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 Amid clampdown on DEI, some on campuses push back

The Hechinger Report

Several weeks ago, for example, staff offices at Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Inclusion, Diversity Education and Advocacy in Boca Raton were vacant, with name plates blank and abandoned desks, plus LGBTQ+ flags, posters and pamphlets left behind. There is also mounting resistance to the laws.

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Passionate About Second Language Acquisition: Meet Inkeri, English Teacher at 51Talk

EdNews Daily

My advocacy for second language and culture learning is reflected in my personal life. Another part of 51Talk I enjoy is the depth and knowledge of their training courses for their instructors. As I continue to advance, I have been provided the opportunity to take online training courses with other teachers at 51Talk.

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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

Edsurge

The challenge in presenting a program as ‘free’ is it may cause people to underestimate the full cost of attendance,” said Carrie Welton, director of policy and advocacy at the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, in an interview with EdSurge. There’s no free-and-reduced lunch at college. It’s understandable.

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Some Thoughts on the UNESCO OER Recommendation

Iterating Toward Openness

There’s great news out of the recent UNESCO meeting in Paris, where member states unanimously adopted the draft Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER). I want to highlight some of the parts of the Recommendation that caught my eye, reading both from a personal perspective as well as my Lumen perspective.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

For 12 years we’ve been documenting their disastrous outcomes, and they’re just resilient.”. He’d made honor roll before the pandemic hit, but ended the 2020-21 school year failing all four courses, Murphy said. Related : The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping. has asthma.

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Critics warn that well-meaning reforms may be lowering the quality of college

The Hechinger Report

At a time when parents, politicians and universities all want more students to go to college and graduate on time, the idea of letting them take college courses while in high school seems a great solution. The issue is, are we doing something educationally marginal, maybe even fraudulent, when we assert that these are college courses?”.

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Rally to Restore Philadelphia School Librarians: Responses, reflections, and resources

NeverEndingSearch

Classroom libraries provide books selected to meet reading levels, student interests, and topics studied at a specific grade level. In addition, there is research that documents that in states that lost school librarians, fourth grade reading test scores actually dropped. Of course, when you come down to it, this is an equity issue.

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