[ad_1] Last month a Brigham Young University professor went to bat for a colleague who was facing criticism over a class assignment she gave about whiteness. That led to an online scuffle between the professor and two conservative students running an Instagram account. Then the professor, like many others before him, became swept up in…
[ad_1] The Educational Testing Service on Monday named Amit Sevak as its next president and CEO. Sevak has held leadership positions at the University of Europe in Madrid; INTI International University & Colleges in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Universidad Tecnológica de México (UNITEC) in Mexico City. In June, he will succeed Walt MacDonald, who has…
[ad_1] Lorne Buchman is the President of ArtCenter College of Design and Host of the ChangeLab Podcast. He’s also the author of a new book called Make To Know: From Spaces of Uncertainty to Creative Discovery. Lorne returns to join host Mike Palmer in an exploration of the themes in his new book and its…
[ad_1] Choosing second grade books is so much fun because you’ve got such a wide range of options. Laugh-out-loud picture books? Yes! Compelling narratives and fascinating nonfiction? Also yes! Early chapter books and graphic novels? Yep, those too. If you’re looking to freshen up your collection of second grade books, check out 60 of our…
[ad_1] The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has submitted a proposal to the Bombay High Court in which it said that students can choose not to appear for the remaining exams and in such case they will be assessed based on their performance in internal or pre-board exams. Few papers of ICSE…
[ad_1] Nadhim Zahawi is a minister with a reputation for getting things done, thanks in large part to his involvement in the rollout of the Covid vaccine programme. But the education secretary’s long-awaited schools white paper, published on Monday after months of speculation, left many in the sector feeling underwhelmed. After exams mayhem and mishaps…
[ad_1] No, not this Maverick, but I did grow up in the ’80s. I was in Austin this week to do a panel at SXSWedu about lessons from the pandemic. Derrell wore it better. After the panel a few principals came up to say how much they agreed with a couple of points I made…
[ad_1] Parenting talks are for parents only, right? Not so for Let Us Chat!, a structured programme designed by Admiralty Secondary School’s Parent Support Group. Parents and children attend the talks together, leaving each session with common topics to talk about, such as the joys of learning versus assessments and grades, and most of all,…
[ad_1] All the ambitious vocabulary in the world couldn’t hide this document’s failure to grasp the real problems facing schools, writes Mary Bousted All the ambitious vocabulary in the world couldn’t hide this document’s failure to grasp the real problems facing schools, writes Mary Bousted Mary Bousted Joint general secretary, National Education Union 28 Mar…
[ad_1] A Professor of Military Theory and Strategy at the US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, Kevin Weddle, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Weddle’s new book, The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution, and how the battle of Saratoga parallels Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Peterson recently highlighted Weddle’s book in “Teaching…