95 percent of representatives have a degree. Look where that’s got us.
All these credentials haven’t led to better results. — NYT: Top Stories
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Category: Education
News about teaching and learning, schools, colleges, universities, and the events and people who are related to these institutions.
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Reopening a New York City school: ‘It’s been a tough start’
This fall New York City’s public schools faced perhaps their biggest challenge in memory: Could they resume in person safely? And for how long? We filmed in one school for 33 days to chronicle every step of the reopening. — NYT: Top
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Arena STEM opens first U.S. store at Westfield Garden State Plaza
PARAMUS, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arena STEM, a new retail edutainment concept opened its first U.S. location at Westfield Garden State Plaza today. The flagship store will be located on level two near Nordstrom. Arena STEM is a new and innovative concept that provides an
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Kevin Bacon co-hosting and producing all-star charity concert
The benefit concert special to raise funds for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and WhyHunger — FOX News
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New York City will reopen elementary schools and phase out hybrid learning
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an abrupt shift in managing schools during the pandemic. Officials had faced criticism that they prioritized activities like indoor dining over the well-being of children. — NYT: Top Stories
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Biden’s education department will move fast to reverse Betsy DeVos’s policies
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has presented an education agenda that is starkly different from the Trump era, beginning with a far more cautious approach to school reopenings. — NYT: Top Stories
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N.Y.C. schools may close again as coronavirus cases surge
The school system, the nation’s largest, has had strikingly few virus cases. Even so, the mayor may end in-person classes because the city’s overall rate is surging. — New York Times: Top Stories
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A Black Belgian student saw a White fraternity as his ticket. It was his death.
Sanda Dia’s death after an initiation ritual was regarded as a tragic accident. Newly released videos and photos have made it a symbol of growing intolerance. — NYT: Matt Apuzzo and Steven Erlanger
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UNCF, Bristol Myers Squibb announce second cohort of the Ernest E. Just Postgraduate Fellowship and extension of partnership through 2026
Fellowship program honors Dr. Just, a pioneering biologist and one of the most prominent African American scientists of the twentieth century WASHINGTON & PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$BMY #UNCF–The UNCF and Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced the second cohort of the Ernest