Affirmative Action Fallout Sours Donor Relations Liam Knox Thu, 06/13/2024 – 03:00 AM The University of Missouri system is removing racial criteria from endowed scholarships, saying they run afoul of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban. Donors feel disrespected—and some may be ready to go to court. Byline(s) Liam Knox Affirmative Action Fallout Sours Donor Relations…
PA Lawmakers Propose Dueling Plans for a Higher Ed Overhaul jessica.blake@… Thu, 06/13/2024 – 03:00 AM Both parties have introduced separate bills outlining their own vision on how best to carry out the higher education overhaul Governor Shapiro called for in January. Byline(s) Jessica Blake PA Lawmakers Propose Dueling Plans for a Higher Ed Overhaul jessica.blake@……
Free-Photos / Pixabay June 14th is celebrated as Flag Day in the United States. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Flag Day. June 14th is celebrated as Flag Day in the United States. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Flag Day. anniversaries Larry…
A ton of museums and nonprofit organizations tried two years ago to inaugurate a tradition they are calling “Civic Season”: a three-week period that stretches from Flag Day on June 14 through the Fourth of July, and includes Juneteenth and Pride Month… The project aims to ask Americans, and young people in particular, to…
(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2017. You can see them all here) Also see: HERE’S HOW I ADAPTED MY ELL BEGINNER’S STORY-WRITING UNIT FOR CONCURRENT TEACHING My previous post, Here Are The Ten Downloadable Graphic Organizers I Use With ELL Beginners To Write A Story,…
Khan Academy is excited to share that the New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) has approved an exciting new initiative, offering free access to Khan Academy’s cutting-edge AI platform, Khanmigo, for all students and educators in grades 5-12 statewide. Read the press release Register for our upcoming informational webinar series to get the information you…
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During the pandemic shutdown, daycare owner Roxana Contreras sold her house when her income evaporated overnight. Maria Teresa Manrique nearly lost her business, and her life, when a family brought Covid into her home daycare. As an education reporter and editor in Boston during the pandemic, I was struck by the starkly disparate treatment of…
Last month, the Dunya Turkmenleri (Turkmen of the World) radio program, produced by Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL’s) Turkmen Service, launched a series of talks looking at current and historical trends of Russian-language usage in Turkmenistan, arguably the most authoritarian and isolated of the 15 republics that became independent countries after the disintegration of…
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