develop a feeling of local community in his on-line courses so that learners really feel welcome and supported.
“When instructors provide adaptability by way of asynchronous routines and open-ended thanks dates, there is an inherent deficiency of neighborhood,” Glass stated. “My objective is to produce a welcoming, safe ecosystem the place learners come to feel comfortable to find out and make faults alongside their friends.”
To establish neighborhood, Glass asks his college students to be part of a synchronous webcast each 7 days. Beneath Glass’ guidance, learners hash out the week’s hardest math problems and research assignments in actual time.
Greg Wells, who is in search of a second bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering, took Glass’ “Calculus I” system online. Wells explained Glass’ procedures for student engagement established an on-line understanding environment various from other individuals he experienced expert.
“He sincerely would like just about every of his college students to triumph,” Wells stated. “His passion for teaching was palpable, and it contributed to an extraordinary understanding experience.”
Glass has played an significant purpose in the Department of Mathematics’ endeavours to make improvements to scholar achievement costs, generating on the net arithmetic courses and building ground breaking tutorial products. His results in applying those new educational approaches has been reflected in the increased enrollment and achievement of pupils in essential math classes.
Jianzhong Su, professor and chair of arithmetic, proposed Glass for the award, citing his leadership part in developing modern on-line arithmetic curriculum.
“Jeremy has performed an essential role in acquiring a significantly helpful and modern undergraduate teaching methodology for on-line arithmetic programs,” Su explained. “His success is not only mirrored in enhanced enrollment, but also in the fantastic performance of his learners.”
In the 2020-21 academic yr, UTA presented just about 12,000 online courses. UTA’s complete core curriculum is available on the net, and the University provides completely on the internet undergraduate and graduate levels in far more than a dozen disciplines.
U.S. Information & World Report on a regular basis recognizes UTA’s on line packages amid the nation’s ideal. In 2022, on-line master’s applications in the Higher education of Education and learning and the College or university of Nursing and Health Innovation ranked in the nation’s best 60.
Bitcoin (BTC) sets persons absolutely free. At minimum, that was the story at Lebanon’s first Bitcoin-themed escape space in Beirut.
Lebanese Bitcoiners from the team Bitcoin du Liban took on the most current Bitcoin education and learning obstacle — Bitcoin Escape the Process. The most effective aspect? The team of four snuck out of the escape space in the quickest time to date.
For the uninitiated, an “escape game” or “escape room” is a workforce match the place players do the job with each other to remedy puzzles, clues and conundrums ordinarily based on a topic these as spies, zombies and now, Bitcoin. As for each the name, the mission is to “escape” the site of the activity in just a sure time.
Sooly Kobayashi, MENA advisor for Swan Bitcoin and a moderator at Bitcoin du Liban, told Cointelegraph that “All of us (except one particular) experienced never ever performed escape rooms prior to. We entered the room devoid of relying on our Bitcoin expertise.”
However, they most likely experienced a slight advantage above those new to Bitcoin. The escape game’s themes revolve around fiat revenue, time-chain technologies (normally referred to as blockchain), SHA-256 (the Bitcoin hashing algorithm) and self-custody.
While the escape game is a little bit of pleasurable, in accordance to Sooly, it’s an additional example of the Lebanese Bitcoin community’s innovative tactic to onboarding additional Bitcoiners. Sooly, who is also a moderator at Bitcoin du Liban, told Cointelegraph that “education is tough in a country that has not invested a lot in this sector.”
“And with a heritage filled with instability, the Lebanese populace has been busy surviving in financial restlessness. As a result, Bitcoin schooling necessary a creative present day technique.”
As shown in the adhering to graph, government instruction expenditure in Lebanon pales in comparison to that of Argentina a place that also sufferers from important difficulties relating to inflation and instability. It’s consequently on the people to acquire monetary education, and inventive orange-pilling methods, into their have fingers with grassroots things to do.
Resource: Sooly Kobayashi
In fact, Bitcoiners from Lebanon to Slovakia are using Bitcoin schooling by the scruff of the neck, trying to get to unfold the term of audio dollars. Bitcoin textbooks, online games and even spouse and children-helpful times out are spaces for Bitcoin veterans or those new to the tech to discover in techniques that suit them very best.
