Tabla de contenidos para May 9, 2025 en ScoopUSA Digital

“Teaching children may be the highest way to seek God. It is, however, also the most daunting way, in the sense of the greatest responsibility.” –Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, school leader, and teacher Every year, the first full week of May is a chance to show special gratitude and thanks to America’s teachers. This year, Teacher Appreciation Week comes at a moment when the nation’s Department of Education itself is under attack. Children’s Defense Fund recently noted that if the Department of Education were to close: “Students attending roughly 98,000 public schools and 32,000 private schools in 18,200 school districts would face unnecessary negative consequences. “More than 12 million post-secondary students who depend on its grants, loans, and work-study assistance would be negatively impacted. “Title I…

Attorney General Kathy Jennings and leaders from eight other states are urging the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to issue long-delayed restitution to victims of a predatory tech sales program. In a letter this document with ReadSpeaker docRe-ader sent to the CFPB’s acting director, the multistate coalition details how a court order against Prehired LLC for illegal, deceptive, and abusive practices resulted in $4.2 million in restitution for some 660 consumers nationwide, yet unexplained delays at the agency level are keeping those checks from being distributed. The court order came in November 2023, and the states worked with the CFPB toward allocating the funds. The CFPB announced the allocation in May 2024. States received regular updates throughout 2024 regarding the federal government’s progress on distributing these funds to Prehired’s…

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Words matter. When the media points out Trump’s “potential conflicts of interest,” as it has in recent days when describing Trump’s growing crypto enterprise, it doesn’t come close to telling the public what’s really going on — unprecedented paybacks and self-dealing by the president of the United States, using his office to make billions. The correct word is corruption. Trump holds a private dinner at the White House for major speculators who purchase his new cryptocurrency, earning him and his allies $900,000 in trading fees in just under two days. One senator calls this “the most brazenly corrupt thing a president has ever done.” He’s doing other things as brazen, if not more brazenly corrupt. He collects a cut of sales from a cryptocurrency marketed with his likeness. He promotes…

There’s a timeless phrase that echoes through the halls of wisdom and community— “Each one, teach one.” It’s more than just a saying; it’s a way of life, a call to action, and a challenge to each of us to take the knowledge, lessons, and experiences we’ve gained and pour them into someone else. In today’s fast-paced world, where individual success is often celebrated more than collective progress, we sometimes forget the power of duplicating ourselves—not in the sense of cloning, but in the spiritual, emotional, and intellectual investment we make in others. We forget that we were not placed on this earth just to rise alone but to rise and reach back. The goal isn’t to hoard what we’ve learned but to hand it off. To teach. To mentor.…

Lord, We Thank You For The Love Our Mothers Gave Us And The Faith She Taught Us. Amen. “This is dedicated to My Mother, Mrs. Gwendolyn C. Brown." The Apostle Paul was also the proud possessor of a deep and abiding faith, and he admired this quality in others. That is why we find him saying to Timothy: “When I call to remembrance, the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother, Lois, and thy mother, Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also.” (II Timothy 1:5) Many of us, including myself, have (like Timothy) caught the faith by which we live from our mothers and grandmothers. It has been said that no other force in the life of a child is as strong an…

Ambassador William Beverly Carter was the first Ambassador-at-Large and the second African American to be appointed an ambassador by three Presidents. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon appointed him ambassador to Tanzania. Four years later, President Gerald R. Ford named him ambassador to Liberia. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter appointed him U.S. Ambassador-at-Large. Carter was born in 1921 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and after the age of four, he was raised in nearby Philadelphia. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in biology from Lincoln University in 1944 and his Law degree from Temple University in 1947. One of his Lincoln classmates was the future Ghanaian head of state Kwame Nkrumah. While at Lincoln University, Clark worked part-time for The Philadelphia Tribune (1943-1945). He later became city editor for The Philadelphia Afro-American (1945-1948).…

By the grace of God, Pope Francis’s successor will avoid a page out of American politics. Hopefully, the new pope will not be the “Trump of the Vatican” – a pope that is a reaction to the policies of his predecessor, just like we are seeing with President Donald Trump’s reactionary stance toward former President Barack Obama. The conclave of cardinals is set to begin their deliberations on May 7. The word conclave is from the Latin meaning “with key,” a descriptor of the group primarily composed of cardinals who must remain barricaded inside the Vatican until they reach a two-thirds majority in voting for the next pontiff. They could choose someone who would align with the late Argentinian pope’s open-minded sense of reform. Or their choice could be a…

WILMINGTON, DE, May 2, 2025 — Mayor John Carney and Wilmington City Council announced that the next round of the City’s Senior Home Repair Lottery will take place on Tuesday, June 4, at 12:30 pm. The event will be broadcast live on WITN TV (Channel 22 on Comcast) and online at www.witn22.org. “The Senior Home Repair Program has made a real difference in the lives of our older residents,” said Mayor Carney. “Every home repaired is a neighbor supported, a block strengthened, and a piece of our city preserved. We’re proud to continue this initiative and remain committed to helping seniors live safely and comfortably in the homes they’ve worked so hard to maintain. We know many seniors live on fixed incomes, and unexpected home repairs can become overwhelming,” added…

TAURUS - April 20 - May 20 Taurus (The Enduring One) Charming but aggressive. Can come off as boring, but they are not hard workers. Warm-hearted. Strong, has endurance. Solid being that are stable and secure in their ways. Not looking for shortcuts. Take pride in their beauty. Patient and reliable. Make great friends and give good advice. Loving and kind. Loves hard. Passionate. Express themselves emotionally. Prone to ferocious temper-tantrums. Determined. Indulge themselves often. Very generous. The Emerald is the stone for the month of May Archeologists have traced the history of emeralds back to 3000 BC in ancient Egypt and India. Cleopatra prized her emeralds more than any other stone. One of the world’s largest emeralds dates back to 1695, weight 214.8 carats and was about 10 cm…

The National PTA celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week with a theme each year. Use the code to discover this year’s theme! Standards Link: Social Studies: Discover jobs and careers in our community. Teachers Care Teachers work hard. They also make learning fun, listen when students are having problems and sometimes even take care of scraped knees and elbows. What does your teacher do for you and your classmates? □ Teach□ Listen□ Smile□ Dry tears□ Comfort□ Help Solve Problems□ Clean□ Make jokes□ Talks□ Friendship□ Hugs Board Boo-Boos Students decorated this white board for Teacher Appreciation Week, but they made a few mistakes. Can you fix their spelling errors? Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions. Decorate this ‘We Appreciate YOU!’ award for your teacher! Extra! Extra! Teacher Appreciation Ad Cut out…