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What is a 504 plan?
What is a 504 plan? Get a definition of 504 plans and learn about Section 504 services for students in this guide.
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Reflection on course
This is my first assignment given by Sir.
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50 ICT TOOLS that are useful for teachers and learners
This is an assignment given by sir which is 2 lines on 50 ICT TOOLS that are useful for teachers and learners.
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My reflection
It's was a amazing course for me because I can apply in my studies. It includes all open educational resources which...
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A list of 50 ICT tools that are useful for teachers and learners
list of 50 ICT tools,with 2 line for each
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حضرت موسیٰ علیہ السلام کے لیے ان کی والدہ کا دعا کرنا جب آپ کوہ طور پر جاتے تھے اس واقعہ کی تحقیق از قلم محمد حمزہ قادری المدنی 💓
حضرت موسیٰ علیہ السلام کے لیے ان کی والدہ کا دعا کرنا جب آپ کوہ طور پر جاتے تھے اس واقعہ کی تحقیق از قلم محمد حمزہ قادری...
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Open Educational Resources (OER)
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Reflection on course of open educational resources
This is an assignment given by sir on open educational resources
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Maham Khan - Understanding OER Online Course Reflection
This is a reflection of an online course name understanding open educational resources assigned by my course instructor.
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An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Open educational resource means educational resources open to all and free of cost. They can be in any form either video,...
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online course ICT, reflection
Reflection of online course
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The Open-minded K-12 Parent Journey and Barriers to Action.
In Part 2, we explore the journey parents embark on as they move from initial interest in alternatives to enrolling their...
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Salesforce PDI Practice Questions - Platform Developer I (SP23) Dumps, Free Videos, Syllabus, Tips & Tricks
Welcome to Examsbrite, your trusted partner in exam preparation. Are you aspiring to achieve Salesforce PDI...
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Special Education 371 – Exceptional Individual
This open textbook is being utilized in a Special Education course for undergraduate students by Dr. Melinda Pierson at...
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A Teachers Guide to Outdoor Education Curriculum: Victorian Edition
Outdoor education is a unique and well-established field of study with significant local and international literature to...
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Reflection on OER Course
This is my reflection on OER course
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Teachers Engaging in Research
The complexity of teachers’ work is increasingly being realized, together with its importance for practitioners. While...
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Identity position and pedagogical agency negotiation in teaching EAP writing: A case study
In language education, little classroom-based research has been conducted regarding novice teachers of English for...
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Teaching in low-resource classrooms: voices of experience
The book is an edited collection of work produced by a group of 34 teachers and teacher educators from Bangladesh, India,...
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A handbook for Exploratory Action Research
This is a practical handbook, written in a non-academic, teacher-friendly style, to show teachers how they can engage in...
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Sneak-a-nomics Digital Badge Program
Elementary school teachers: How do elementary-aged students benefit from learning economics? Can you “sneak� it into...
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Tools for Teaching the High School Economics with Personal Finance Course
The Tools for Teaching the High School Economics with Personal Finance Course includes lessons, links to resources, and...
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Wellbeing in Educational Contexts
Wellbeing has been identified as a serious issue for principals, teachers and students within educational contexts.
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Choose to Learn 2024
School choice has long been an important – if not systemically fraught – mechanism allowing families to seek out the best...
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Eva BlightUniversity of Texas System - Tyler
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Vicky Avinash OojorahMauritius Institute of Education
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Jay CodillaN/A
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Alexandra Borisovaprivate
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HOON KIMKorea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE)
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Vandana GiriUniversity of Lucknow
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Ayesha KhanSindhmadrasatulislam university
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John OrellanaJohn Orellana T
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Minahil Islam Buttsmiu
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Nida MustafaSindh Madressatul Islam University
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Nida Pir MuhammadSindh Madrassatul Islam University
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Ibrahim YoussefKing Faisal University
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Maham KhanKarachi, Sindh.
