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| 17.04.2025 | University protests blast Trump’s attacks on funding, speech and international students | Nancy Krieger, a professor of social epidemiology in Harvard’s School of Public Health, spoke to the crowd about cuts to programs that are crucial to medical discoveries and monitoring the health of the population.
“We are doing our work to... |
| 08.04.2025 | The Battle for Data: A Tug-of-War Over Privacy and Power | In the realm of government and technology, a fierce battle is unfolding. At the center of this conflict is the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its controversial access to sensitive personal data. The stakes are high, and the ... |
| 07.04.2025 | Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies | In Monday’s opinion, Judge G. Steven Agee of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote that Boardman’s decision misread legal precedent in “requiring nothing more than abstract access to personal information to establish a concrete injury... |
| 02.04.2025 | Trump administration’s appeal of a temporary restraining order preventing DOGE access to Social Security data is denied | The Trump administration’s appeal of a temporary restraining order blocking the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing personal data at the Social Security Administration has been denied.
Per the order issued by a federal judge ... |
| 28.03.2025 | The Reopening of Income-Driven Repayment Plans: A Lifeline for Student Borrowers | The U.S. Department of Education has reopened the doors to income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, offering a glimmer of hope to millions of federal student loan borrowers. This decision comes after a tumultuous period marked by legal battles ... |
| 27.03.2025 | Student loan borrowers can once again apply for income-driven repayment plans—these 3 options are available | The Department of Education announced Wednesday it is reopening applications for income-driven repayment plans for federal student loan borrowers.
IDR plans allow borrowers to make monthly payments based on their income, aiming to give low-... |
| 27.03.2025 | Trump administration re-opens student loan repayment plan applications | The U.S. Department of Education announced it is re-opening the online applications for income-driven repayment plans, programs used by millions of federal student loan borrowers to repay their debt.
The Trump administration took down the a... |
| 26.03.2025 | The Battle for Academic Freedom: Columbia University vs. the Trump Administration | In the heart of New York City, a storm brews over Columbia University. The Trump administration has wielded a financial sword, cutting $400 million in federal funding. This move is not just about money; it’s a battle for academic freedom. T... |
| 25.03.2025 | Trump’s Columbia Funding Halt Draws Suit From Academic Unions | Two educational unions sued the Trump administration over its withholding of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University, calling the move an illegal attempt to limit academic independence and free speech on campus.
The lawsuit... |
| 24.03.2025 | Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies | “They trusted the federal government to safeguard their information. That public trust likely has been breached,” Boardman wrote in her opinion.
The lawsuit accused the Trump administration of handing over sensitive data for reasons beyond ... |
| 20.03.2025 | Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Department of Education—‘See you in court,’ teachers’ union says | President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday instructing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to begin dismantling the Department of Education.
The president cannot unilaterally abolish a federal agency without the approval ... |
| 20.03.2025 | Judge bars Musk’s DOGE team from Social Security records in scathing ruling | A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order barring Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team from getting access to personally identifiable information from the Social Security Administration.
Judge Ellen Lipton Holland... |
| 19.03.2025 | Union sues Trump administration for shutting down student loan repayment plans | The American Federation of Teachers is suing the U.S. Department of Education for shutting down access to affordable repayment plans for millions of student loan borrowers.
The American Federation of Teachers is suing the U.S. Department of... |
| 14.03.2025 | Business | Is Public Service Loan Forgiveness going away? Understanding Trump’s executive order | What does the PSLF Executive Order do?
