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The education category highlights events dealing with learning, teaching, schools, and the pursuit of knowledge.
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Friends of Libraries Week promotes libraries and the people who support them. It also raises awareness and encourages library membership.
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National School Safety Center, state governors, and state school superintendents sponsor America's annual Safe Schools Week. America's Safe Schools Week provides a platform for achieving quality educati...
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International Stuttering Awareness Week began in 1998 to raise awareness of the millions of people who struggle with stuttering, nearly one percent of the world's population. Significant stigma surround...
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National Health Education Week is sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) and has been observed since 1995, during the third week of October. The focus of the National Health Educat...
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Information Overload Day discusses the issue of information overload and how it affects our lives and diminishes productivity and quality of life among knowledge workers worldwide. Created by the Israeli...
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National School Bus Safety Week in the United States raises awareness about the dangers children must be aware of when taking a school bus. Examples include: Where to wait for the bus What to do whil...
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INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY IS ABOUT ONE THING, WRITING IN ALL CAPS ALL DAY. THIS EVENT IS FROM THE MIND OF DEREK ARNOLD, CREATED IN 2000. IT IS ONE OF TWO INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAYS. THE FIRST IS CEL...
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Every person has a unique ability and exceptional intelligence in some part of his or her life. Smart is Cool Day is about helping children uncover their unique genius and create pride in that intelligenc...
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International Stuttering Day is a part of International Stuttering Awareness Week, both observed since 1998. The event raises awareness of the millions of people who struggle with stuttering, nearly one p...
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Hundreds of children, parents, businesses, and community leaders come together each year for local events raising awareness of Lights On Afterschool. The event focuses on the achievements of students in t...
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Mole Day brings awareness to a numerical equation. Celebrated by chemists, chemistry students, and science enthusiasts, it commemorates Avogadro's Number (6.02 x 10 to the 23rd power), a basic measuring u...
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Read for the Record Day is organized by Jumpstart as a national campaign addressing educational inequities that leave many children unprepared for kindergarten. Read for the Record Day is a shared reading...
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The UN General Assembly, recognizing the substantial digital divide and data inequalities across and within nations, declared the commemoration of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) week in 2021. The in...
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Global Mentoring Day originated in 2015 in the United Kingdom with professional business mentor Chelsey Baker. Mentors help people learn in life and on the job and are often the key to success: teachers,...
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Yom HaAliyah School Observance is the day when Israeli schoolchildren celebrate the events of the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, the day in the year 1406 BCE the waters of the Jordan River parted...
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National Tell a Story Day in the United Kingdom corresponds with the multiple-week Scottish International Storytelling Festival, held each year at the end of October in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH: HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSISTENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE Every September, the United States observes Attendance Awareness Month, an initiative emphasizing regular school at...
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ATTENDANCE AWARENESS MONTH: HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSISTENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE Every September, the United States observes Attendance Awareness Month, an initiative emphasizing regular school at...
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Month is an awareness campaign on ADHD. According to a 2013 study by the CDC, 11 percent of children aged 4-17 have been diagnosed with ADHD. For parents,...
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THE WORST SCHOOL SHOOTING IN HISTORY: BESLAN SCHOOL #1 It was the first day of school, September 1, 2004, at Beslan School Number 1, an elementary school in the small town of Beslan (population 30,000),...