The staff solving 1 of the puzzles during the escape match. Source: Kobayashi
For the escape game, because of to the at situations significant-tension, adrenaline-fuelled character of escape video games (if you know, you know), it’s attainable that individuals take in data quicker and retain it longer. As a consequence, a Bitcoin-themed escape activity could be a quirky nonetheless speedy way of educating folks about Bitcoin. Sooly explains:
“It’s been scientifically proven that individuals master greater in two eventualities. First, when we are emotionally driven. […] Second, when we are envisioned to move on info to a person else, our minds are likely to aim and memorize awareness improved.”
Related: Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z collaborate on Bitcoin Brooklyn instructional plan
To day, the escape place founder, Mentioned Nassar, an international enterprise engineer, experienced only found a “few” Bitcoiners engage in the sport. Despite the Bitcoin-welcoming attraction, the recreation experienced been relished by newcomers to Bitcoin, or “no-coiners,” as they are in some cases regarded.
Sooly provides that some of the players are “shitcoiners,” such as individuals fascinated in Ethereum (ETH):
No a single would participate in this escape home and not master about Bitcoin.”
For some Bitcoiners, there is an irony to exiting a Bitcoin escape home. To some, the complete entire world may perhaps currently truly feel like an escape area, and Bitcoin is the only way out. The Bitcoin Escape the Technique joins a fledgling checklist of Bitcoin-themed escape rooms, together with The Bitcoin Heist in Macedonia, and the Do-it-yourself Bitcoin escape room, Badass Daddy’s Bitcoins.
Tulsa, Oklahoma–(Newsfile Corp. – July 6, 2022) – Educational Development Corporation (NASDAQ: EDUC) (“EDC”, or the “Company”) (http://www.edcpub.com) today reports financial results for the first quarter for fiscal year 2023.
First Quarter Highlights Compared to the Prior Year First Quarter
Net revenues of $23.2 million, a decrease of $17.6 million, or 43.1{e4f787673fbda589a16c4acddca5ba6fa1cbf0bc0eb53f36e5f8309f6ee846cf}, compared to $40.8 million.
Average active UBAM sales consultants totaled 32,200 compared to 55,100.
Earnings before income taxes were $0.3 million, a decrease of $4.4 million, or 93.6{e4f787673fbda589a16c4acddca5ba6fa1cbf0bc0eb53f36e5f8309f6ee846cf}, compared to $4.7 million.
Net earnings totaled $0.2 million, compared to $3.4 million, a decrease of $3.2 million, or 94.1{e4f787673fbda589a16c4acddca5ba6fa1cbf0bc0eb53f36e5f8309f6ee846cf}.
Earnings per share totaled $0.03, compared to $0.41, down 92.7{e4f787673fbda589a16c4acddca5ba6fa1cbf0bc0eb53f36e5f8309f6ee846cf} on a fully diluted basis.
“We remain focused on managing our costs while adjusting to recent changes in volume levels in terms of net revenues and average number of consultants. Although the nature of the pandemic has created much volatility in comparing our first quarter numbers, I am pleased that we have continued to remain profitable. During this first quarter of fiscal 2023, demand for children’s books was negatively impacted by reduced disposable income resulting from record inflation. Although we see continued sales pressure from inflation, historically inflationary pressures have bolstered our UBAM divisions’ active consultant count as more families look for non-traditional income streams to offset their rising expenses. We are working diligently to promote the awareness of UBAM’s business opportunity to increase our overall active consultant levels,” stated Craig White, President and CEO of Educational Development Corporation.
Mr. White continued, “At the end of the first quarter we still have increased inventory levels from the ramp up in demand generated from the COVID-19 pandemic. We continue to expect to sell down our inventory to more normalized levels throughout the remainder of fiscal 2023. Naturally, as we also expect to see an increase in sales consultants in this inflationary time, turning our inventory into cash and bringing down our short-term borrowings could come faster.”
Due to the significant positive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business in previous years, we are providing the additional table below to show pre-COVID, COVID impacted and current financial results for the fiscal first quarter:
Pre-COVID
COVID Impacted
COVID Impacted
Current Year
Period
Q1 FY2020
Q1 FY 2021
Q1 FY 2022
Q1 FY 2023
Average # of Consultants
31,600
33,100
55,100
32,200
Net Revenues
27,587,400
38,291,700
40,807,900
23,160,900
Net Earnings
1,363,600
1,931,100
3,438,100
215,800
After tax profit {e4f787673fbda589a16c4acddca5ba6fa1cbf0bc0eb53f36e5f8309f6ee846cf}
Mr. White continued, “Sales from our UBAM division continue to be driven by our active consultant count. UBAM net revenues for our fiscal 2023 first quarter totaled $20.0 million.”
