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Who : UNLV men’s basketball at Creighton When : 1 p.m. Saturday Where : CHI Health Center, Omaha, Nebraska TV : FS1 Radio : KWWN (1100 AM, 100.9 FM) About the Rebels (4-3) : UNLV is looking to rebound from back-to-back losses. The team’s most recent setback was a 66-61 defeat to Northwestern at the Arizona Tip-Off tournament on Nov. 29. Point guard Dedan Thomas Jr., who is averaging 16.6 points and 3.9 assists per game, led the Rebels with 17 points in the loss. UNLV also lost 80-58 to Mississippi State in the tournament. The Rebels played both games without forward Rob Whaley Jr. (back), guard Jaden Henley (foot) and guard Jace Whiting (foot) due to injuries. Forward Jeremiah “Bear” Cherry, who leads UNLV in rebounds (6.7) and blocks (1.9) per game, dealt with a lower-back injury against Mississippi State but still played against Northwestern. The Rebels beat then-No. 8 Creighton 76-64 last season at Lee’s Family Forum on Dec. 13. It was UNLV’s first win over a top-10 team in non-conference play in nine years. About Creighton (6-3) : The Bluejays are coming off a 76-63 home win over No. 1 Kansas on Wednesday. It was Creighton’s second straight win, after the team beat Notre Dame 80-76 at MGM Grand Garden Arena on Nov. 30 in the Players Era Festival. The Bluejays also lost 71-53 to No. 24 San Diego State and 77-73 to No. 22 Texas A&M at the event. Creighton is led by senior center Ryan Kalkbrenner, who is averaging 18 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Senior guard Steven Ashworth is averaging 15.8 points and 5.6 assists per game. He runs the show for an offense that’s averaging 77.4 points per game and shooting 45.7 percent from the field.
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In response to concerns about the growing number of homeless people in the commonwealth, the Healey-Driscoll administration awarded nearly $10 million in supplemental grants to 15 communities to open or expand winter shelter bed capacity. The South Middlesex Opportunity Council, a private, nonprofit social services agency based out of Framingham, that operates the Lowell Transitional Living Center on Middlesex Street in Downtown Lowell, received $255,326 for 26 additional winter beds. Shelters are run by nonprofit organizations that receive funding from the state. The Sun has learned that those extra beds will be at the Best Western in Chelmsford. Hotels in the town have been used for housing homeless people for more than a decade. Town Manager Paul Cohen could not immediately be reached for comment Friday, but Cohen has previously described the town’s contribution to the homeless crisis as “we just do it in a Chelmsford way” by assisting those in need. “Our methodology is simple,” he said during remarks at a Community Teamwork Gala in May, recognizing Cohen as one of the Champions of Community Action. “We just respond quietly to those in need. Move away from the indifference and the labeling that dehumanizes the individual.” LTLC is located at 205-209 Middlesex St., and is the primary destination for any unhoused individual adult seeking shelter in the city of Lowell. The shelter offers both day and night services with intake for emergency shelter placement processed between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Community Teamwork Director of Communications Kathleen Plath said the community action agency works with LTLC, which “triages” homeless clients for shelter resources. “We are the provider at the Best Western,” Plath said by text on Friday. “We are providing wrap around services for the current and future homeless individuals there.” The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development defines individuals as homeless if they lack a “fixed, regular and adequate nighttime address.” The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless said there are almost 200,000 adults experiencing homeless in the commonwealth. In January, Lowell conducted its annual, federally mandated point-in-time count of the number of people experiencing homelessness, and found there were 189 sheltered and 97 unsheltered individuals in the city. The grants were awarded through the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, which annually supports 2,514 year-round beds and 363 winter beds for individuals experiencing homelessness. The funding announced Friday will support 595 additional winter beds and will expand daytime warming centers to prevent unsheltered homelessness during the cold winter months. “Our nonprofit community partners provide a lifeline to individuals who are struggling with the very basic need of a safe place to lay their head at night,” EOHLC Secretary Ed Augustus said in a statement. “In addition, these organizations are well-equipped to connect individuals with other important services ranging from behavioral health to the search for permanent housing, which helps lift people out of homelessness.” Applicants for the grants were required to demonstrate how the proposed projects would support EOHLC’s overall vision of making homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring. Priority was given to applicants serving regions with the highest need for shelter beds. LTLC is a client-centered emergency shelter that has provided shelter and care to adults for 38 years, and is now the largest homeless shelter and support organization north of Boston. From November to April, LTLC operates the Winter Emergency Bed Program to provide an extra 30 cots to supplement its 90 regular overnight beds. The facility offers toileting and bathing facilities, laundry, meals, case-management and harm-reduction services, addiction counseling, HIV testing, and health care for homeless people. EOHLC conducted a walk-through inspection of the five-story congregate living facility in November, and found zero violations. The report looked at pest control management; compliance with food, fire and building code regulations; infrastructure integrity; accessibility; and other conditions. “Despite there being VERY many people sleeping in the building each night, the site was surprisingly free from clutter,” noted the Nov. 14 report. “All passageways were free from obstruction ... The building is old and it shows its age, but the inspector found nothing that would indicate any systems issues or that would bring forward safety concerns.” Other cities and town receiving grants included Boston’s Pine Street Inn; Father Bill’s and Mainspring operating in Quincy, Brockton and Plymouth; Lynn Shelter Association; SMOC in Worcester; the city of Revere; and Stepping Stone in Dartmouth, Fall River and New Bedford, among others. For individuals in need of mental health services, contact Vinfen Adult Mobile Crisis Intervention line at 978-674-6744 or 866-388-2242. 