Academy

An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.

The original Academy

Before Akademia was a school, and even before Cimon enclosed its precincts with a wall, it contained a sacred grove of olive trees dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, outside the city walls of ancient Athens. The archaic name for the site was Hekademia, which by classical times evolved into Akademia and was explained, at least as early as the beginning of the 6th century BC, by linking it to an Athenian hero, a legendary "Akademos". The site of Akademia was sacred to Athena and other immortals.

Plato's immediate successors as "scholarch" of Akademia were Speusippus (347–339 BC), Xenocrates (339–314 BC), Polemon (314–269 BC), Crates (ca. 269–266 BC), and Arcesilaus (ca. 266–240 BC). Later scholarchs include Lacydes of Cyrene, Carneades, Clitomachus, and Philo of Larissa ("the last undisputed head of the Academy"). Other notable members of Akademia include Aristotle, Heraclides Ponticus, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Philip of Opus, Crantor, and Antiochus of Ascalon.

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Ameen will not rush decision on future as Swindon make contract offer

Yahoo Daily News 19 Apr 2025
Botan Ameen said that he is not sure whether his future will lie at Swindon Town after scoring his first league goal against Grimsby Town ... Swindon have been hoping to tie him down to a first professional contract to avoid higher academies being able to sign him without the need to negotiate a transfer fee, although progress on the deal has stalled ... ....
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Macomb County police officers trained in responding to people in crisis

Macomb Daily 18 Apr 2025
The Crisis Intervention Team Training offered by the National Alliance on Mental Illness was held at the Macomb Community College Police Academy. It was paid with opioid settlement dollars to improve officer response and interaction when dealing with those situations, often involving substance abuse, according to Sheriff’s Office officials....
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Park City offers civilians a chance to learn about the ‘real deal’ of police work

Park Record 17 Apr 2025
The Citizen’s Academy is an annual program designed to introduce law enforcement to civilians ... Terry Knechtel, the Park City police officer who is the longtime coordinator of the Citizen’s Academy, described the program as offering the “real deal” of police work rather than what someone might see on television or the movies....
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PSG confirm 'unexpected' Arsenal partnership ahead of Champions League showdown

Sportingnews 17 Apr 2025
The East African nation’s Visit Rwanda branding has been on Arsenal’s shirt sleeves since 2018 and that deal runs until the end of the 2024/25 campaign ... The expanded deal with visit Rwanda will include branding on PSG's U.S. and Canada-based academy training kits, and on the sleeve ......
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Clooney defends op-ed calling for Biden to exit race: 'It was a civic duty'

The Hill 16 Apr 2025
It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing dealBiden of 2010 ... It's OK." ... "That's the deal. You have to take a stand. If you believe in it, take a stand, stand for it and deal with the consequences. That's the rules," the Academy Award winner continued ... That's fair ... .......
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Where did Ohio charter school's money go? Lawsuit reveals how misspent cash led to closure

Cincinnati.com 16 Apr 2025
However, as part of the lawsuit, a judge blocked the sale of two of Dohn's buildings to Performance Academies after the landlord argued the deal was an attempt to place Dohn’s assets beyond the reach of creditors ... Performance Academies did not release a follow-up statement despite The Enquirer's requests....
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Marcus Rashford performances might be securing the future of another Manchester United player

Yahoo Daily News 16 Apr 2025
For Jadon Sancho in 2024, see Marcus Rashford in 2025 ... A transfer fee in excess of £40million for an academy player would be huge in PSR regulations, and the salary savings would be in excess of £15million a year as well. A deal that might be above expectations from a few months ago could also be good news for another United academy graduate ... ....
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Lego Wednesday Addams Sets Get Huge Price Cuts At Amazon

Gamespot 15 Apr 2025
Fans of Netflix's Addams Family TV series Wednesday can take advantage of terrific deals on the pair of Wednesday Lego sets that launched last fall. One of the deals slashes the price of a 702-piece Lego set to just $30, while the other reduces a $90 set to only $63....
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ZeroHedge: U.S. financial conditions tighten to levels not seen since the 2020 pandemic

Cryptopolitan 15 Apr 2025
The firm also revealed that the U.S ... U.S ... BREAKING ... Source ... Karoline Leavit mentioned last Friday that Trump was “optimistic” that a trade deal could be reached with China and that he was ready to be “gracious” about it. She also revealed that more than 75 countries had asked to cut deals, including Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam. Cryptopolitan Academy....
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MARION BOARD APPROVES LONG-TERM DEAL WITH PARKER

Freeman Courier 14 Apr 2025
Assuming Parker OK’s the deal this Thursday, it will mean the end of the Freeman Academy/Marion Bearcats program following this school year, and one last year of Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy Phoenix football and softball, as well as Marion/Freeman Rebels wrestling. It remains unclear what this will mean for athletics at Freeman Academy....
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League of Ireland clubs must have education plans in place to secure license from FAI from 2027

The Irish Times 14 Apr 2025
... academy recruits to complete the Leaving Certificate, while several clubs deal with the education of contracted teenagers on an ad hoc basis....
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Chelsea news: Blues handed transfer warning as Arsenal prepare €75m Kounde bid

Football Transfers 14 Apr 2025
Arsenal are reportedly willing to submit a €75 million summer offer for long-term Chelsea target Jules Kounde ... READ MORE ... The Blues may, however, decide against pursuing a deal for Kounde following Maresca’s recent praise of academy starlet Josh Acheampong and the presence of both Malo Gusto and Reece James ... READ MORE ... Arsenal’s summer transfer plans....
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Morning Report — Markets brace for another week of tariff roller coaster

The Hill 14 Apr 2025
Trump and White House officials have expressed optimism that trade deals could be reached in the next few weeks, pointing to overtures from countries including Israel, South Korea, Japan and Vietnam. But there’s substantial uncertainty about exactly what these deals would entail, in part because Trump’s goals remain unclear....

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