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Portugal pair share U19 EURO top scorers' prize

U19 EURO winners Trincão Francisco and João Filipe were also winners in the race for the golden boot at the tournament, finishing tied at the top with five goals.




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U19 EURO qualifying round report

The 13 qualifying round groups are complete, with 26 teams through to join top seeds Portugal and Germany in the elite round.




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U19 ambassador Mkhitaryan's Armenian pride

Armenia's most famous footballing son, Henrikh Mkhitaryan is the U19 EURO ambassador and looks back at his own youth career.




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New Nations League format for U19 EURO: how it works

A new structure begins next year, incorporating UEFA Nations League-style groups in a two-season cycle.




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Penn State Harrisburg honors retiring faculty, staff

Penn State Harrisburg this spring honored three retiring faculty and staff members.




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Invent Penn State Innovation Hub Network pivots to offer digital resources

Across Pennsylvania, the Invent Penn State innovation hub network has pivoted to deliver needed programming and services online, by providing online mentoring, webinars, virtual speaker series, and a Virtual Idea TestLab.




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Faculty support each other through remote learning challenges and triumphs

Penn State Harrisburg faculty share their experiences – the challenges, triumphs and innovations – as they are adapting lesson plans and teaching processes during this time of social distancing.




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Penn State Harrisburg honors student-athletes with virtual awards ceremony

Penn State Harrisburg Intercollegiate Athletics recently honored the athletic, academic, and community achievements of its student-athletes during the 2020 Student-Athlete Award Ceremony video presentation.




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Penn State Harrisburg announces plans for spring commencement

Penn State Harrisburg has announced plans for spring 2020 commencement to celebrate the achievements of its more than 800 graduates.




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Let Minority-Serving Colleges Be a Model for Teacher Prep, Report Says

Teacher-preparation programs need to better prepare teachers, and especially white teachers, to serve students and communities of colors more effectively, the report says.




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Three Things New Higher Education Bills Would Mean for Teachers and Students

It may be a slow time for K-12 activity on Capitol Hill, but you can't really same the same about higher education, with competing bills vying for attention in the House and Senate.




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Here's What Gen Z Teachers Around the World Want in Their Jobs

"This is a very values-oriented generation—they seek to work with purpose and passion, and without that, they'll leave," an education leader at Microsoft said about Generation Z teachers.




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More Teacher-Preparation Programs Are Teaching the 'Science of Reading,' Review Finds

The National Council on Teacher Quality has found that the number of elementary programs teaching scientifically based reading instruction is increasing.




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What Happens to Student Teachers When Schools and Colleges Close Due to Coronavirus?

Student-teachers are grappling with uncertainty over housing, graduation requirements, and their ability to meet requirements for the edTPA licensing test.




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Future Teachers Are Unfamiliar With Basic 'Learning Science,' Report Finds

"There's a science of learning, and ... there's not a single teacher who couldn't benefit, I think, from knowing these principles," said the executive director of Deans for Impact, a group of education school leaders.




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Epson WorkForce ES-500WR Wireless Document Scanner—Accounting Edition

The Epson WorkForce ES-500WR delivers fast and accurate scans paired with a robust software package that will appeal to data-crunching offices.




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Brother ADS-1250W Wireless Compact Color Desktop Scanner

The Brother ADS-1250W is a fast and accurate, no-nonsense portable document scanner for the small-business traveler.




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Get Organized: How to Scan Your Old Photos

It's time to free your old photos from shoeboxes and albums no one ever looks at. Scanning your photos makes them more shareable, searchable, and resistant to disasters. Productivity expert Jill Duffy tells you how to get started.




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Amazon Teases Prime Day Deals on Speakers, Tablets, TVs, More

On the tech front, expect deals on Alexa smart speakers and displays, Fire TV media streamers, Fire tablets, Kindle ebook readers, home security devices, TVs, gaming gear, printers, and more.




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The Best Printers for Mac

Need to print from your MacBook or your iMac? These top-rated printers play nicely with Apple computers. And we've got some tips for printing from your iPad, too.




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The Best Inkjet Printers for 2020

Inkjet printers can produce outstanding photos, crisp multi-page office documents, and everything in between. Find your ideal inkjet with these handy shopping tips and our top-rated reviews.




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The Best Scanners for 2020

Whether you need to scan stacks of family photos, scores of documents, or even just the occasional business card, there's a scanner designed for the task. Here's how to shop for the right one.




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The Question of Performance Pay

"While policy-system enthusiasm for the idea is building, the research-and-evaluation jury is still out on educator performance pay," say James W. Guthrie and Patrick J. Schuermann.




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Purpose and Performance in Teacher Performance Pay

“How about defining student and teacher performance based on what parents and citizens actually want for their children—all of the goals, not just one,” suggests Donald B. Gratz.




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Report Points to Risks of Merit Pay for Teachers

Such compensation plans are rarely used in the private sector and can sometimes bring about unintended negative consequences, the analysis argues.