The executive order directs Education Department Secretary Linda McMahon to create a proposal limiting PSLF eligibility. In a Mar. 10 post on social media network X, the Education Department wrote, “th... |
| 28.02.2025 | The Education Tug-of-War: Navigating the DEI Landscape Under Trump’s Administration | In the current political climate, education has become a battleground. The recent push by the Trump administration to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in schools has sparked a fierce debate. This is not just a polic... |
| 27.02.2025 | National Politics | As Trump’s deadline to eliminate DEI nears, few schools openly rush to make changes | Education organizations have been urging a measured approach, warning institutions not to make any hasty cuts that would be difficult to undo. Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, is telling colleges that if they we... |
| 26.02.2025 | Teachers union sues over Trump administration’s deadline to end school diversity programs | At stake is a sweeping expansion of the Supreme Court ruling, which focused on college admissions policies that considered race as a factor when admitting students. In the Feb. 14 memo, the Education Department said it interprets the ruling... |
| 24.02.2025 | Federal judge blocks Musk’s DOGE from access to student loan borrowers’ personal data | Elon Musk’s government-slashing effort, DOGE, is temporarily barred from accessing personal data on student loan borrowers, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
The order, issued by Federal Judge Deborah Boardman in Maryland, marks a significan... |
| 24.02.2025 | National Politics | Judge blocks 2 federal agencies from disclosing personal records to Trump adviser Musk’s DOGE | “This continuing, unauthorized disclosure of the plaintiffs’ sensitive personal information to DOGE affiliates is irreparable harm that money damages cannot rectify,” wrote Boardman, who was nominated by Trump’s predecessor, President Joe B... |
| 10.02.2025 | National Politics | Labor unions sue to block DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies | The cuts will not affect core operations at IES, including the NAEP exam, known as the nation’s report card, and the College Scorecard, which provides data about the cost and outcomes of U.S. universities, the department said.
“The Departme... |
| 30.01.2025 | Ted Cruz Blocks FCC Plan To Bring Mobile Wi-Fi To School Kids For A Very Very Stupid Reason | Last year the Biden FCC passed a new rule that would help bring Wi-Fi access to school kids who struggle to do their homework online. More specifically, the rule allowed schools to leverage the FCC’s E-Rate program funds to pay for mobile h... |
| 21.01.2025 | The Fake Government ‘Efficiency’ Agency Known As DOGE Already Faces Multiple Lawsuits | One of the many new executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on Monday was the long-hyped creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE is portrayed as a sort of government efficiency and innovation office, but i... |
| 18.09.2024 | AI Detection Platform GPTZero Releases Authorship Tools to Preserve Original Writing | GPTZero’s authorship tools aim to provide transparency into the writing process and detect artificial intelligence.
GPTZero, the leading AI detection platform used by more than 3 million educators, students, and writers, announced the launc... |
| 18.09.2024 | National Politics | Teamsters union declines to endorse Trump or Harris for president | Related Articles
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| 19.08.2024 | The DNC in Chicago: A Stage for Unity and Dissent | The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is more than just a political gathering. It’s a theater of ambition, a showcase of unity, and a battleground for dissent. As the DNC kicks off in Chicago, the city transforms into a microcosm of Amer... |
| 19.08.2024 | National Politics | The DNC kicks off today. Here’s what to expect — including who is speaking. | “The quick coalescing of Democrats around Harris’ candidacy and the energy it has generated has served another purpose — providing a cover of unity to overshadow some tensions and divisions within the ‘big tent’ party,” the Tribune’s Rick P... |
| 03.08.2024 | Editorials | Views from the nation’s press | The Dallas Morning News on how Kamala Harris must address border crisis now:
Vice President Kamala Harris has a golden opportunity to demonstrate she is ready to govern from the middle by frankly addressing her role in the Biden administrat... |
| 26.07.2024 | Harris pushes ahead with campaign blitz, gaining ground on Trump |
HOUSTON: Vice President Kamala Harris took her presidential campaign blitz to the largest US teachers' union on Thursday (Jul 25) promising a "fight for the future" as new opinion polls showed her narrowing the gap with Republica... |
| 26.07.2024 | First black US president Obama backs Kamala Harris in White House bid | Former US president Barack Obama embraces US Vice-President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington, DC, on 5 April 2022. Image: Mandel Ngan/AFP
Former US president Barack Obama endorsed his fellow Democrat Kamala Harris’ bid for the... |
| 25.07.2024 | Kamala Harris: A New Dawn for the Democratic Party**
** | ** In the political arena, change is the only constant. As the 2024 election looms, the Democratic Party finds itself at a crossroads. With President Biden stepping aside, Vice President Kamala Harris emerges as the presumptive nominee. Thi... |
| 25.07.2024 | National Politics | Harris tells teachers union she’s ready to fight for country’s future — ‘bring it on’ | The American Federation of Teachers was the first labor union to formally endorse Harris, and its president Randi Weingarten said she “has electrified this race.”
