[ad_1] Gov. Larry Hogan made waves in Annapolis last week when he announced that Maryland will drop its four-year degree requirement for thousands of state jobs. The state’s Department of Labor and Department of Budget and Management spearheaded the program, helping the state recruit and hire job-seekers who are “Skilled Through Alternative Routes.” Job seekers…
[ad_1] BELLEVUE, Wash. — March 24, 2022 — DreamBox Learning (“DreamBox”), the leading education technology provider and pioneer of intelligent adaptive learning, announced today that Dianna Winegarden has been promoted to Chief Customer Officer. With this new role, DreamBox will strengthen its commitment to fostering thriving, engaged, and successful customers across its personalized, research-proven dual-discipline learning solutions. As Chief Customer Officer,…
[ad_1] On a Native American reservation in the southwest corner of New York state sits Salamanca City Central School District. Marcy Brown is the Director of Technology for the small district, tasked with the procurement of all educational software and hardware for a group of roughly 1,400 students and 300 faculty members. In her 16…
[ad_1] Dozens of baccalaureate institutions see themselves as being a lot like Carleton College. According to a Chronicle analysis of the comparison groups that nearly 1,500 colleges submitted to the U.S. Department of Education last year, Carleton College was the most-commonly selected peer institution. It was chosen by 55 colleges. However, as was typical among…
[ad_1] The universal language of data is a great way to let students explore the diversity of customs, traditions, and ever-changing trends during the holiday season. Discover Data resources incorporate real-world data that connects classroom experiences to what’s current in students’ lives today. Created in partnership between the Nielsen Foundation, the National Afterschool Association and Discovery Education, the recently redesigned Discover Data program provides standards-aligned, no-cost resources that support educators, students,…
[ad_1] College and university investment in facilities projects fell by 19 percent year over year in 2021 as capital improvement projects slowed or stopped amid the pandemic, a recent report shows. College operating budgets declined by 9 percent year over year. Gordian, a facility and construction cost data and software company, analyzed more than 52,000 buildings on…
[ad_1] Michael Toth is the founder and CEO of Learning Sciences International. He’s on a mission to end poverty using education as the equalizer by increasing academic rigor and student agency to ensure classroom equity. He joins host Mike Palmer in a conversation about revamping current K12 instructional practices as detailed in his multi award-winning book, The…
[ad_1] Tired of hearing groans when you announce it’s time for some poetry? Poems can be hard for kids to connect with, so it helps to have some clever poetry games and activities up your sleeve. Try these with our favorite poems for sharing with elementary students and middle and high school students! (Just a heads…
[ad_1] IIT-KGP has asked its students and researchers to vacate the hostel premises and go back to their homes by June 20. Registrar B N Singh told Press Trust of India on Sunday that institute wants the students back in campus on September when the new semester begins. “Of the total 12,500 hostel boarders, 5,400…
[ad_1] The government will issue much tougher guidelines on strip searches of children in schools in the wake of the Child Q scandal, the education secretary has said. Nadhim Zahawi said he found the case of the child – who was subjected to an intimate strip search by police officers in her school when she…