“Gross sales from our Publishing division totaled $6.6 million for the current quarter compared to $6.9 million for the same quarter a year ago. Net revenues totaled $3.1 million for the quarter compared to $3.2 million for the same quarter a year ago. We continue to experience strong sales with existing customers and have success adding new customers through the hard work of our Publishing sales team.”
“During the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, we generated $0.3 million of pretax profits, approximately 1.2{e4f787673fbda589a16c4acddca5ba6fa1cbf0bc0eb53f36e5f8309f6ee846cf} of net revenues.”
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended May 31,
2022
2021
NET REVENUES
$
23,160,900
$
40,807,900
EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
285,300
4,660,600
INCOME TAXES
69,500
1,222,500
NET EARNINGS
$
215,800
$
3,438,100
BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE:
Basic
$
0.03
$
0.43
Diluted
$
0.03
$
0.41
DIVIDENDS PER SHARE
$
–
$
0.10
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON AND EQUIVALENT SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Basic
8,086,427
8,029,264
Diluted
8,473,610
8,481,980
EDC will host its First Quarter Fiscal 2023 Earnings Call, including a live Q&A webcast, on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 4:00 PM CT (5:00 PM ET). Craig White, Chief Executive Officer and President, Heather Cobb, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Dan O’Keefe, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, and Randall White, Executive Chairman, will present the Company’s first quarter results and be available for questions following the presentation. Phone lines for participants will be available at (800) 207-0148. The participant passcode is 219367. Audio replays will be available following the event www.edcpub.com/investors.
About Educational Development Corporation (EDC)
EDC is a publishing company specializing in books for children. EDC is the exclusive United States Multi-Level Marketing distributor of Usborne Publishing Limited (“Usborne”) children’s books and the owner and exclusive publisher of Kane Miller Books (“Kane Miller”); both international award-winning publishers of children’s books. EDC’s current catalog contains almost 2,000 titles, with new additions semi-annually. Products are sold via 4,000 retail outlets and by independent consultants, who hold book showings in individual homes, through social media, book fairs with school and public libraries, direct and internet sales.
Contact: Educational Development Corporation Craig White, (918) 622-4522
Investor Relations: Three Part Advisors, LLC Steven Hooser or Jean Marie Young, (214) 872-2710
Cautionary Statement for the Purpose of the “Safe Harbor“ Provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
The information discussed in this Press Release includes “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as “may,” “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “plan,” “believe,” “intend,” “achievable,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “potential,” “should,” “could,” and similar terms and phrases. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve certain assumptions, risks and uncertainties and we can give no assurance that such expectations or assumptions will be achieved. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, our success in recruiting and retaining new consultants, our ability to locate and procure desired books, our ability to ship the volume of orders that are received without creating backlogs, our ability to obtain adequate financing for working capital and capital expenditures, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory changes and other uncertainties, the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as those factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2022, all of which are difficult to predict. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed may not occur. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements in this paragraph and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2022 and speak only as of the date of this Press Release. Other than as required under the securities laws, we do not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or circumstances, changes in expectations or otherwise.
Community homeschooling mothers and fathers, Tanya Wilbon and Megan Myers will share their information and activities throughout a library software, The ABC’s of Homeschooling, at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 11 at the Bradford Area Community Library.
Wilbon is an 11-yr veteran of homeschooling, owning graduated two of her young children and is now instructing one particular in large college. Myers is about to begin her third calendar year instructing her grade
school aged kids. Both mothers will lay to relaxation numerous of the misconceptions bordering homeschooling, ranging from lack of socialization for youth, to no oversight of the mum or dad-educators.
Through their application, Myers and Wilbon will talk about point out laws, standardized testing, and the use of parenting co-ops to support with the instruction of a range of topics. They will also offer an abundance of hard earned assistance to dad and mom checking out the homeschooling solution for their people.
For the duration of the COVID pandemic, the US Census Bureau initiated the Residence Pulse Survey (HPS) to evaluate the impact that the pandemic was getting on our nation’s employment, housing, meals availability and education. In accordance to Census facts gathered, the 2020-2021 college yr claimed a historic surge in homeschooling quantities across the nation.