Harris intends to travel aggressively to spread her message and rally voters.... |
| 24.07.2024 | National Politics | Harris asks for 2024 support from women of color during an address at a historically Black sorority | “Where Vice President Harris goes, grassroots enthusiasm follows,” O’Malley Dillon wrote. “This campaign will be close, it will be hard fought, but Vice President Harris is in a position of strength — and she’s going to win.”Related Article... |
| 05.06.2024 | Amazon Labor Union Joins Teamsters Amid Ongoing Struggles for Worker Rights, Representation | By Inno Flores
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| 20.05.2024 |
Senators introduce bill to provide $70B in public housing funds | A coalition of Democratic and independent members of the U.S. Senate, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), is expected to introduce a new bill on Monday that seeks to immediately renew a push for the funding of public housing to the tune... |
| 17.05.2024 | Letters to the Editor | Letters to the editor: Density is just a windfall for developers; Amabile has a broad coalition of support; keep sports fun for young athletes | Density is just a windfall for developers
The Daily Camera editorial from May 12 says we can carefully and slowly densify the city. Let’s start by annexing the old Holiday Drive-In area on the North and building a dense walkable neighborhoo... |
| 16.05.2024 | Big Labor's communications playbook | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
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Support for labor unions grew in 2023, with workers voting to unionize 83% of the time, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
Why it matters: The success is... |
| 14.02.2024 | National Education Association Board of Directors takes action to reaffirm call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas | The Board of Directors of the National Education Association renewed NEA’s original call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas when it adopted a motion that underscored the need for the release of the hostages abducted by Hamas from Isra... |
| 13.02.2024 | NEA Board of Directors takes action to reaffirm NEA’s call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas | The Board of Directors of the National Education Association renewed NEA’s original call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas when it adopted a motion that underscored the need for the release of the hostages abducted by Hamas from Isra... |
| 13.08.2023 | Why schools across America are building teacher housing | In a desperate effort to combat a chronic teacher shortage and a housing affordability crunch, school districts across the country are getting into a new industry: homebuilding.
Why it matters: On their salaries, many teachers simply can't ... |
| 27.07.2023 | South Florida residents fret over retirement | One in five Americans don't think they'll be able to retire, according to a new Axios-Ipsos poll.
Why it matters: Fewer workers have access to reliable pensions, writes Axios' Felix Salmon.
Most Americans retiring now are the first generati... |
| 15.07.2023 | How To Get Kids To Read For Fun | When kids listen to or read novels instead of excerpts—without engaging in too much analysis—they're ... [+] more likely to discover the joy of reading.getty |
| 25.05.2023 | The House just passed a bill to block student-loan forgiveness and end the payment pause immediately | Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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| 23.05.2023 | The GOP's bill to permanently block Biden's student-debt relief could cause public servants' loan balances to unexpectedly balloon if it passes, advocacy groups say | Rep. Virginia Foxx Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Image
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The SBPC and AFT released a report analyzing the impacts of a GOP bill to overturn student-debt relief.
The report said the bill would reinstate loans forgiven over ... |
| 30.04.2023 | Putting A New Study On Building Knowledge Into Perspective | A study showing boosts to reading comprehension is just one more piece of evidence supporting a ... [+] knowledge-building approach.getty |
| 15.04.2023 | Private school vouchers are shaping up to be huge part of the 2024 election as GOP candidates work to 'one up' each other on the issue | Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs HB1 to expand taxpayer-funded school vouchers across Florida during a press conference at Christopher Columbus High School on Monday, March 27, 2023, in Miami. Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Servic... |
| 09.04.2023 | Dramatic New Evidence That Building Knowledge Can Boost Comprehension And Close Gaps | Building knowledge beginning in kindergarten can eliminate test-score gaps between lower- and ... [+] higher-income students, according to a new study.getty |
| 03.04.2023 | Randi Weingarten says "no" to offer of free books for classrooms | Poopy McPooFace Cover
The president of the American Federation of Teachers has called Jay Lender's and David Michael Slater's book "inappropriate for distribution" SARASOTA, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, April 3, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ ... |
| 20.03.2023 | Countering PUSHOUT Grief and Bullying Short Film Animations Kicks-Off AFT’s Share My Lesson Conference about Black girls | Grief annimation focuses on phones in class, COVID's impact on classroom behavior and the loss of a peer.