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Ashraf QadriSindh Madrassatulislam university
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Neelam Fahim Vakanisindh madrasatul islam university
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Thoughts on Tinubu's Planned School Census - THISDAYLIVE
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Editorial: Protecting education at all costs? Education in times of crisis and conflict
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Columbia’s University Senate Calls for an Investigation Into the Administration
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Integration of Technological, Pedagogical and Content knowledge (TPACK) - ResearchGate
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The latest on student debt relief — and how young voters are feeling about it
Apr 26, 2024 02:16 PM PDTA look at where things stand on student loan forgiveness — and how Republicans and Democrats differ on whether to offer debt relief to student borrowers.
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NEHU to start ambitious 4-yr teacher education programme - The Shillong Times
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In Columbia University's protests of 1968 and 2024, what's similar — and different
Apr 26, 2024 02:05 PM PDTThere are parallels between the two high-profile events, most starkly the proliferation of similar protests around the country. But key differences set them apart.
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The latest on college campuses as protests continue
Apr 26, 2024 01:49 PM PDTAt some college campuses, protesters have called for an immediate ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas and divestment of endowment money invested in companies that provide military support to Israel.
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UH Hilo honors employees, student at annual awards celebration | University of Hawaii News
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Staying ready for anything | The Northeast Georgian, Cornelia, Georgia
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Honors Day 2024: Susan Belmonte - Georgia State News Hub
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Baltimore principal's racist rant was an AI fake. His colleague was arrested.
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Congrats, May 2024 Graduates! | College of Education News
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San Carlos PESO orients CPSU graduating class on labor laws - SunStar Philippines
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Nominate your teacher for Chalmers pedagogical prize
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Sandburg names new Division Chair for Health, PE, and Driver Education | Orland Park, IL Patch
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Dear Decaturish - In support of Deidra Wright for DeKalb School Board District 3
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Six Northwestern faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Computer Science Professional Development for Teacher Preparation Faculty
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Polk State College celebrates Barnett family, $3 million pledge to Haines City-Davenport Campus
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Research: Systemic approach needed to curb absenteeism
Apr 26, 2024 06:53 AM PDTNew research suggests districts with high chronic absenteeism rates lack coordinated strategies to reengage students. -More-
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Opinion As youth crime persists, one question looms large (continued) - Washington Post
Apr 26, 2024 06:49 AM PDT
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Louisiana Will No Longer Require Students to Fill Out FAFSA to Graduate
Apr 26, 2024 06:00 AM PDTExperts say high school seniors are more likely to go to college if they complete the financial aid form, but the state sees privacy issues with mandating it.
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Misericordia summer camps offer high school students an opportunity to explore exciting career fields
Apr 26, 2024 05:55 AM PDT
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Biden, Let the Protests of 1968 Be a Warning
Apr 26, 2024 05:55 AM PDTLessons from a tumultuous summer.
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Local Students Present Projects at Berry Area Science Fair - The Rome News-Tribune
Apr 26, 2024 05:21 AM PDT
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NEHU starts four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme - Meghalaya Monitor
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Meghalaya: NEHU introduces Integrated Teacher Education Programme - India Today NE
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University protesters want their schools to divest from Israel over its war in Gaza
Apr 26, 2024 04:15 AM PDTNPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Marsicano of Davidson College in North Carolina about how higher education institutions might go about divesting from Israeli interests, as demanded by protesters.
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Pro-Palestinian campus protesters face looming deadlines and risk of arrest
Apr 26, 2024 02:18 AM PDTHundreds of students have been arrested for participating in pro-Palestinian protests in recent days. And some schools, like Columbia and GW, have given them deadlines to dismantle their encampments.
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Do Columbia's pro-Palestinian protests resemble the ones against the Vietnam war?
Apr 26, 2024 02:10 AM PDTA college professor who protested the Vietnam War in 1968 compares her experiences with the pro-Palestinian protests currently happening at Columbia University.
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A Baltimore-area teacher is accused of using AI to make his boss appear racist
Apr 26, 2024 02:00 AM PDTThis wild case emphasizes the serious potential for criminal misuse of artificial intelligence that experts have been warning about for some time, one professor said.
