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Schools Are Desperate to Stop Violence. Will These New Guidelines Help?

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Proponents argue that threat assessments decrease suspensions in a school and also reduce reliance on “zero-tolerance” policies for threats. These harsh policies that suspend or expel students for infractions regardless of the context are known to disproportionately punish Black and Hispanic students.

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Teachers Have Little Say When School Districts Make Decisions. Here's How We Change That.

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I had just received a notice from my school about the push for teachers and leaders to return to school for in-person learning. Decisions and policies are often made without the input of teachers and school leaders. The policies and decisions surrounding the COVID pandemic revealed the powerlessness of teachers in the school setting.

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Many Students Don’t Inform Their Colleges About Their Disability. That Needs to Change.

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When I returned to college, I had to adapt to these changes among others. After engaging in a policy review and coding a set of policy documents from disability service offices at colleges and universities across the U.S., I had lost equilibrium, causing me to feel off balance and drop things frequently.

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Students Want More Workplace Skills From Colleges. Will Higher Ed Adjust?

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As a graduate student in Stanford University’s School of Education and Public Policy department, I’ve been examining the intersection between higher education and the working world for the past two years. It was also a top-of-mind issue for me coming into the conference.

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Joy Oozed From My Classroom When I Was a Teacher. As a Principal, I’m Carrying That With Me.

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When I came to Achievement First Brooklyn High School eight years ago as the ninth grade literature teacher, it was my fourth year of teaching and my first time in a school that was unapologetically rooted in the “no excuses” model , which centers a results-driven culture that prioritizes strict behavioral procedures and academic policies.

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5 Tips to Simplify Tech

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have an open door policy. When you return to the email, it will show it’s blocked. Highlight all desktop icons by clicking and dragging a box around them. Push Ctrl and roll the mouse wheel. It enlarges or delarges them. Tech Tip #147: 5 Ways to Involve Parents. create a family-friendly environment. offer parent technology classes.

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Making Higher Ed More Accountable for Student Job Outcomes

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If successful, these efforts wouldn’t force most liberal arts degree programs to prove that they offer students a return on investment. The new proposed policies would compare the earnings of program graduates to their student-loan debts, as well as to the earnings of other people who only have high school diplomas.