Education News

• How A Proposed Federal Education Study Could Help, Or Hurt, Educational Equity
  
  A new U.S. Department of Education study will examine how districts and schools are using more than $30 billion of federal funding. The study could have real benefits, but under the DeVos administration it also poses real risks.
  Forbes.  Friday, 17 Jan 2020.
• The industry needs to demand more of fair housing education for agents
  
  NAR needs to be the driver of better fair housing education, demanding local associations educate their members in a meaningful fashion.
  Inman.  Friday, 17 Jan 2020.
• Stray dogs with no training instinctively follow gestures and commands from humans
  
  Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India say dogs may have an innate ability to understand certain human gestures which transcends training.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 17 Jan 2020.
• London council's special needs inquiry caused by 'systemic failures'
  
  The cases of all children with suspected special educational needs in Richmond are going to be reviewed.
  BBC News.  Friday, 17 Jan 2020.
• A Better Way To Judge Value In Higher Ed Regs
  
  The Democrats have offered a compelling way forward to create more accountability in higher education that avoids the traditional all-or-nothing federal financial aid scheme. ...
  Forbes.  Thursday, 16 Jan 2020.
• Sturgeon agrees to wider review of Scottish education
  
  Nicola Sturgeon agrees to widen a review of Scottish education after a defeat by opposition MSPs.
  BBC News.  Thursday, 16 Jan 2020.
• American Public (APEI) Runs Ahead of Peers: Up 23% in 3 Months
  
  Affordable tuitions and online competency-based programs for military personnel are likely to drive American Public Education (APEI)
  Zacks.  Thursday, 16 Jan 2020.
• Ayesha Curry Has Built a Business Empire -- and She's Still Learning
  
  The entrepreneur turned a YouTube channel into a lifestyle brand, including a book, restaurants, and TV gigs. Her guiding principle: Treat every step as an education.
  Entrepreneur.  Thursday, 16 Jan 2020.
• CMS advisers: New payment models should focus more on patient education
  
  Patient education and engagement is key to making sure that patients don't feel like they're "being experimented on" under alternative payment models, according to members of the CMS Advisory Panel on Outreach & Education.
  Modern Healthcare.  Wednesday, 15 Jan 2020.
• Canceling Student Debt Is Easier Than It Sounds
  
  A little-known provision allows the U.S. education secretary to erase student loan debt without going to Congress. Elizabeth Warren says if elected president she would put that provision to use.
  NPR.  Tuesday, 14 Jan 2020.
• Education, lots of cash big topics as SC Legislature opens
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina legislators are returning to the Statehouse on Tuesday as the 2020 session begins. ...
  Washington Times.  Tuesday, 14 Jan 2020.
• Jason Reynolds named ambassador for young people's literature
  
  The bestselling young adult poet and author of "Patina" and "As Brave As You" will be helping promote youth literature, as it relates to literacy, education and the development and betterment of lives.
  CBS News.  Monday, 13 Jan 2020.
• Georgia lawmakers gather amid tax and spending questions
  
  ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's 236 lawmakers gather Monday for an election-year session that could be dominated by budget, education and gambling issues. ...
  Washington Times.  Monday, 13 Jan 2020.
• Most U.S. jobs are now held by women
  
  "Likely to be permanent," one expert says, as females dominate in growing industries like health care and education.
  CBS News.  Friday, 10 Jan 2020.
• Gov. Hutchinson, Education Officials Tout Five Years Of Computer Coding Program
  
  The Arkansas Department of Education on Thursday published a 17-page report that is a five-year victory lap for the computer coding education program pushed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in 2014 and supported by funding in 2015. ...
  NPR.  Thursday, 9 Jan 2020.

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