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Best Digital Pens For Teachers
Apr 26, 2024 02:00 AM PDTThese are the best digital pens for teachers in class and beyond.
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6 Ways Schools Are Managing Students' Cellphone Use - Education Week
Apr 26, 2024 01:56 AM PDT
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Unpacking the truth of antisemitism on college campuses
Apr 25, 2024 02:57 PM PDTColleges have become a flashpoint in discussions about rising antisemitism. But some on those campuses say the alarm from politicians and groups distorts reality and their motives should be examined.
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Consensus: How to Use It to Teach
Apr 25, 2024 02:00 AM PDTConsensus is an AI tool that can help teach using research papers, in a widely adaptive new way.
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Do ChatGPT-Style AI ChatBots Help Students Learn? Yes, But There Are Caveats, Says Research
Apr 24, 2024 02:00 AM PDTAI chatbots show promise in helping college students but are less effective for K-12, with the impact on learning seeming to decrease over time
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CoSN & ASU-GSV: A Tale of Two Conferences
Apr 23, 2024 02:00 AM PDTThis year's CoSN and ASU-GSV conferences supported innovation in education, but in very different ways
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Teaching Financial Literacy
Apr 22, 2024 11:23 AM PDTMore states are adopting financial literacy requirements for students. Here are tips for teaching the topic.
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Explaining AI Use in the Classroom to Families
Apr 22, 2024 02:00 AM PDTExplaining AI use in your classroom to your students' families can help eliminate fears and build support
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Google Gemini: How Google’s New AI Can Change Teaching
Apr 22, 2024 02:00 AM PDTGoogle Gemini, formerly known as Bard, is the latest AI tool available to educators
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Best VR Headsets for Schools
Apr 19, 2024 10:20 AM PDTThe best VR headsets for schools are one of the ideal ways to offer engaging and immersive learning right now
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Best Laptops for Teachers
Apr 19, 2024 10:01 AM PDTThe best laptops for teachers keep educators connected wherever they need to be.
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Educator Edtech Review: Makeblock mBot Neo and Ultimate Robotics & Coding Kits
Apr 19, 2024 02:00 AM PDTMakeblock offers interactive and engaging programmable robotic kits designed for fun hands-on learning experiences
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USC Cancels Valedictorian’s Speech After Claims of Antisemitism
Apr 16, 2024 03:34 PM PDTThe university cited security concerns at the graduation. But the student, who is Muslim, said the school was “succumbing to a campaign of hate meant to silence my voice.”
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The Congresswoman Going After Elite Universities on Antisemitism
Apr 16, 2024 05:53 AM PDTRepresentative Virginia Foxx is a blunt partisan. But her life in rural North Carolina informs her attacks against these schools, starting with whether Harvard is truly “elite.”
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At UC Berkeley, a Pro-Palestinian Protest Disrupts Dinner at a Dean’s Home
Apr 13, 2024 08:06 AM PDTPro-Palestinian supporters disrupted a dinner for law students. There was a tussle over the microphone and conflicting claims of harm.
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With States Banning DEI, Some Universities Find a Workaround
Apr 12, 2024 02:02 AM PDTWelcome to the new “Office of Access and Engagement.” Schools are renaming departments and job titles to try to preserve diversity programs.
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Harvard and Caltech Will Require Test Scores for Admission
Apr 11, 2024 02:11 PM PDTThe universities are the latest highly selective schools to end their policies that made submitting SAT or ACT scores optional.
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Science Teachers Are Having a Moment Thanks to the Solar Eclipse
Apr 08, 2024 05:56 AM PDTRick Crosslin, a science teacher in Indianapolis, paired up with school maintenance employees to build a giant model of the eclipse.
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Stanford’s New President Is Jonathan Levin, Dean of Business School
Apr 05, 2024 06:48 AM PDTDr. Levin faces the challenge of guiding the university through politically fraught times.