Bullying animation deals with why students bully other students, teacher “shaming” her students, and the impact of restorative practic... |
| 28.02.2023 | Some schools are switching to the 4-day workweek to bring in and keep teachers, but education officials say it's not a 'magic pill' to fix the educator shortage | Districts are weighing the four-day workweek to curb burnout and retain teachers. OLIVIER TOURON/Getty Images
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| 13.10.2022 | Hungry for Music, Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers Present a Music Education Celebration for Families on Oct. 22 | Students perform in the Pittsburgh Public Schools All City Music Showcase in 2019, a highlight of its Arts Education program.
The logo for Hungry for Music, a nonprofit that collects and donates musical instruments to children.
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| 30.09.2022 | Hungry for Music National Chapter Set-Up Tour Heads to Indianapolis | The logo for Hungry for Music, a nonprofit that collects and donates musical instruments to children.
Hungry for Music national chapter set-up tour poster
Jeff Campbell thanks young musicians and volunteers at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame... |
| 15.09.2022 | Low Funding And Ineffective Teaching Don’t Explain Test-Score Gaps | Studies find rich and poor kids have about equal access to good teaching and school funding.getty |
| 16.08.2022 | Curious About Knowledge-Building Curricula? Check Out This Website | A newly revamped website offers a wealth of reliable information on curricula that build kids' ... [+] knowledge and vocabulary. getty |
| 08.03.2022 | AAUP And AFT Join Forces To Strengthen College Faculty Voice | A new partnership between the American Association of University Professors and the American ... [+] Federation of Teachers promises to strengthen the voice of college faculty. getty |
| 01.02.2022 | Как вырастить тупого ребёнка (научно обоснованные вредные советы) | Brain of someone described as an «idiot»
Пока мир движется к занимательной евгенике и разному биохакингу, в народе о влиянии на умственное развитие ребёнка известно примерно следующее: хорошо бы найти умного партнёра, хорошо бы не бухать до... |
| 29.12.2021 | Harvard Has Dropped Its SAT Requirement, But Don’t Expect More Diversity | Harvard has joined a growing number of schools making test scores optional for admission, but ... [+] studies show that policy has little effect on the diversity of the student body. (Photo by Glen Cooper/Getty Images) Getty Images |
| 20.08.2021 | To Fix Education, We Need A Different Lens For Test Scores | Collecting data only about race and income—without reference to parental education or occupation—can ... [+] distort perceptions of why some student groups do better on standardized tests. getty |
| 26.05.2021 | Scores For Low-Performing Students Get Steadily Worse, And The Explanations Are Muddled | Scores on national science tests fit a disturbing pattern of declining performance among ... [+] low-achievers, and the officials who oversee the test have provided conflicting explanations. getty |
| 17.05.2021 | Teachers unions say they’re ready to come back to schools. I’ll believe it when I see it. | The politically-powerful teachers unions say they’re ready to send their members back to work, now that the COVID pandemic is effectively over.
And yet as a NYC public school parent, I don’t believe my kids will have full-time, in-person, f... |
| 10.05.2021 | Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar push for permanent free school lunch | School children are spaced apart in one of the rooms used for lunch at Woodland Elementary School in Milford, Massachusetts. Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe/Getty Images
House and Senate Democrats introduced a bill to make a pandemic-era f... |
| 08.04.2021 | Teachers unions are gaslighting parents and resisting science to keep schools closed | A student reads on an iPad at the Olivet Boys and Girls Club in Reading, PA, on January 19, 2021. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and sta... |
| 03.03.2021 | Biden Pushes Plan to Get Every Educator a Vaccine Dose by End of March | MaryAnn Sansonetti-Wood, like so many other educators, has spent much of this school year frustrated and fearful.