Pre-pandemic experiences unveiled that close to 3{e4f787673fbda589a16c4acddca5ba6fa1cbf0bc0eb53f36e5f8309f6ee846cf} of university-age youngsters ended up homeschooled. The U. S. Census Bureau documented the proportion of households with university-age youngsters attending homeschool doubled from March of 2020 to March of 2021, from 5.4{e4f787673fbda589a16c4acddca5ba6fa1cbf0bc0eb53f36e5f8309f6ee846cf} to 11.1{e4f787673fbda589a16c4acddca5ba6fa1cbf0bc0eb53f36e5f8309f6ee846cf}. And the Residence School Legal Defense Affiliation estimates that today, 7-8 million small children are remaining homeschooled.
Faculties have reopened and children’s vaccines are now accessible, however the homeschooling numbers are not plummeting. All those engaged in the homeschooling movement will assert a variety of causes why their children are not returning to the common classroom. Numerous mother and father tout the positive aspects of a single-on-a person instruction in which youngsters can progress at a rate that fits them, and classes are definitely individualized to the student’s pursuits, discovering models and plan. Other mother and father report a strong dissatisfaction with the community university curriculum, as perfectly as the have to have to shield youngsters from bullying and inequitable treatment of students. Division of Training knowledge reveals that homeschooled young children are usually shielded from damaging peer and social influences that regularly undermine students’ psychological wellbeing and growth.
Even though a lot of dad and mom engaged in homeschooling are not experienced educators, they uncovered themselves in that quite purpose in 2020, as nicely as in 2021. Many young children ended up having difficulties with distant understanding, parents were being operating work opportunities, and were being attempting to reteach content to their youngsters in the evenings. Dad and mom have been enthusiastic to try out one thing new, and uncovered that homeschooling gives them the reward of time with their young ones.
Is homeschooling the solution for all households? No. However, several are exploring that homeschooling is a great match for their little ones. Go to, The ABC’s of Homeschooling on Monday, July 11 and see why.
More mature older people who had been bodily abused as little ones had been appreciably extra possible to build persistent pain and long-term bodily disease in later lifetime in accordance to a freshly-released examine by College of Toronto researchers. They were also two times as most likely to create melancholy and stress and anxiety issues compared to all those without having this early trauma.
“Unfortunately, our findings recommend that the traumatic knowledge of childhood physical abuse can affect each actual physical and mental health several a long time afterwards. It also underlines the importance of assessing for adverse childhood experiences among people of all ages, which include older grownups,” claimed Anna Buhrmann, who began this investigate for her undergraduate thesis in the Bachelor of Arts and Science software at McMaster College, Hamilton, Ontario and is a investigation assistant at the Institute of Life Program & Getting old at the College of Toronto.
The bodily health problems that made bundled diabetic issues, most cancers, migraines, arthritis, heart ailment, diabetic issues, and serious-obstructive pulmonary sickness (COPD). The one-way links amongst childhood abuse and poor bodily and mental wellbeing persisted even just after accounting for money, schooling, using tobacco, binge drinking, and other brings about of bad wellbeing.

Well being experts serving older grownups need to have to be mindful that it is hardly ever as well late to refer people today for counseling. A promising intervention, cognitive behavioral remedy [CBT], has been examined and identified successful at cutting down submit-traumatic pressure dysfunction and depressive and panic indications between survivors of childhood abuse.”


Esme Fuller-Thomson, Research Co-Creator and Professor, Supervisor of Buhrmann’s Thesis Study, College of Toronto

Fuller-Thomson is Director of the Institute of Lifestyle System & Getting older at the College of Toronto’s Aspect-Inwentash School of Social Do the job.
It was not doable for the cross-sectional examine to decide the distinct pathways by means of which experiencing physical abuse as a youngster influences an individual’s wellness afterwards in life. Present-day research propose that childhood actual physical abuse consequences several physiological improvements, which includes the dysregulation of methods that regulate the reaction of the physique to tension.
Potential prospective exploration investigating disruptions to these techniques that are previously joined to several bodily and psychological sicknesses, these kinds of as abnormal ranges of cortisol, may perhaps support to lose light on the working experience of childhood abuse victims.
