Here comes another standardized testing season with all the administrator anxiety, teacher turmoil and student disaffection. So much of it that, at least in high schools, those mass assessments do as much to measure student alienation and boredom as academic ability. Yet these instruments of stress and torture have been […]
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Democrats who control the state Senate and Assembly have released their budget proposals for the year, setting up potential battles with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office over education funding and income taxes. The spending plans mark the start of the state’s budget negotiations, a process […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links News The federation says its concern is the money, unless committed in a collective agreement, could be withdrawn with no recourse for teachers. Published Mar 07, 2024 • Last updated 3 days ago • 4 minute read Premier Scott Moe speaks at an event inside the University of […]
Photo: KTW Thompson Rivers University is looking for local feedback on how to educate its international student population through a pair of public consultation sessions on campus next week. “TRU is seeking thoughts and ideas from the community and region as it embarks on its first strategic internationalization plan,” a […]
Saskatchewan teachers say they will be escalating their job action despite an announcement by the premier to make the “largest increase in school operating funding ever in Saskatchewan’s history.” Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) president Samantha Becotte said the decision by Premier Scott Moe to pre-empt the March 20 provincial budget in a social media video on […]
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has released a preview of the province’s education budget in an attempt to get the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation to drop its ongoing job action. Teachers in the province have been without a contract since August and have been carrying out rotating one-day strikes and withdrawals of services. […]
Alberta’s government is investing what it says is a record amount of money in the education system over the next three years to tackle an enrolment boom that’s swept schools across the province. During a budget announcement Wednesday, Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said $1.2 billion will go toward addressing rising enrolment in […]
AI isn’t just for IT programs anymore. Business schools are embracing this revolutionary technology. DALL-E I spoke with Mitch Lovett, the Senior Associate Dean of Education and Innovation at Simon Business School, University of Rochester, to learn how they are developing students to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) across business functions. […]
The accord report on higher education calls for sweeping reforms, as the system looks to accommodate 1 million extra students by 2050. That sounds like an extended timeframe for structured, sequenced reform. But inherent in all the report’s findings is a pressing case for urgent action. Higher education reform is […]
State reps give initial approval to $130M increase in education funding | CloseUp Updated: 12:25 PM EST Feb 25, 2024 STATEMENTS, WHICH IT CONTENDS ARE NOT ACCURATE. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS TAKING BIPARTISAN ACTION ON EDUCATION FUNDING LAST WEEK, STATE REPS GAVE INITIAL APPROVAL TO LEGISLATION THAT […]
The Juneau School District office on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) The U.S. Department of Education says Alaska underfunded three school districts when they distributed COVID relief funds in the 2021-2022 school year. The American Rescue Plan Act gave billions of dollars in emergency assistance to schools during the […]
Updated at 4:48 p.m. Rural areas of the state, such as the Northeast Kingdom, stand to gain the most from a law that changed the way students are counted for the statewide education fund, according to new Agency of Education data presented to lawmakers earlier this month. For school districts […]
