• 104 Coursera courses you can take for free, led by Princeton, Yale, UPenn, and more
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Education
      Summary List Placement Whether you're interested in coding or being happier in your daily life , you can probably learn it online — often, completely for free. In an effort to democratize education, e-learning platforms like edX...
  • A Search For Common Ground: A Worthwhile Conversation About Education
    Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    Education “conversations” have a checkered history. This book reminds us why they are worth the attempt.
  • We Need To Be Ready For Student Loan Payments To Resume In October
    Monday, April 12, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    Student loan payments have been suspended since March 2020. Getting borrowers to start paying again will be harder than it sounds.
  • Karnataka SSLC exam 2021: Not decided anything on cancellation, minister
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Education-The Times of India
  • Most College Students Are Willing To Enroll At Colleges That Have Vaccine Requirements, Says Survey
    Monday, April 12, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    Some 85% of incoming students are willing to comply with campus vaccine requirements.
  • 8 Northwestern courses you can take online for free, including an in-depth leadership class
    Monday, April 12, 2021 from Education
      Summary List Placement You don't need a 4.1 GPA or thousands of dollars to enroll in courses from some of the world's best schools . Like Yale , Harvard , and Columbia , many universities offer massive open online courses (MOOCs)...
  • 8 NYC preschool consultants and experts to know to get your child into a prestigious program
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Education
    Summary List Placement The private-preschool scene in New York City is not for the faint of heart. It takes tenacity, gumption, luck, and often the right connections for families to land a spot on an elite school's short list for...
  • Smith College Names Yale’s Lisa Howie As Its First Chief Investment Officer
    Monday, April 12, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    Since 2008 she has worked under David Swensen, whom many consider the nation’s top fund manager in higher ed.
  • Can Colleges Require Covid-19 Vaccines? Here's What to Know.
    Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from NYT > Education
    It’s shaping up to be yet another political debate.
  • When Boston Ruled the Music World
    Sunday, April 11, 2021 from NYT > Education
    Three recent recordings conjure the mid-20th-century moment when the city was a center of innovative composition.
  • How Teachers Are Exploring the Derek Chauvin Trial With Students
    Friday, April 9, 2021 from NYT > Education
    In Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed, educators have used the trial as an opportunity to help their students examine the complex issues of race, policing and the criminal justice system.
  • A consultant paid $20,000 for a part-time MBA and got job offers from Apple, EY, and HP after graduating — here's why she said her degree was worth it
    Tuesday, April 6, 2021 from Education
    Summary List Placement Lisa Andrea, 32, knew exactly what she wanted to do after college: She wanted to pursue her MBA, become a certified public accountant, and work for a Big Four accounting firm. "That was my dream," Andrea, who asked...
  • Coursera and edX both offer certificate programs at a fraction of the cost of grad school — here are the main differences between them
    Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from Education
      Summary List Placement To mitigate common economic and geographic barriers to getting a master's degree, established online platforms edX and Coursera have special programs like edX MicroMasters and Coursera MasterTracks , which offer...
  • A New Report By The Florida League Of Women Voters Claims Educational Diversity Is The Wrong Road In Education
    Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    In states where educational choice has become more popular and more school options are available to parents, student performance, education quality and value is consistently better - and not just in schools of choice.
  • How People With Autism Can Find Training And Jobs
    Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    Neurodiverse people are employable. It's a matter of finding the right task, finding the right job, making sure the right supports are in place, and making sure the culture of the organization is able to sustain that employee through...
  • CBSE 10th exam cancelled, students to be promoted on basis of internal assessment
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Education-The Times of India
  • Breastfeeding mother appeals over jury service
    Monday, April 12, 2021 from BBC News - Education & Family
    Zoe Stacey says she wants to breastfeed her son, William, for longer than a year.
  • We will consider internal assessment for class X: Maharashtra education minister
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Education-The Times of India
    In Maharashtra, class X students to be promoted on the basis of their internal assessments.
  • No decision yet on cancelling class 10 board exams: Karnataka govt
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Education-The Times of India
  • Pause in Vaccinations Leads to Canceled Appointments Across States
    Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from NYT > Education
    Health departments scrambled to postpone vaccine clinics and rebook patients after the one-dose offering from Johnson & Johnson was sidelined.
  • CBSE cancels Class 10 board exams, postpones Class 12 exams
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Education-The Times of India
    CBSE Board Exams for Class 10th have been cancelled and 12th exams have been postponed, said the Union Ministry of Education on Wednesday.
  • CICSE says reviewing situation, will soon decide on conducting class 10, 12 board exams
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Education-The Times of India
  • Odessa, Part 3: The Band Bus Quarantine
    Friday, April 9, 2021 from NYT > Education
    Multiple positive cases, a mass quarantine and a missed senior night. This is what happened when the pandemic collided with the biggest football game of the year in Odessa
  • How College Admissions Have Changed During Covid
    Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    The number of applicants to elite schools surged this year because they all made submission of standardized test scores optional.
  • India's National Education Policy is futuristic: PM Narendra Modi
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Education-The Times of India
    "India takes pride in being the mother of democracy as it's values are embodied in our social life," Modi said addressing the Association of Indian Universities' 95th annual meet and a national seminar of vice-chancellors via video...
  • Guggenheim Fellows For 2021 Announced. Here Are The Universities With The Most Winners.
    Saturday, April 10, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    The 2021 Guggenheim Fellows include 184 scholars, artists, scientists and writers selected via a rigorous peer review process from more than 3,000 initial candidates.
