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U.S. Politics
LA teachers union punishes the schools that serve students better than it does
washingtonexaminer.com - Kate Hardiman
Even more harmful to children than the week of instructional time lost during the Los Angeles Unified School District teachers' strike is the …
MarketWatch
University of Illinois
Why are international students turning their back on American colleges?
MarketWatch - By Jillian Berman
Evidence is mounting that the U.S. is becoming a less attractive place for international students to study. The latest sign: A report published …
Robert Bainesadded this to Well Now, That's F***** Up...
Conservative View
Parent says black student gang at HS is beating up white students who are viewed as 'weak'
TheBlaze
A mother of a white student from a Las Vegas high school said a gang of black male students has been beating up white students on school property — and told KSNV-TV the reason is because the black students
Conservative View
Not Separate, And Yet Unequal: The Criminalization of Black Children In Public Schools
townhall.com - Armstrong Williams
By the time the four 12-year-old girls' parents released a letter last Friday detailing the events that transpired at East Middle School in …
BuzzFeed Newsadded this to Latest News
High School
A School Police Officer Attacked A Black High School Student
buzzfeednews.com - Amber Jamieson
Federal data shows that arrests by school police officers disproportionately affect black students. Video filmed in Pennsylvania's Hazleton Area High …
KQEDadded this to KQED Education
Teaching
KQED Education
kqed.org - By Samantha Paoletti
When my school went one-to-one with iPads five years ago, I was most excited about the opportunities it could open up for my students to create for …
Bill de Blasio
Prep school students clap back at NYC Mayor over blackface tweet
thegrio.com - Kia Morgan-Smith
Students at Brooklyn’s Poly Prep Country Day School say don’t lump them into one big ball of bigots and clapped back at Mayor Bill de Blasio for …
St. Louis
Sultan: The strange, enduring appeal of blackface
stltoday.com - Aisha Sultan
The blackface scandals raging in the news may suggest it's a thing of the past, a racist form of entertainment people engaged in long ago. Sadly, …
New Learning Timesadded this to New Learning Times
Networking
The Phone Debate, Fostering Networking Skills, and AI Playing With Humans
newlearningtimes.com - Toland Lawrence
These are the stories we're reading on February 7th, 2019…
The Guardian
Hong Kong
Record numbers from China and Hong Kong applying to study in UK
The Guardian - Richard Adams Education editor
Chinese and Hongkonger university applicants now outnumber those from Wales Record numbers of students from China and Hong Kong are applying for places at British universities, overtaking the number of
Hydrolagusadded this to MATHEMATICS
M-learning
TED Talks for Those Who Do not Like Math
educatorstechnology.com
TED has this wonderful list of talks specifically curated for those who used to hate math when they were students. Contrary to the stereotypical …
A Current Affairadded this to Current Affairs and Trending Events
Stem
Bayer Launches Amazon Alexa Skill to Turn Students into Scientists
Cheddar - By Michael Teich
Bayer is turning to Amazon Alexa to find the world's next big scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. The German pharmaceutical and science giant …
Adam Housleyadded this to Independent & Private School Leadership
Standardized Testing
Nebraska University to Drop SAT and ACT
realcleareducation.com - Rick Ruggles
Creighton University won't require most freshman applicants to submit results from the ACT or SAT tests beginning in 2020, the university's president …
The Hindu Groupadded this to The Hindu
Curriculum Development
Future athletes start early: PV Sindhu
thehindu.com - Sweta Akundi
Standing tall with a genial smile, Olympic silver medallist and World Number 6, badminton player PV Sindhu faced a sea of children, as young as …
World Economic Forum
Here’s how teaching must adapt in the age of globalization
weforum.org - Louis Volante
Classrooms in many parts of the world are increasingly diverse. International migration patterns have significantly changed the cultural make-up of …
The Wall Street Journal.