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U.C. Berkeley Parents Hired Private Security to Patrol Near Campus
Mar 28, 2024 05:30 AM PDTThe parents were worried about crime, but the university said that the move raised concerns about training and experience, and that security was better left to its own police force.
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Birmingham-Southern College to Close After Failing to Secure State Loan
Mar 26, 2024 03:08 PM PDTAfter decades of financial mismanagement, the nearly 170-year-old private liberal arts school is set to close at the end of May.
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The Man Who Helped Redefine Campus Antisemitism
Mar 24, 2024 12:00 AM PDTIn government and as an outsider, Kenneth Marcus has tried to douse what he says is rising bias against Jews. Some see a crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech.
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U. of Texas at Austin Will Return to Standardized Test Requirement
Mar 11, 2024 08:21 PM PDTThe university said SAT and ACT scores help it place students in programs that fit them best.
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The SAT Is Now Fully Digital for the Remote-Learning Generation
Mar 08, 2024 12:39 PM PSTThe new format cuts nearly an hour out of the exam and has shorter reading passages.
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Harvard’s Response to Subpoenas Is Called ‘Useless’ by House Committee
Mar 06, 2024 10:34 AM PSTHarvard said it has been acting in good faith and submitted thousands of pages of new material.
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Dartmouth Players Detail How Union Plan Came Together
Mar 05, 2024 07:27 PM PSTOn Tuesday, the historic 13-2 vote by the men’s basketball team to unionize took a significant step toward classifying student-athletes as employees.
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Brown University Will Reinstate Standardized Tests for Admission
Mar 05, 2024 04:16 PM PSTThe school joins Yale, Dartmouth and M.I.T. in backtracking on “test optional” policies adopted during the pandemic.
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Liberty University Fined $14 Million for Mishandling Sex Assaults and Other Crimes
Mar 05, 2024 03:35 PM PSTThe penalty is the largest ever imposed by the Education Department, which found that the school had punished sexual assault victims but not their assailants and created a “culture of silence.”
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University of Idaho Needs More Students. Should It Buy an Online School?
Mar 02, 2024 07:05 AM PSTAhead of an expected drop in enrollment, the institution is looking to buy the University of Phoenix, a for-profit school with a checkered past. Is it worth $550 million?
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UPenn Trustees Meeting Cut Short by Student Protest Over Israel-Hamas War
Mar 01, 2024 01:39 PM PSTThe meeting was abruptly adjourned about 10 minutes in after a demonstration by pro-Palestinian students protesting the university’s ties with Israel.
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Jewish Students Describe Facing Antisemitism on Campus to Members of Congress
Mar 01, 2024 02:04 AM PSTAt a discussion led by a House panel, students criticized their universities for not cracking down on antisemitism. An antiwar group pointed out that Muslim and Arab students are facing harassment, too.
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Co-Chair of Harvard Antisemitism Task Force Resigns
Feb 28, 2024 07:24 AM PSTProfessor Raffaella Sadun’s departure from the task force is a setback for a group set up to propose ways for Harvard to address antisemitism on campus.
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At Harvard, Some Wonder What It Will Take to Stop the Spiral
Feb 28, 2024 07:23 AM PSTAt a summit of university presidents, the talk was about Harvard and its plummeting reputation.
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After Nex Benedict’s Death, Oklahoma Schools Chief Defends Strict Gender Policies
Feb 25, 2024 12:22 PM PSTThe Oklahoma school superintendent, Ryan Walters, said “radical leftists” had created a narrative about the death of 16-year-old Nex Benedict that “hasn’t been true.”
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California’s Push for Ethnic Studies Runs Into the Israel-Hamas War
Feb 15, 2024 09:19 PM PSTThe state’s high school students will be required to take the subject, but some object to how the discipline addresses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Bill Ackman and Mark Zuckerberg Fail to Land Candidates on Harvard’s Board of Overseers
Feb 03, 2024 06:30 AM PSTThe candidates had promised to challenge the university’s leadership, but failed to collect enough signatures to get on the ballot for the board.