She’s been teaching face-to-face since September, behind a cloth mask and a plexiglass barrier. Her middle school—part of a su... |
| 21.01.2021 | Why Technology Hasn’t Boosted Learning—And How It Could | Ed tech hasn't lived up to its promise because of mistaken assumptions about how learning works.getty |
| 14.01.2021 | Rethinking The Social Safety Net | young mother with social services or housing officergetty |
| 11.01.2021 | We Can’t Debate ‘Meritocracy’ When Our Education System Stifles So Much Merit | Recent attacks on the idea of meritocracy rest on the mistaken assumption that education has done ... [+] all it can to level the playing field.getty |
| 03.01.2021 | Will Getting Rid Of Admissions Tests Make Selective Schools More Equitable? | School districts are eliminating admissions tests for selective schools, but that won't address ... [+] underlying inequities.getty |
| 08.12.2020 | How To Prevent Covid From Creating A ‘Lost Generation Of Students’ | New data shows that remote schooling is having a devastating impact on disadvantaged students, and ... [+] the usual remedies are unlikely to work.getty |
| 02.12.2020 | What International Tests Can Tell Us About How To Improve Education | Drawing on international test data, a new book suggests that the key to improving a country's ... [+] education system is a rigorous, content-focused curriculum.getty |
| 17.11.2020 | 6 Arguments Against The SAT—And Why They Don’t Hold Up | A documentary rehashes arguments that the SAT is biased and meaningless but overlooks evidence that ... [+] cuts the other way.getty |
| 31.10.2020 | Great Education Should Have No Enemies - Charter Schools In The 2020 Election | Students at Mevers SchoolMevers School of Excellence |
| 12.10.2020 | Why Tutoring Could Just Make Covid-Related Learning Loss Worse | Tutoring programs that focus on reading comprehension skills may look successful at lower grade ... [+] levels but end up holding kids back later on.getty |
| 16.09.2020 | The Best Way To Support Students During COVID-19? Support Teachers. | Never before have the needs of students and teachers seemed more at odds; never before have they been more aligned. |
| 12.08.2020 | AFT and SBPC Uncover New Evidence of Mismanagement and Abuse in Scandal-Plagued Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program | WASHINGTON-The American Federation of Teachers and the Student Borrower Protection Center today released an investigative report exposing new instances of mismanagement and abuse in the scandal-plagued Public Service Loan Forgiveness progra... |
| 06.08.2020 | Missing Pieces In The Puzzle Of Reading Comprehension | A new audio documentary makes a good start in explaining why many kids can't understand what they ... [+] read, but some important information is missing.getty |
| 22.07.2020 | What We Talk About When We Talk About Reading Comprehension | Contrary to popular belief, reading comprehension isn't something that can be taught--or ... [+] measured--in the abstract.Getty |
| 01.07.2020 | Espinoza ruling threatens public education and religious liberty | In a case with significant implications for the use of taxpayer dollars to support religious schools, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Montana school voucher program must extend benefits to students who attend church-affiliated instituti... |
| 12.06.2020 | Forming A More Perfect Union Needs Help From Unions | I'm old enough and fortunate enough that the first time I had occasion to consider the police as an institution was when the creator of the great WKRP in Cincinnati shot the movie Police Academy in my hometown of Toronto. Described by the N... |
| 06.06.2020 | Schools turn to surveillance tech to prevent COVID-19 spread | Enlarge / A Daimler electric schoolbus (powered by Proterra) on display at CES 2019.
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| 19.05.2020 | A New “New Deal” For Education: Top 10 Policy Moves For States In The COVID 2.0 Era | KRANJ, SLOVENIA - 2020/05/18: A primary school teacher wearing a face mask as preventive measure ... [+] teaches a first year class that has been reduced in number of pupils for safety. Pupils of first three years of primary schools as well... |
| 24.04.2020 | Why Kids Know Even Less About History Now—And Why It Matters | American 8th graders know less about history and geography than they used to--largely because we've ... [+] mistakenly assumed that teaching those things isn't important.Getty |
| 04.04.2020 | How The Science Of Reading Comprehension Has Led Us Astray | Some components of reading comprehension don't lend themselves well to scientific study, with the ... [+] result that one component--"skills and strategies"--has come to overshadow the others.Getty |
| 29.03.2020 | What Parents And Teachers Need To Know About Reading While Schools Are Closed—And Beyond | Misconceptions about how to help kids understand what they read are widespread, and some experts are ... [+] unintentionally adding to the confusion about comprehension "skills" and strategies.Getty |
| 17.03.2020 | Adjusting to Emergency Online Instruction Poses Extra Challenges For Adjunct Faculty | Like many others teaching college classes across the country, Sharyn Hardy spent the last few days figuring out how to translate her carefully crafted classroom lectures into lessons that her students can learn online.
Yet she has had to do... |
| 16.03.2020 | Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know | Over the past weeks, readers have asked us many questions about the impact of the coronavirus on education in many different areas, from admissions to advice for young children, from salaries to student privacy and whether school closures a... |
| 14.12.2019 | To ‘Get Reading Right,’ We Need To Talk About What Teachers Actually Do | Media coverage of the science of reading has focused on problems in teaching phonics. But if it ... [+] doesn't also examine misunderstandings about how to teach reading comprehension, we're unlikely to see real progress. Getty |
| 06.05.2019 | Betsy DeVos on Teacher Vouchers, Walkouts and Being Clickbait | Here are 3 facts you might not have known about Betsy DeVos: She’s an oldest child and, thus, an avid rule-follower. She describes herself as an “introvert” who takes little joy in the attention that comes with her position. And she doesn't... |
| 26.03.2019 | Kamala Harris Wants to Boost Average Teacher's Pay by $13,500 | California Sen. Kamala Harris, a Democratic presidential candidate, unveiled a $315 billion plan Tuesday to give public school teachers across the country an average $13,500 raise — a plan her campaign is calling “the largest federal invest... |
| 20.02.2019 | Using Neuroscience to Launch a Research-Informed School Schedule | It is 8 p.m. and Sam is sitting down for the first time in hours after a long day at school, which was followed by play practice; she is Liesel in the upcoming performance of “The Sound of Music.” After leaving school at 5 p.m., she had a t... |
| 07.02.2017 | DeVos Confirmed After Clearing Final Senate Hurdle | In a close 51-50 vote, “the ayes have it,” said Vice President Mike Pence after serving as the tie breaker in Betsy DeVos’ contentious confirmation hearing.
Weary Senate Democrats sat defeated after losing their 24-hour speaking protest aga... |
| 04.12.2014 | To address tech’s diversity woes, start with the vanishing Comp Sci classroom | Flickr user: Stefan Schlautmann reader comments 259 with 151 posters participating
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| 05.11.2014 | Take It From the Top: Making Superintendents 'Future Ready' | You’ve likely signed a pledge at some point. But have you ever followed through on it?
Sometimes, it helps to have a little push. And right now, the U.S. Office of Educational Technology and the Department of Education (DOE) are outlining a... |
| 10.06.2014 | Concerning Common Core | Add this voice to the concerns about the challenges of implementing Common Core assessments: the Gates Foundation. A year ago, American Teacher Federation’s Randi Weingarten called for a “a moratorium on the high-stakes consequences of Comm... |
| 01.09.2010 | Demanding innovation in the classroom | Online teacher database pits numbers against current practice
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| - | Biden's Education Department just punted on a policy that could keep student-loan borrowers' debt from piling up after they graduate | President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the the White House on April 1, 2022. Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Biden is pushing off implementing the "gainful employment" rule in his regulatory agenda.
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| - | 3 ways President-elect Donald Trump’s next term may impact student loan borrowers | Most federal student loan borrowers weren’t making payments when Former President Donald Trump left office in 2021, due to the pandemic forbearance he initiated in March 2020. And at least 8 million borrowers currently enrolled in the Savin... |
| - | This is the type of praise parents should stop giving kids, says psychologist: ‘It holds them back from resilience’ | Most parents think of giving any type of praise as an instant motivation boost. But that’s not always the case when it comes to children.
In fact, several studies have found that when teachers give feedback to students, they convey messages... |
| - | Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar push for permanent free school lunch | School children are spaced apart in one of the rooms used for lunch at Woodland Elementary School in Milford, Massachusetts. Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe/Getty Images
House and Senate Democrats introduced a bill to make a pandemic-era f... |