The knowledge for this research had been drawn from a agent sample of grown ups aged 60 and more mature in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It in contrast 409 older grown ups who described a historical past of childhood actual physical abuse to 4,659 of their friends who reported they experienced not been bodily abused all through their youth. The knowledge had been drawn from the Canadian Group Well being Study.
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Journal reference:
Buhrmann, A S & Fuller-T, E (2022) Poorer actual physical and mental wellness among older grown ups a long time soon after dealing with childhood physical abuse. Ageing and Overall health Exploration. doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2022.100088
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An Uvalde law enforcement officer asked for a supervisor’s authorization to shoot the gunman who would before long get rid of 21 folks at Robb Elementary University in May possibly ahead of he entered the setting up, but the supervisor did not hear the ask for or responded too late, in accordance to a report unveiled Wednesday assessing the law enforcement response to the shooting.
The ask for from the Uvalde officer, who was exterior the university, about a minute prior to the gunman entered Robb Elementary had not been previously described. The officer was claimed to have been frightened of perhaps taking pictures kids although making an attempt to get out the gunman, according to the report released Wednesday by the Innovative Law Enforcement Fast Response Instruction Center, positioned at Texas State University in San Marcos.
The report provides a host of new particulars about the Could 24 capturing, together with numerous skipped alternatives to have interaction or end the gunman in advance of he entered the college.
The deficiency of reaction to the officer’s request to shoot the suspect outside the faculty was the most substantial new detail that the report exposed.
“A acceptable officer would conclude in this case, primarily based upon the totality of the situation, that use of deadly pressure was warranted,” in accordance to the report. The report referred to the Texas Penal Code, which states an unique is justified in applying deadly pressure when the particular person fairly believes the deadly power is immediately needed to protect against the commission of murder.
The report mentioned a single of the initial responding officers — a Uvalde university district police officer — drove through the school’s parking lot “at a substantial price of speed” and did not spot the gunman, who was however in the parking lot. The report explained the officer may have seen the suspect if he experienced driven a lot more gradually or parked his car or truck at the edge of the university house and approached on foot.
The report also discovered flaws in how the school maintains security of the developing. The report famous that propping doorways open up is a common practice in the university, a observe that “can develop a scenario that results in hazard to pupils.” The exterior door the gunman applied to enter the university had been propped open up by a teacher, who then shut it just before the gunman entered — but it did not lock properly.
The instructor did not check out to see if the door was locked, the report explained. The teacher also did not look to have the correct equipment to lock the door even if she had checked. The report also notes that even if the door experienced locked appropriately, the suspect however could have acquired entry to the developing by shooting out the glass in the door.
An audio investigation outlined in the report shows 100 rounds were being fired in the to start with three minutes soon after the gunman entered rooms 111 and 112 — from 11:33 a.m. to 11:36 a.m.
The report highlighted other concerns with the legislation enforcement response before the gunman — an 18-year-aged Uvalde guy — entered rooms 111 and 112 for the final time.
The gunman was observed by stability cameras getting into place 111, then leaving the place, then re-coming into the space in advance of officers arrived. The report established that the lock on space 111 “was by no means engaged” because the lock necessary a vital to be inserted from the hallway facet of the door.
Uvalde faculty district police Main Pete Arredondo earlier instructed The Texas Tribune that he had checked the doorway on room 111, but it was locked.
The officers were also in several groups at each ends of the south hallway of the school “resulting in a large chance of officers at either conclusion of the hallway taking pictures officers at the other end” if the suspect had emerged from the classroom again, according to the report.
The report explained that following the gunman entered the developing, the officers did not adequately have interaction the shooter and lost momentum.
“Ideally, the officers would have put accurate return hearth on the attacker when the attacker started taking pictures at them,” the report reported. “Maintaining position or even pushing ahead to a much better location to produce correct return hearth would have certainly been unsafe, and there would have been a high chance that some of the officers would have been shot or even killed. However, the officers also would most likely have been capable to quit the attacker and then focus on obtaining immediate medical treatment to the wounded.”
The report is most likely to inform any coverage responses to the tragedy, the deadliest university shooting in Texas historical past.
“ALERRT’s 26-web site report outlining the attack on Robb Elementary Faculty in complete detail was extremely challenging for me to study today as it will be for all Texans,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick claimed in a statement. He mentioned that a lot more experiences from the FBI, the Texas Rangers, and the Uvalde County district lawyer are envisioned to be unveiled in the coming weeks and months.
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