Ten Oakland County schools earn extra funding for hiring teachers and administrators
Local districts may use these funds for stipends and training for mentors of teachers and school counselors.
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Bowie State University awarded 50 million from MacKenzie Scott
By Deborah BaileyAFRO Contributing Editor Bowie State University received notification of a $50 million grant from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott on Nov. 14. The unrestricted grant represents the largest philanthropic gift in Bowie State’s history and doubles the size of a $25 million gift Scott granted to Bowie in 2020. “Her generosity arrives at a pivotal moment [.] The post Bowie State University awarded 50 million.
NY Times Runs Defense For Social Media Bans, Buries Evidence They Don’t Work Until Paragraph 14
Imagine you’re writing an article about a popular policy trend. The trend is expensive to implement, disruptive to normal operations, and-here’s the key part-there’s substantial research showing it doesn’t actually work and can cause other significant problems. How would you structure that article? One approach: Lead with the evidence. “Despite growing enthusiasm for [policy proposal], [.].
Immigrant student enrollment is dwindling at schools across the US amid immigration crackdowns
From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U. S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families. In some cases, parents have.
Pope urges Catholic teachers to focus less on professional outcomes, more on spiritual lives
ROME (AP) Leo issued a set of marching orders to Catholic educators during a special Holy Year celebration that has brought thousands of teachers, students and administrators to Rome. The post Pope urges Catholic teachers to focus less on professional outcomes, more on spiritual lives appeared first on RNS.
Editorial: Harvard inflates grades, deflates reputation
“My kid’s getting A’s at Harvard” isn’t much of a flex anymore, thanks to a report from the Ivy League institution admitting that roughly 60% of grades given to undergraduates were A’s, up from 40% a decade ago and less than a quarter 20 years ago.