re NLRB Rejects Northwestern Football Players' Attempt to Unionize By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 The National Labor Relations Board unanimously declined jurisdiction Monday in the case involving Northwestern University football players attempting to unionize. Full Article Lawandcourts
re Appeals Court Puts Kibosh on Deferred-Compensation Plan for NCAA Athletes By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Sat, 03 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 A three-judge panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a proposed plan that would have paid certain student-athletes as much as $5,000 annually in deferred compensation. Full Article Lawandcourts
re Three Ga. Student-Athletes Accused of Prom-Night Rape By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Three Ga. high school seniors have been charged with aggravated sexual battery and consumption of alcohol by a minor stemming from an alleged sexual assault during a post-prom party. Full Article Lawandcourts
re Texas Cheerleaders Take Religious Message Battle to State Supreme Court By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 A group of Texas high school cheerleaders filed a petition with the state Supreme Court over an ongoing dispute about the display of banners with religious messages at high school football games. Full Article Lawandcourts
re Coaches, Athletic Director Facing Charges Following Alleged Hazing Incident By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Two high school basketball coaches and an assistant principal/athletic director are facing criminal charges stemming from an alleged hazing incident that resulted in the hospitalization of a 15-year-old boy. Full Article Lawandcourts
re Parents Sue N.Y. School Districts, Medical Responders Over Football Player's Death By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 The parents of a 16-year-old who died last fall from football-related brain trauma are suing the New York school districts he played for and the medical responders who tended to him the night he sustained his fatal injury. Full Article Lawandcourts
re USA Gymnastics Reportedly Failed to Report Sexual-Abuse Claims By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 USA Gymnastics, which develops the U.S. Olympic team, reportedly failed to inform authorities of numerous allegations regarding sexual abuse by coaches. Full Article Lawandcourts
re Texas H.S. Football Players May Face Charges After Tackling Referee By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Two football players from John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas, could be facing criminal charges after appearing to intentionally tackle a referee during a game on Friday night. Full Article Lawandcourts
re Parents Sue Little League for Allegedly Ignoring Eligibility Concerns By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 In the lawsuit, the Chicago-based team's parents allege Little League was aware of potential residency issues, "but chose to ignore and/or deliberately conceal these facts in order to garner higher ratings, publicity, and money." Full Article Lawandcourts
re U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Case Over Cheerleader-Uniform Design By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 The battle stems from Varsity Brands' efforts to gain copyright protection for the design of stripes, chevrons, zigzags, and color blocks that are on its uniforms. Full Article Lawandcourts
re Federal Way reaches settlement with DOJ over school bullying By www.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article Bullying
re Ohio Supreme Court dismisses Toledo bullying lawsuit By www.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article Bullying
re Data: The Schools Named After Confederate Figures By www.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Since June 2020 Education Week has tracked if & when the over 200 schools named after men with ties to the Confederacy changed their names. Full Article Data
re Here's How to Protect Students' Mental Health By www.edweek.org Published On :: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Teacher-student relationships matter a lot. Research suggests a number of ways to strengthen them, writes Heather C. Hill. Full Article Health
re Pro Basketball Player Brings Entrepreneurship Program to Baltimore Schools By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Rudy Gay's Flight 22 Foundation is partnering with ed-tech company EverFi to teach students how to create a successful business. Full Article Entrepreneurship
re Entrepreneurship By www.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article Entrepreneurship
re Is the Nation's Rising Graduation Rate Real? By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 More high school students than ever are graduating, and a new report suggests that’s not due to lowered standards—it’s because students are actually learning more. Full Article Graduation+rates
re Amid virus outbreak, New Mexico addresses school enrollment By www.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article Homeschooling