University Rankings
International Student Enrollment Drops for Second Year, Report Says
The Wall Street Journal. - Douglas Belkin
The international market for U.S. graduate education is softening. For the second year in a row the number of students from abroad who enrolled in U.S. graduate schools fell by 1%. The drop was led by
Forbesadded this to Technology
Technology
Facebook Buys Into Blockchain, Sparks Learning About Ledgers
Forbes - Tom Vander Ark
Facebook recently hired the researchers from University College London behind blockchain startup Chainspace. The acqui-hire confirms the social media giant’s interest in smart contracts and crypto-payments.
Indiana
How Lewis Ferebee forged peace with charter competitors to reshape Indianapolis schools
chalkbeat.org - By Dylan Peers McCoy, Stephanie Wang
Five years ago, a young superintendent months into his first job running a school district walked into the Indiana Statehouse to ask for an …
School Districts
Report: A New Cybersecurity Incident Strikes K-12 Schools Nearly Every Three Days
edsurge.com - www.edsurge.com
Just a little over a month into 2019, already about a dozen cybersecurity incidents have struck U.S. school districts. And if the past is any …
INSIDER
Black History
Teachers around the country are decking out their doors for Black History Month, and the results are stunning
INSIDER - Melina Glusac
To both inspire and inform their students about Black History Month, various teachers around the country are decorating their classroom doors — but …
Park Recordadded this to Park Record feed
Utah
Legislature explores possibility of incentivizing standardized tests
parkrecord.com - Carolyn Webber Alder
Utah's statewide exams have spurred a fair share of controversy in the Park City School District. A new bill being proposed in the Utah Legislature …
Common Dreamsadded this to Common Dreams OpEds
Charter Schools
Charter Schools Are Pushing Public Education to the Breaking Point
commondreams.org
When striking Los Angeles teachers won their demand to call for a halt to charter school expansions in California, they set off a domino effect, and …
U.S. News & World Report
Loans
How to Get Student Debt From the TEACH Grant Forgiven
U.S. News & World Report - Courtney Nagle
In recent years, there has been an increase in demand and a decrease in supply of teachers for high-need areas and subjects such as reading …
Athens, GA
10 years of UGA admissions data shows minimal growth in minority applicants, slow climb to diversity
redandblack.com - Anila Yoganathan | Enterprise Reporter
Efforts to increase and retain a diverse student population never stop at the University of Georgia, but looking around predominately white …
Physical Education
Seg. 1 Gym Class. Seg. 2: Bob Stewart
kcur.org - Gina Kaufmann, Melody Rowell
Listen Listening... 50:18 Segment 1: A recent piece from The Atlantic sparks debate over the merits of gym class. Gym class in school is supposed to be …
Education
Durham can realize the promise of public education
newsobserver.com - www.newsobserver.com
In their top ten education issues facing NC in 2019, the NC Public School Forum named “Renewing North Carolina’s Commitment to Public Schools for the …
Education
English-Learners and Reclassification: Principals Play Pivotal Role, Study Finds
edwk.it - By Corey Mitchell onFebruary 6, 2019 3:15 PM
Principals have the power to ensure English-language learners get an equitable education, but many don't realize how much influence they wield, a new …
Outlook Magazineadded this to Outlook India
Andhra Pradesh
30 Telugu students return from US after 'pay-to-stay' sting
outlookindia.com
Hyderabad, Feb 7 At least 30 students from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have returned from the US. They were those who were not detained or served …
Walla Walla, WA
Instructors’ book study to enhance teaching strategies
union-bulletin.com - Annie Charnley Eveland
Amy Reed and Erin Dorso withWalla Walla Public Schools organized a semester-long volunteer book study of Zaretta Hammond’s “Culturally Responsive …
Malcolm Oggadded this to Future Is Now
China
Gaming company NetDragon is betting big on China’s US$64 billion online education market
scmp.com - Linda Lew
For many, video games and books do not mix. But in the case of Chinese gaming company NetDragon Websoft, which is now dedicating more resources to …