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Poll Finds School Leaders Cool to Performance Pay

A survey by the American Association of School Administrators finds fewer than half interested in such compensation plans.




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Iowa Ready To Weigh Statewide Teacher-Performance Pay

Iowa appears to be poised to consider a pay-for-performance compensation plan for teachers, following the lead of a handful of districts and schools that have embraced the controversial policy.




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Nebraska Approves Performance Pay, K-12 Funding Boost

Teacher performance pay may soon be coming to the Cornhusker State.




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Truly Paying for Performance

Catherine Awsumb Nelson and Richard Wertheimer offer Pittsburgh’s City High as a case study of basing pay decisions on the quality of classroom teaching, rather than standardized-test scores.




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Cincinnati Teachers Rebuff Performance Pay

Amid bad feelings between the union and district administrators, Cincinnati teachers overwhelmingly rejected a groundbreaking plan that would have based their pay on performance.




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Anthony Colucci: Rally to Restore Sanity in Education

In a shocking display of ignorance, pay for performance has become reformers' blitzkrieg. Both common sense and research are being ignored.




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Teacher Incentive Fund Awards Its Last Grants for Fiscal Year

Another dozen school districts have landed federal Teacher Incentive Fund grants, including one that will focus on paying principals and assistant principals for their performance.




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Governors Urged to Push Pay Strategies

New ways of paying teachers launched by districts such as Denver and Houston are alone unlikely to produce the sweeping change that is needed on the compensation front, a report from the National Governors Association says.




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Pay-For-Performance Hypocrisy

The end of the year is a propitious time to take a closer look at the proposal that teachers should be paid like workers in business because it's when bonuses are handed out. In this regard, no group is more fitting to examine than executives, whose pay is ostensibly based on company performance. Bu




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Pay-for-Performance Hypocrisy

Corporate reformers speak with forked tongue about performance pay for teachers.




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Are You Eligible for Merit Pay? Many Teachers Don't Know

Basing teachers' pay on merit might give a small boost to students' reading achievement—if teachers understand how it works.




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Support and Accountability for Public and Private Principals

New data from the National Center for Education Statistics find that principals at private schools tend to have more experience, 9.7 years on average leading schools versus 6.8 years for public school principals.




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Dickinson Business Law Society offering virtual pop-up clinics for entrepreneurs

When people can’t leave their houses to attend an event, you bring the event to them. With residents across Pennsylvania sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn State Dickinson Law’s Business Law Society is converting two upcoming entrepreneur pop-up clinics to virtual sessions, allowing people to participate from their homes.




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Using historical lessons and creative instruction to support students

Penn State Abington faculty are using the current situation as an opportunity to enrich students academically and support them personally during this period of remote learning. "What may be most inspiring of all is the deep-seated concern for our students that faculty efforts expose,” said Friederike Baer, division head for Arts and Humanities.




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Positive psychology course translates into support for students during pandemic

A Penn State Abington faculty member is teaching students enrolled to integrate the content into their daily lives to help them manage the impact of the coronavirus.




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Schuylkill Speaks: Senior biology major Steve Shalamanda eyes optometry degree

Senior Steven Shalamanda began his education at Penn State Schuylkill knowing he was interested in becoming an optometrist. But it was this high-achieving biology student’s internship with a local practice that affirmed his vision for the future. In fall 2020, Shalamanda will begin his doctor of optometry program at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry.




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UEFA report: registered female footballers on the rise

UEFA's 'Women's football across the national associations 2017' report shows how the female game has evolved over the past five years, and offers a snapshot of the sport in each of UEFA's 55 member associations.




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Women's Player of the Year shortlist: Harder, Hegerberg, Henry

Pernille Harder, Ada Hegerberg and Amandine Henry are shortlisted for the 2017/18 UEFA Women's Player of the Year award.




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Women’s EURO 2021 host cities’ workshop

The inaugural Women’s EURO 2021 host cities’ workshop has taken place in host country England – with the aim being to deliver a record-breaking tournament that leaves a legacy for girls’ and women’s football.




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Women's Player of the Year shortlist: Bronze, Hegerberg, Henry

Lyon trio Lucy Bronze, Ada Hegerberg and Amandine Henry are the UEFA Women's Player of the Year nominees.




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How brilliant is all-time top scorer Ada Hegerberg?

The all-time top UEFA women's club scorer among many, many honours: we salute Ada Hegerberg.




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Key to Blended Learning: Data-Informed Small Groups

A recent school tour of three Bay Area schools with some blended learning experts helped provide answers to some of the common questions we hear about how to implement blended learning.




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Parents' Support for Blended Learning Slips, Poll Finds

A survey found that while fewer parents think students should spend considerable time in front of screens in schools, teacher support was unchanged.




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Bringing Blended Learning Forward

We introduce the power and resources released by change. We walk our teachers to the edge of a new world for teaching and learning, step off together and lead while we learn beside our teachers.




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Blended Learning Is for Teachers, Too

Innovative professional development initiatives infuse technology with in-person learning to enhance learning experiences for teachers.