re Teachers in Pa. District Agree to Work for Free (Again) By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 The Chester Upland district has faced financial hardship for decades, and for the second time in four years, teachers will be working without pay. Full Article Budgetandfinance
re Beginnings of a church result from relief efforts By www.om.org Published On :: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:06:20 +0000 A woman whose home was damaged by the tsunami accepts Christ after witnessing the lives and attitudes of the volunteers working in her house. Full Article
re Rebuilding Japan: A look at OM’s relief effort over the last year By www.om.org Published On :: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:41:37 +0000 OM Japan feels honoured to have played a small part in helping bring hope and relief to tsunami survivors. Full Article
re Strengthening the church through worship By www.om.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:32:58 +0000 Through contemporary worship, the OM team seeks to create an atmosphere of worship in which the younger generation in Japan can experience God. Full Article
re Free from guilt By www.om.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 08:41:36 +0000 A Japanese girl once weighed down by the guilt of sin accepts Jesus’ complete forgiveness and is baptised. She now exudes “radiant joy”. Full Article
re Restoring true joy to tsunami victims By www.om.org Published On :: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:38:47 +0000 Responding to God’s call to reach out to survivors of the 2011 tsunami in the Tohoko region, OM Japan starts a ministry called 4 Friends Network. Full Article
re Prayer walks lead to answered prayers By www.om.org Published On :: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 02:09:10 +0000 Matto Christ Church in Ishikawa prefecture experienced many answers to prayer since they were introduced to prayer walking by an OMer. Full Article
re A visit to the Kumamoto earthquake disaster area By www.om.org Published On :: Thu, 12 May 2016 01:11:04 +0000 Two OMers were asked to help a church network deliver relief supplies to churches in Kumamoto after two large earthquakes had struck the area. Full Article
re Are Schools' Discipline Policies Linked to Shootings? We Just Don't Know By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 No studies sufficiently answer the question, finds the GAO, which means debates over whether newer restorative-justice approaches help or harm safety are likely to continue. Full Article Discipline
re News24 Business | INSIDE LABOUR | Remember the heroes who fought for justice on the rugby field By www.news24.com Published On :: Saturday Nov 04 2023 14:15:36 The combined efforts of trade unions, activists and other heroes over decades paved the way for the glory of the latest Bok win, writes Terry Bell. Full Article
re News24 Business | Sikonathi Mantshantsha | The ANC - and the ANC only - is responsible for the electricity crisis By www.news24.com Published On :: Sunday Nov 19 2023 14:00:39 The ANC is fully and entirely responsible for the crisis of electricity in South Africa for the past 17 years, and electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa knows it, says Sikonathi Mantshantsha. Full Article
re News24 Business | Khaya Sithole | Here's why white-collar crime continues to pay in SA By www.news24.com Published On :: Saturday Jan 20 2024 09:50:07 Concerningly for South Africa, the question of whether our laws and regulations provide sanctions and penalties that are commensurate to the harm caused by white-collar criminals remains a matter of contested viewpoints, writes Khaya Sithole. Full Article
re News24 Business | Sikonathi Mantshantsha | KPMG/VBS saga shows SA's fortunes are better in hands of SARB than NPA By www.news24.com Published On :: Monday Feb 05 2024 18:00:14 Our freedom, and fortunes as a nation, lie with the likes of the independent and professional men and women as those at the head of the SA Reserve Bank, and very much unlike those at the NPA. Full Article
re News24 Business | amaBhungane | SARS blocks access to Zuma's tax records, again By www.news24.com Published On :: Tuesday Feb 20 2024 19:33:16 SARS continues to deny amaBhungane and the Financial Mail's requests for access to former president Jacob Zuma's tax records despite the seminal judgment of the Constitutional Court handed down in May 2023. Full Article
re News24 Business | GCIS defends R7 million spend on 'social reality' TV show amid opposition criticism By www.news24.com Published On :: Tuesday Feb 20 2024 19:28:26 Despite criticism of electioneering, the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) has defended its R7 million social-reality television show. Full Article
re News24 Business | Khaya Sithole | SAA deal: a lesson in failure to launch By www.news24.com Published On :: Saturday Mar 23 2024 10:25:45 SAA now remains firmly in state hands - a state that it insists it can no longer provide the type of capital support it desperately needs. Who should feel vindicated? asks Khaya Sithole. Full Article
