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UrduAs the incoming presidential administration has proposed eliminating the federal Department of Education, Canisius University education expert Dr. Margaret Keller-Cogan is available to provide media commentary on the potential impacts across the K-12 education system. Dr. Keller-Cogan has extensive leadership…
Tag: Education Policy
Rutgers Partners With Department of Education to Improve K-12 Learning Outcomes
The New Jersey State Policy Lab and Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies at Rutgers University have launched the New Jersey Promising Practices Project in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Education to bolster K-12 student learning outcomes.
School suspensions and exclusions put vulnerable children at risk
Managing problematic student behaviour is one of the most persistent, challenging, and controversial issues facing schools today. Yet despite best intentions to build a more inclusive and punitive-free education system, school suspensions and expulsions remain.
Forum on the Future of Illinois Education to Publicly Examine HB 2170 Progress
The Forum on the Future of Illinois Education event is Thursday, March 28 beginning at 8:30 a.m. CDT at the I Hotel and Conference Center on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. The event is free and open to the public.
School focus on grades, test scores linked to violence against teachers
Violence against teachers is likely to be higher in schools that focus on grades and test scores than in schools that emphasize student learning, a new study has found.
Ramón Barthelemy wins 2023 LGBTQ+ Educator of the Year
Out to Innovate has recognized exemplary individuals with LGBTQ+ Educator, Engineer, and Scientist of the Year for over 15 years.
Call for Papers: The 2nd International Conference on Educational System Management Leadership 2023 (ICESML2023)
The Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University; Teachers College, Columbia University; Association of Professional Development of Educational Administration (APDEA); and the Research Unit on Transforming Education System for Creating Innovators and Entrepreneurs (TESCIE) are hosting an academic virtual conference entitled “The 2nd International Conference on Educational System Management Leadership 2023 (ICESML2023): Educational Management Design for Global Transformation” on April 28, 2023 from 10.00 A.M.- 4.30 P.M. Bangkok Time (GMT+7).
UTEP names Dr. Anne-Marie Núñez executive director of Natalicio Institute for Hispanic Student Success
The institute, named after UTEP President Emerita Diana Natalicio to honor her legacy of promoting student achievement, will formally launch this fall.
Official measures of research ‘impact’ are failing to keep pace with socially-networked academics
A survey of how academics use social media to encourage people to interact with their research argues that much of the public value of their work is probably being overlooked in official ‘impact’ assessments.
Research Highlights That Working While in School Has Long-Lasting Effects on Human Capital Formation
Le Barbanchon (Bocconi) and co-authors analyze the effects of a well-designed Uruguayan work-school program: higher earnings and higher likelihood to be employed two years after the experience, and no sign of declining school attendance or lower grades
Report finds fewer early childhood education expulsions following Illinois law
The report, which covers the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years, details survey responses from Illinois area early childhood professionals.
Studies examine how race affects perceptions of law-involved Blacks, school discipline
The extent of discriminatory treatment Black adults and children experience at every point of contact within the legal system and the biases that result in Black children’s behavior being managed more harshly in school are detailed in two new analyses from researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
APS ISSUES RARE RESOLUTION TO CONGRESS
For the first time in more than 60 years, the American Philosophical Society (APS), founded by Benjamin Franklin and the nation’s oldest learned society, has issued a public resolution calling on Congress to enact a National Defense Education Act for the 21st Century. The resolution has been sent to the bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate.
Study: Social Studies Teachers Not “Above the Fray” in Linking Their Political Views to How They Assess News Source Credibility
At a time when there’s been a sharp uptick in partisan critiques of the credibility of the news media and growing concern among educators about student media literacy, a new study finds a strong connection between high school social studies teachers’ political ideology and how credible they find various mainstream news outlets.