Colleges Work to Recover From the CrowdStrike Outage Johanna Alonso Mon, 07/22/2024 – 03:00 AM Though not as debilitated as hospitals and airlines, some higher ed institutions canceled classes or went without Wi-Fi. Some experts say it’s a wake-up call. Byline(s) Johanna Alonso Colleges Work to Recover From the CrowdStrike Outage Johanna Alonso Mon, 07/22/2024 –…
By: Ayana Verdi Before the COVID pandemic magnified the vast inequities that exist within our education system and spurred an education renaissance that rapidly spread across the country, the quest to reimagine what school could be had already begun in pockets across the country. In my home state of Florida, microschools and learning cooperatives were…
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Teachers Share Their Best Lessons for Intermediate English Learners is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns. Students build confidence in their language skills when they’re taught four basic sentence structures, moving from simple to more complex. Here are some excerpts: Teachers Share Their Best Lessons for Intermediate English Learners is the…
Online learning continues to grow and evolve. In fact, in the fall of 2022, there were 18,580,026 adult learners participating in distance education (National Center for Education Statistics 2022). Adult learners find it desirable due to its variety, flexibility, and ease of access, yet despite its popularity, retention rates of online education are not comparable…
Biden, an Education President Katherine Knott Sun, 07/21/2024 – 02:35 PM He stepped down from the Democratic ticket Sunday. What will happen to his ambitious plans to reshape higher education and fix the student loan system? Byline(s) Katherine Knott Biden, an Education President Katherine Knott Sun, 07/21/2024 – 02:35 PM He stepped down from the Democratic…
OwlishArts / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Kamala Harris is from Brittanica for Kids. Kamala Harris is from Biography. Kamala Harris’s life, career and firsts from AG to the vice presidency is from The Washington Post. Here are new additions to THE…
Last Thursday, the New York City Council voted to approve legislation requiring the education department to create a more uniform dress code policy amid criticisms that some schools discriminate against students for what they wear to class. Criticisms of the current policies of New York City’s Department of Education (DOE) focus on transparency and inclusivity…
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 26,000 resources there that I haven’t shared on this blog. I thought readers might find it useful if I began sharing a handful of my most recent “pins” each week (I’m not sure if you can see them through an RSS Reader – you…
‘Magical’: How One Teacher Describes a Pandemic-Recovery Moment is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns. Not all student losses from the pandemic are headline-grabbing. Students have forgotten some basic skills. Here are some excerpts: ‘Magical’: How One Teacher Describes a Pandemic-Recovery Moment is the headline of one of my recent Education…