  • Priyanka urges govt to cancel CBSE board exams
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Education-The Times of India
  • Ambedkar had proposed Sanskrit as official language: CJI Bobde
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Education-The Times of India
  • 11 popular Yale courses you can take online for free, including a class on how to be happier in your daily life
    Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from Education
      Summary List Placement Yale University is one of the best 15 schools in the world , but you don't need to get into the 6.1% of accepted applicants in order to take one of its courses.   You can take Yale's classes online...
  • 16 Princeton courses you can take online for free, including a popular introductory algorithms class
    Tuesday, April 6, 2021 from Education
      Summary List Placement Like many Ivy League universities , Princeton offers massive open online courses (MOOCs) through e-learning companies such as Coursera and edX . Students from all over the world can access courses in...
  • How to Help Your Adolescent Think About the Last Year
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from NYT > Education
    Hint: It’s not a “lost year.” Also, the screen time with friends? It’s good for their mental health.
  • College Transfer Update: The Slide Continues, Especially For Community Colleges
    Monday, April 12, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released a new research report today, indicating that undergraduate transfer enrollment is down 7.9% so far this spring. The decrease is particularly pronounced in the community college...
  • Basketball Mathematics scores big at inspiring kids to learn
    Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from Education & Learning News -- ScienceDaily
    New study with 756 1st through 5th graders demonstrates that a six-week mashup of hoops and math has a positive effect on their desire to learn more, provides them with an experience of increased self-determination and grows math...
  • Where are Britain's loneliest places in lockdown?
    Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from BBC News - Education & Family
    Loneliness in the pandemic has been more intense for young people in poor, urban areas.
  • Community College Students Have Lost More Than In-Person Classes: How A College President Works To Meet The Promise Of Educational Support
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    At the beginning of the pandemic, my immediate concerns were for the health and safety of all members of our college community. I was also particularly concerned about how its effects can derail students on their path to earning a...
  • A Program To Reduce Teacher Violence In Jamaican Schools
    Thursday, April 8, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    Practical training strategies have led to a dramatic reduction in aggressive acts in preschools
  • New study examines promising approach to treating attention and working memory difficulties in children
    Thursday, April 8, 2021 from Education & Learning News -- ScienceDaily
    An adaptive cognitive training program could help treat attention and working memory difficulties in children with sickle cell disease (SCD), a new study shows.
  • Why our brains miss opportunities to improve through subtraction
    Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from Education & Learning News -- ScienceDaily
    A new study explains why people rarely look at a situation, object or idea that needs improving -- in all kinds of contexts -- and think to remove something as a solution. Instead, we almost always add some element, whether it helps or not.
  • Babbel is offering 60% off lifetime subscriptions, which means you can get unlimited lessons in 14 languages for $199
    Monday, April 5, 2021 from Education
      Summary List Placement Babbel — a language learning service helmed by more than 150 educators, polyglots, editors, researchers, and linguists — is currently offering 60% off lifetime subscriptions through StackSocial . Normally...
  • Does It Hurt Children to Measure Pandemic Learning Loss?
    Friday, April 9, 2021 from NYT > Education
    Research shows many young children have fallen behind in reading and math. But some educators are worried about stigmatizing an entire generation.
  • College Admission: Do You Belong?
    Thursday, April 8, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    As college-bound students search for a new community, do they know what to look for, what questions to ask, and how to assess their opportunities?
  • This free, online social work course from the University of Michigan inspired me to apply to grad school. Here's why I recommend it to anyone considering a degree in social work.
    Thursday, April 8, 2021 from Education
      Summary List Placement Table of Contents: Static Social Work Practice: Advocating Social Justice and Change (small) With the ongoing pandemic, everyday news of racial injustice, and general challenges of the world, it's...
  • TN Class 12 board exams should be postponed: Ramadoss
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Education-The Times of India
    PMK founder S. Ramadoss on Wednesday welcomed the Central government's decision to cancel the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) Class 10 exams and postpone the Class 12 exams, due to the Covid surge.
  • All N. Ireland year groups return to school
    Monday, April 12, 2021 from BBC News - Education & Family
    It is the first time all pupils in Northern Ireland have been in school since before Christmas.
  • As Pandemic Upends Teaching, Fewer Students Want to Pursue It
    Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from NYT > Education
    Disruptions to education during the pandemic are turning people away from a profession that was already struggling to attract new recruits.
  • Liverpool teacher banned over 'extensive' coursework changes
    Monday, April 12, 2021 from BBC News - Education & Family
    John Wiseman made "significant modifications" to work sent to an exam board, a panel finds.
  • Free language-learning app Duolingo now offers Yiddish lessons
    Tuesday, April 6, 2021 from Education
      Summary List Placement If you're just starting to explore a new language or want to easily build on what you already know, Duolingo is a fun, free, and low-key way to squeeze in a few minutes of practice every day. Using cute...
  • The 6 best online LSAT prep courses, including a free option
    Monday, April 12, 2021 from Education
    Summary List Placement The LSAT is designed to assess the skills needed most to succeed in law school , including critical reading, analytical reasoning, logical reasoning, and persuasive writing skills. The Law School Admission Council...
  • Cameras Are Being Used To Punish Students, Not Stop School Shooters
    Sunday, April 11, 2021 from Forbes - Education
    Rather than being used to thwart school shootings, security cameras are being used to identify and punish students guilty of minor offences.
  • Childhood cognitive problems could lead to mental health issues in later life
    Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from Education & Learning News -- ScienceDaily
    Children experiencing cognitive problems such as low attention, poor memory or lack of inhibition may later suffer mental health issues as teenagers and young adults, a new study reveals.
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