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BALTIMORE — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has seen progress with the state’s expansive Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education initiative and is now looking to refine key parts of the program, addressing the teacher shortage in Maryland and scaling back collaborative time in schools. At this week’s Maryland Association of Counties Conference in Cambridge, Moore announced plans to introduce an education bill during the 2025 Maryland legislative session that ideally will address an ongoing teacher shortage in the state. The governor’s office reports that 4% of the state’s teacher positions are unfilled, meaning nearly 1,600 classrooms don’t have an experienced educator leading students . In addition, approximately 6,000 educators are teaching under provisional certification and are not fully trained and licensed . “This piece of legislation will take aim at the single biggest challenge that we face in education, and that’s the ongoing Maryland teacher shortage,” Moore said at the conference “If we don’t get a high-quality, high-trained and dedicated teacher in every classroom, the Blueprint itself is bound to fail.” Moore said his legislation will address the teacher shortage by building off the foundation of the Educator Shortage Act that is geared toward strengthening the teacher training pipeline. The governor also plans to issue another reform to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future that includes increased time for educators to engage in curriculum planning, grading and professional development outside of the classroom. However, Moore said the state needs to scale back this part of the program to keep instructors in the classroom and further strengthen the teacher pipeline. The state needs an estimated 15,000 more teachers to implement collaborative time successfully. “This year, I will propose a pause in the implementation of the collaborative time provisions in the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future,” Moore said. “Our goal is to give school districts time – time and space – to recruit and retain enough teachers to make this plan actually work. And while we pause collaborative time, I will also be proposing new short-term grants to schools and districts that want to experiment with collaborative time models to make sure that it works for your own, individual jurisdictions.” “It ensures that our educators have additional breathing room to work together to sharpen their skills and better support our students,” he said. “Let’s be clear: Teachers should be treated like professionals and be empowered to work together outside of class.” Diamonté Brown, president of the Baltimore Teachers Union, said her group is adamantly against the pause. She said the governor should be more focused on decreasing the workload because of the staff shortage. “We do agree that there is a teacher shortage,” Brown said. “We believe a way to address the teacher shortage is to retain the teachers you currently have by decreasing the workload, improving working conditions, and making certain that teachers are being compensated and other school staff members are being compensated properly. And continue to keep competitive wages and desirable working conditions so you can attract not just teachers but other staff members to our school districts.” Sen. Mary Beth Carozza, who is a member of the Senate Education, Energy, and Environment Committee, understands Moore’s reasoning with the pause in collaboration. “I have been working with local school superintendents, boards of education and county officials on their recommendations to address the many challenges that they are facing with the implementation of the Blueprint education policies,” Carozza said. “I am interested in understanding the fiscal and classroom implications of the Governor’s announcement to pause the teacher collaboration program. “My understanding is that the pause in the teacher collaboration program would give teachers more time in the classroom with their students, and I appreciate the Governor’s focus on the teacher shortage.” Moore said the state will implement the parts of the Blueprint that work, including investments in preschool and early education and a focus on early literacy and tutoring. The state will put a pause on the elements of the Blueprint that need a closer look or require laying a stronger foundation for full implementation. Moore said lawmakers will continue to craft and pass legislation to elevate education and make necessary adjustments as we see fit. “To win the decade, we need to provide a world-class education to every student,” Moore said. “That will continue to be our pledge and our push.” However, funds for Blueprint could be an ongoing challenge. Last month, Maryland lawmakers were warned about an impending $2.7 billion deficit they’ll need to resolve for the next budget year, which could prompt a debate over whether they should make deep budget cuts or raise taxes. Some transportation-related fees were part of the $63 billion final budget agreement in order to stave off some cuts to the transportation budget and to secure additional funding for the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. The education plan is by far the biggest driver of the state’s long-term budget problems. Starting in the 2028 fiscal year, about $2 billion for Blueprint needs are unfunded , a figure that grows to $3.2 billion in the 2030 fiscal year. Kalman R. Hettleman, an education policy analyst and advocate, agrees that a teacher shortage is a challenge in Maryland and across the nation. However, Hettleman sees more pressing challenges with the Blueprint for Maryland, mainly with funding. “The Blueprint was underfunded from the start because of politics and taxes,” said Hettleman, a former member of Maryland’s Kirwan Commission on education reform and the Baltimore City school board. “The major areas of underfunding, for example, are the basic necessities of effective schools – class size, interventions for struggling learners, and support services, including mental health and behavior.” Hettleman said the urgent first step in the next session of the General Assembly is to add to and/or reprioritize existing funding to provide more adequate and equitable funding over the next several years. This can occur without any overhaul of the structure of the Blueprint, he said. However, according to Hettleman, the phase-in priorities in the Blueprint funding must be re-examined and revised so more funding will be available in the early years of the transition for students of color, students who struggle financially or are at an academic disadvantage. ©2024 Baltimore Sun. Visit baltimoresun.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.