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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

If we can’t effectively support our educators then expecting them to reverse the concerning trends of high school dropouts (more than ¼ fail to graduate H.S.), Appreciating that volition, engagement, and teaching excellent are all tied together, creating essential guidelines for every school’s planning for PD.

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Community colleges tackle another challenge: Students recovering from past substance use

The Hechinger Report

In November, the Association of Recovery in Higher Education, which serves as a hub for the programs, launched a working group tasked in part with editing the guidelines for starting recovery programs to make them more applicable to community colleges. “I don’t know why we weren’t trying to do this years ago,” Miller said.

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

Throughout her career, Hassan has supported and sponsored bills aimed at improving outcomes for people with disabilities. The department did not respond to a request for comment on the rescinded transition guidelines or the administration’s plans for IDEA oversight. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

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Rankings exodus raises the question: How should consumers pick a college?

The Hechinger Report

Consumer information about colleges and graduate and professional schools For law schools: The American Bar Association collects bar passage rates, employment outcomes and other information about the 199 U.S. Almost none of the institutions that withdrew from the rankings would respond to it. But that’s changing.”

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Learning Revolution Free Events - The Conference - Next Up #Reinvent14 - Appreciative Inquiry and AERO

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Education Revolution Google+ Community Guidelines for Project Based Learning. Designing Baseball Uniforms in the School Library. The European Competition 2.0 asks educators/teachers to show how they are using Internet software or sites and mobile apps in innovative and creative ways in their teaching. Learn more about this event here.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

a blockbuster case whose outcome will affect whether transgender students can use the school bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. Its outcome will have ramifications in schools throughout the country.” ” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski.