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The student, who has dual Dutch/Canadian citizen, has a Bachelor's degree in Politics and East European Studies from University College London (UCL) and a Masters in Science from the University of Oxford. 

According to an online biography of the future royal, Sophie 'has a keen interest in violence prevention and women's human rights, themes on which she has conducted research in the Middle East and Caucasus, as well as a passion for efforts which help build global consensus and bridge voices of the Global North and South.

Sharing a short video with followers, the actress added: 'I have always considered myself an American, a proud American. I love everything that this country has done for myself and my family, but today I have never been more proud to be a Ukrainian.' 

Her life now is very far from the relaxed retirement she was looking forward to on November 1, 2010.That morning, Diana and her second husband Fred Parkes were having their vaccinations ahead of a fortnight's cruise to South America when the phone rang.

"The progress that he made in just a couple months last semester working with his tutor was kind of far beyond what he was grasping and doing at school," said Jessica Blalack, whose 7-year-old, Phoenix, opted in to after-school tutoring.

'We believe the vote of our members will resonate with the voters of Los Angeles as they decide whether to recall Gascón from office and restore public safety as the priority of the District Attorney's office.'

Her constant, loving presence was a vital lifeline for the children who had experienced terrible trauma: they had witnessed the brutal killing of their mother Joanna — Diana's daughter — at the hands of her estranged husband Robert Brown in October 2010.

The Indianapolis school district last year launched two tutoring programs that connect students with certified teachers over video. One is available to all students after school, while the other is offered during the day at certain low-performing schools.

Launching the GoFundMe page on Thursday, Kunis appeared alongside Kutcher in a video shared to his Instagram account, where she spoke publicly for the first time about the 'devastating' conflict in her native country.

She is convinced her grandchildren knew that the relationship between their parents had grown toxic and that Jo had suffered for years. ‘They may not have the words to express this, but children know when things are not right,' says Diana.

In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, her two grandchildren reacted very differently: ‘Katie would climb on to my lap and whisper to me about hearing the ‘thump, thump' of her father battering her mother.

Amid growing frustration with the progressive prosecutor, more than 600 deputy district attorneys throughout LA county endorsed his recall Tuesday during an Association of Deputy District Attorneys meeting. 

A new tutoring corps in Chicago has served about 3% of students, officials said.
The figure was less than 1% in three districts: Georgia´s Gwinnett County, Florida´s Miami-Dade County, and Philadelphia, where the district reported only about 800 students were tutored. In those three systems alone, there were more than 600,000 students who spent no time in a district tutoring program this fall.

The plan appeared to be underway in the early hours, as explosions sounded before dawn with the city under bombardment from what the defense minister called 'horrific rocket strikes' not seen since 1941.

Ukraine's ministry of defence today took to social media to urge residents in Kyiv to make Molotov cocktails to 'repel the occupiers' and for citizens in Obolon to share information with Ukrainian military about the movement of Russian vehicles and troops.      

Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Fox that Gascon's push would traumatize Rose's family and have little practical effect, as Governor Gavin Newsom declared a moratorium on executions in California in 2019. 

Sarah Burrows, whose charity Children Heard And Seen is collaborating with the Joanna Simpson Foundation, says this is ‘crucial': ‘There needs to be more support for children who have witnessed their parents hurting each other to process conflicting emotions and thoughts, including guilt, fear, sadness, shame, anger and worrying about being unable to protect Mother.'

The facts of Jo's death are almost beyond comprehension. After three years of bitter rowing over their divorce settlement, former BA pilot Brown struck his wife 14 times on the head with a claw hammer — within earshot of their children playing in the TV room nearby.

Some parents said they didn´t know tutoring was available or . Some school systems have struggled to hire tutors. Other school systems said the small tutoring programs were intentional, part of an effort to focus on students with the greatest needs.

In Wake County, North Carolina, the school district began planning a reading tutoring program last summer. The program did not launch until November, and district officials last month said volunteers are tutoring fewer than 140 students - far fewer than the 1,000 students the program was designed to reach.
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