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California Aims $2 Billion to Help Students Catch Up From the Pandemic
Feb 02, 2024 09:45 AM PSTA lawsuit accused the state of failing to provide an equal education to lower-income, Black and Hispanic students during the pandemic.
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Coleman Hughes, the Young Black Conservative Who Grew Up With, and Rejects, D.E.I.
Feb 01, 2024 02:26 PM PSTColeman Hughes wants a colorblind society. In his new book, he recounts how schools emphasized his racial identity — and other students’ white privilege.
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Utah Bans D.E.I. Programs, Joining Other States
Feb 01, 2024 01:00 PM PSTConservatives say diversity and equity programs are more divisive than unifying.
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Virginia Moves to End Legacy Admissions at Its Public Universities
Jan 30, 2024 06:12 PM PSTThe state legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill that ends preferences for children of alumni. The governor appears poised to sign it.
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At Penn, Tensions May Only Be Growing After Magill’s Resignation
Jan 30, 2024 01:00 PM PSTProfessors at the University of Pennsylvania have begun to organize, fearing what they view as a plan by the billionaire Marc Rowan to upend academic freedom.
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Hate Crimes Reported in Schools Nearly Doubled Between 2018 and 2022
Jan 29, 2024 10:36 AM PSTBlack students were the most frequent reported victims, followed by L.G.B.T.Q. and Jewish students, according to F.B.I. statistics.
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Florida Eliminates Sociology as a Core Course at Its Universities
Jan 26, 2024 11:00 AM PSTIn December, Florida’s education commissioner wrote that “sociology has been hijacked by left-wing activists.”
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Yale, Duke and Columbia Among Elite Schools to Settle in Price-Fixing Case
Jan 24, 2024 05:44 AM PSTFive universities have agreed to pay $104.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing them of violating an agreement to be “need-blind” when admitting students.
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Critics Protest Harvard’s Choice to Lead Antisemitism Task Force
Jan 22, 2024 01:17 PM PSTBill Ackman and Lawrence Summers decried the choice of Derek J. Penslar, a professor of Jewish history, who had signed a letter describing Israel as an apartheid regime.
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After Affirmative Action Ban, Students Use Essays to Highlight Race
Jan 21, 2024 08:50 AM PSTThe Supreme Court’s ruling intended to remove the consideration of race during the admissions process. So students used their essays to highlight their racial background.
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Harvard Defends Its Plagiarism Investigation of Its Former President
Jan 19, 2024 11:08 PM PSTThe university released its most detailed account of its handling of plagiarism accusations against Claudine Gay, who resigned earlier this month.
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The Next Battle in Higher Ed May Strike at Its Soul: Scholarship
Jan 14, 2024 01:28 PM PSTCases involving Stanford, Harvard and M.I.T. are fueling skepticism over the thoroughness of research — even from the academic world’s biggest stars.
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Best Practices of State Bullying Policies
Dec 16, 2010 02:22 PM PSTSecretary Duncan issued a technical assistance memo highlighting key components of strong state bullying laws and policies.
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New Board Members for Postsecondary Improvement Fund
Dec 13, 2010 07:27 AM PSTSecretary Duncan announced 13 new board members for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE).
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International Student Assessment
Dec 07, 2010 10:15 AM PST"Being average in reading and science—and below average in math—is not nearly good enough," Secretary Duncan said in response to results from the Program for International Student Assessment.
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Passage of the Child Nutrition Bill
Dec 03, 2010 03:52 AM PSTThe Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act will "help schools fight our country's childhood obesity epidemic and give students access to the nutritional food they need to help them learn," Secretary Duncan said.
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Grants to Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions
Nov 23, 2010 06:24 AM PSTED announced grants to higher education institutions that serve Asian American and Pacific Islander students.
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Assessment Board Members Named
Nov 17, 2010 08:09 AM PSTSecretary Duncan named six members of the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the Nation's Report Card.
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