ng 'Was I Part of the Problem?' A Journalist Studies Her Own Reporting on Race By www.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Veteran reporter Debra Viadero invites researchers to scrutinize her decades of reporting for racial bias. Full Article Diversity
ng There Is Nothing Fragile About Racism By www.edweek.org Published On :: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Labeling whiteness as "weak" does not reflect the racial terror people of color feel, writes Bettina L. Love. Full Article Diversity
ng Principals Need Help Building Anti-Racist Schools By www.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Anti-racist school leadership is about becoming more racially aware and taking action, explains Denisa R. Superville. Full Article Diversity
ng Dismantling Systemic Racism in Schools: 8 Big Ideas By www.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Get an overview of this fall’s Big Ideas special report, which is dedicated to addressing anti-Black systemic racism in schools. Full Article Diversity
ng Anti-Racist Teaching: What Educators Really Think By www.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 A new nationally representative survey of teachers, principals, and district leaders offers key takeaways. Full Article Diversity
ng Students Need Anti-Bias Training, Too By www.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 When a student noticed that no one was teaching her classmates about racism, she took matters into her own hands, Catherine Gewertz reports. Full Article Diversity
ng How COVID-19 Is Hurting Teacher Diversity By www.edweek.org Published On :: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Layoffs that are based on seniority can disproportionately affect Black and brown teachers. Full Article Diversity
ng Editor's Note: Big Ideas for Confronting Racism in Education By www.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Here's why we chose to dedicate our entire Big Ideas special report to addressing anti-Black systemic racism in schools. Full Article Diversity
ng How Biden Could Steer Education Spending Without Waiting on Congress By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Congress controls how much gets spent on education. But a presidential administration can influence how it's spent. Here's a few areas to watch. Full Article Diversity
ng Barrett Says 'Brown v. Board of Education' Is 'Superprecedent' Beyond Overruling By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said it would be "unthinkable" for the landmark "Brown" desegregation decision to be overruled. Full Article Desegregation
ng A Checklist for Fixing ESEA By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Yesterday, the House passed the Student Success Act, but there's still a ways to go before a final bill. Here's a checklist for a final bill to "fix" NCLB. Full Article Esea
ng Daylong PBS Show Focuses on the Dropout Crisis By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 'American Graduate Day 2014' is a hodgepodge of entertainment, live interviews, and filmed segments about ways to raise high school graduation rates. Full Article Dropouts
ng Preventing Dropouts By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Some 58 dropout prevention programs in nine school districts in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia were reviewed by researchers at New Jersey's Rutgers University. Full Article Dropouts
ng Preventing Dropouts By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 School districts' efforts to prevent students from dropping out are profiled in a new survey from the National Center for Education Statistics. Full Article Dropouts
ng Language and Dropouts By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 English-language learners are twice as likely to drop out of school as their peers who are either native English speakers or former ELLs who have become fluent in the language. Full Article Dropouts
ng 'Night School' Documentary Looks at Adults Seeking an Elusive H.S. Diploma By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 The film follows three Indianapolis adults as they seek to overcome obstacles on the path to earning an educational credential that they missed earlier. Full Article Dropouts
ng Boston's Innovative Approach to Reconnecting High School Dropouts By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 The district is reconnecting high school dropouts by focusing on life goals, academic gaps, social-emotional challenges, and personal commitments. Full Article Dropouts
ng Maintaining Ties When School Closes Is Critical to Preventing Dropouts By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Students who were chronically absent or at risk of dropping out before the coronavirus outbreak are even more at risk now that schools are closed, experts say. Full Article Dropouts
ng How Are States Tracking College and Career Readiness Under ESSA? By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 More than 40 states are considering postsecondary and career readiness in school performance in some way in their Every Student Succeeds Act plans. Full Article College+and+career
ng Revisiting College and Career Readiness By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 An EL Education school in Rochester, NY, shows that giving young children real problems to solve can instill the qualities students will need as adults. Full Article College+and+career
