[ad_1] In the early 1990s, two Alabama historians tried to write textbooks that defied Lost Cause myths and gave detailed accounts of Reconstruction. But their ventures would cost them more than just time and money. “I learned way more than I ever wanted to learn about textbooks, and way more than I ever wanted to…
[ad_1] Dive Brief: The University of Miami paid a female political science professor less than a male professor in her department, but that wasn’t because of her sex, a federal jury found March 11 (EEOC v. University of Miami, No. 19-23131 (S.D. Fla. March 11, 2022)). The female professor said she learned from an inadvertent…
[ad_1] Goodlettsville, Tennessee – March 31, 2022 – The Dollar General Literacy Foundation (DGLF) announced a commitment of approximately $5 million in grants to five national organizations working to address the critical literacy needs identified in its new State of American Literacy Report released today. The grant recipients, including Save the Children, The Barbara Bush…
[ad_1] The cost of college keeps climbing, and schools these days are considering all kinds of innovative options to keep costs low. But one liberal-arts college recently announced a radical new approach that does away with the idea of tuition altogether and instead counts on something else: gratitude. The school in question is Hope College…
[ad_1] An Ohio appeals court on Thursday upheld a 2019 ruling where Oberlin College must pay nearly $32 million in response to a lawsuit, filed by the owners of a nearby bakery, alleging that college administrators had disrupted their business by supporting student protests based in unfounded accusations of racism following a shoplifting incident and…
[ad_1] The Evolving Conversation About Quality in Online Learning | Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 2PM ET In this webinar, you’ll hear from Inside Higher Ed Editors Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman as they take a deep dive into the newly-released special report, “The Evolving Conversation About Quality in Online Learning,” which examines how the pandemic has…
[ad_1] To kick off 2022 in style, Mike Palmer and Virtual CoHost Nancy run through Trending in Ed’s 22 Trends for 2022. Here they are: 22 Trends for 2022 WHO TRENDS (6) Social Justice and Racial Equity Backlash Polarization and Politicization Parent Educators Teachers Under Siege Kahnification of Education WHEN/WHERE/CONTEXT (4) Great Snapback The Bartleby…
[ad_1] Dear WeAreTeachers:How in the world can teachers say, “I don’t like kids?” Recently, during a staff meeting at our middle school, a teacher blurted this out, and so many staff members laughed. This sentiment makes me feel so disillusioned! I was kind of stunned. When the comment was made, our principal just ignored the…
[ad_1] In the view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the Company Secretaries (CS) Foundation, Executive, Professional program and Post Membership Qualification exam has been postponed by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). Earlier, the exam was postponed from June to July and now it has will be held from August 18 to August…
[ad_1] Schools are being downgraded by Ofsted if children questioned by inspectors cannot recall the names of rivers in geography or struggle to explain key concepts in history, according to headteachers. Under a new inspection framework, schools risk being marked down if pupils fail to adequately recall or articulate what they have been taught, sometimes…