re News24 Business | BOOK REVIEW | Why many time management tricks don't work (and one that does) By www.news24.com Published On :: Saturday Mar 23 2024 15:51:07 Most time management strategies are dropped as quickly as they are picked up for one key reason: insight is so much more important than theory, says Ian Mann. And this author's insight is invaluable. Full Article
re Calling all children By www.om.org Published On :: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:30:35 +0000 One OMer’s obedience to God’s plan results in a multiplying and tireless ministry. Full Article
re Ministry made of relationships By www.om.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 19:47:36 +0000 For OMers working in Angola, the key to successful ministry has been time investing in relationships. Full Article
re DeVos Highlights Schools' Innovation During COVID-19 Closures By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Thu, 21 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Innovations that schools developed during their rapid transition to online instruction could inspire them to "rethink education," U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said at a web conference with reporters. Full Article Innovation
re Innovation in Higher Ed. Has Never Been More Important By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Guest blogger Aimée Eubanks Davis says, "We need to address the resource and social-capital network disparities that often exist between elite private and flagship public institutions and their large public counterparts. Full Article Innovation
re Where's the Innovation in Education? By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Julie Gunlock closes out her week of guest blogging by lamenting how, despite the creative ideas out there, her school district, for example, doesn't seem to be deploying any of the innovative solutions we hear so much about. Full Article Innovation
re Here's What Works Best in Teacher Professional Development By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 In response to one school district's commitment to professional development, research explores teacher PD best practices and reviews the district's offerings. Full Article Professionaldevelopment
re Professional Learning Is More Meaningful When Done as a Team By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 High-quality professional learning is difficult to provide in education, principal Jasmine Kullar writes. Here's a solution. Full Article Professionaldevelopment
re 'It's Not Just Yoga and Nail Paint': Inside the Teacher Self-Care Conference By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 The two-day event, now in its third year, offers workshops on mental health and burnout, time-management and goal-setting, and strategies for navigating toxic workplace environments. Full Article Professionaldevelopment
re No, Mentoring a Student-Teacher Won't Hurt Your Evaluation Score, Study Suggests By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Mentoring a student-teacher won't hurt a teacher's district evaluation score—in fact, it might even give it a boost, according to a working study. Full Article Professionaldevelopment
re Teaching in the U.S. Should Be More 'Intellectually Attractive,' Global Expert Says By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 A panel of experts—including a national teacher's union president and an official from the Department of Education—discussed how to make teaching a more attractive profession. Full Article Professionaldevelopment
re Teachers Prepare for Tough Classroom Conversations on the Civil War By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000 About two dozen teachers from across the country spent a week wrestling with questions about how to remember the Confederacy. Full Article Professionaldevelopment
re Research Center's Leadership Professional-Development Program Had No Impact. Why? By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 A recent study found that one organization's instructional-leadership professional development had no impact. Could it be because the topic of instructional leadership needs to be expanded? Full Article Professionaldevelopment
re When Teaching Media Literacy, Which News Sources Are Credible? Even Teachers Don't Agree By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Like other Americans, liberal and conservative teachers perceive news sources' credibility differently. How does that affect their teaching of media literacy? Full Article Professionaldevelopment
re Teachers Share Resources for Teaching Online During Coronavirus School Closures By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 To help ease the transition to remote instruction, educators have launched virtual professional learning communities to share resources, ask questions, and give advice. Full Article Professionaldevelopment
re How Should Schools Respond to ICE Raids? Some Advice By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Nationally, at least five million children have at least one parent who is undocumented. Supporting those children should be a priority if the threat of a raid is not imminent, advocates said. Full Article Immigrants