ng Are Charter Schools Facing a Reckoning? Not So Fast By www.edweek.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 By the single most important metric, charter schools are succeeding, argues Bruno V. Manno. Full Article Charter+schools
ng Dispelling Charter Schools Myths By www.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article Charter+schools
ng District's Hair-Length Rule for Male Basketball Players Struck Down by Court By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 A federal appeals court has struck down an Indiana school district's policy requiring short hair for boys on the basketball team, ruling that the lack of a similar policy for girls'-team basketball players results in illegal sex discrimination. Full Article Lawandcourts
ng 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
ng H.S. Sports Programs in Va., Okla. Facing Allegations of Sexual Assaults By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 A high school basketball program in Virginia has been suspended indefinitely amid allegations of a sexual assault involving a 16-year-old boy, while junior varsity wrestlers in Oklahoma face similar allegations. Full Article Lawandcourts
ng Nebraska Expands Anti-Hazing Law to Cover Primary and Secondary Schools By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts signed a bill into law Wednesday that expands the state's anti-hazing regulations to elementary, middle, and high schools rather than just post-secondary institutions. Full Article Lawandcourts
ng 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
ng 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
ng 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
ng Ohio Supreme Court dismisses Toledo bullying lawsuit By www.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article Bullying
ng 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
ng 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
ng Police Shootings Lower Black and Latino Students' Grades, Graduation Rates, Study Shows By blogs.edweek.org Published On :: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 A new study shows that police shootings affect the learning and emotional well-being of students in nearby schools, particularly nonwhite students. Full Article Graduation+rates
ng Home Schooling Is Way Up With COVID-19. Will It Last? By www.edweek.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 The shift could have lasting effects on both public schools and the home-schooling movement. Full Article Homeschooling
ng Starting life over By www.om.org Published On :: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:16:46 +0000 OM Japan and an outreach team encourage and help people who suffered from the tsunami in Ishinomaki and the area around Minami Sanriku. Full Article
ng 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
ng 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
ng 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
ng Juggling builds community By www.om.org Published On :: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:17:01 +0000 At a recent event to build relationships, OMer Chris guides participants through the process of making juggling balls before teaching them how to juggle. Full Article
ng Santa and 'Manga Mission' By www.om.org Published On :: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:39:32 +0000 "Are all my elves ready? OK, off we go!" A group of Santa and his elves head out into Karuizawa, Japan, to share God’s love. Full Article
ng Connecting over waffles By www.om.org Published On :: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:09:53 +0000 Despite freezing temperatures and snow, ministry with Café Hope has been both challenging and exciting for Michelle from Singapore. Full Article
ng Starting from nothing By www.om.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:57:06 +0000 A pastor and OM couple start a new church in Tonami, Japan, a rural town of 50,000. Full Article
ng Juggling turns to ministry By www.om.org Published On :: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:14:43 +0000 OMer Chris Griffioen was asked to perform a juggling show at an elderly care facility, and has since been invited to visit regularly. Full Article
ng Taking Christmas to the people By www.om.org Published On :: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:21:43 +0000 In Japan, the birth and life of Jesus Christ is hardly known. For this reason, Christmas is a wonderful opportunity to point people to Him. Full Article
ng 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
ng 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
ng News24 Business | Johan Fourie | Could AI topple South Africa’s science funding? Yes, and that is a good thing By www.news24.com Published On :: Saturday May 13 2023 12:35:03 At present we reward quantity, not quality. The door could be opening for that to change, argues Johan Fourie. Full Article
ng 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
ng The agony of Angola By www.om.org Published On :: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:05:11 +0000 In a country wasted by conflict, OM brings healing to Angola’s people by strengthening local churches, training leaders and caring for children at risk. Full Article
ng Training up a nation By www.om.org Published On :: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 17:14:16 +0000 OM Angola helps a war-ravaged society heal itself. Full Article