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Dr. Oscar Loynaz, president of Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Homestead Campus, has been selected to receive the Paragon Award for New Presidents, a distinction conferred by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK). Dr. Loynaz was chosen among 24 college leaders across the U.S. He will be recognized during the PTK Catalyst 2024, the organization’s annual convention in Orlando, FL, April

The Fairview Independent School District has excelled, according to the 2023-24 impact Kentucky Working Conditions Survey.

Given the recognised importance of self-regulation (SR) and executive functioning (EF) in young children's academic and social-emotional wellbeing, their development should not be left to chance. This mixed methods study investigated whether the children taught by educators trained in the SOWATT program, a purposively designed professional learning program targeting self-regulation and executive functioning, would achieve better outcomes on a range of SR/EF measures than a control group who...

Wednesday was Dyslexia Day at the State Capitol 2024.

College of the Canyons (COC) registration for the spring semester is currently open to register for classes. 

It is not too late for students and community members to register for the College of the Canyons Spring 2024 semester, which starts on Monday, Feb. 5.

The Carson City School Board meeting will take place tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 23 beginning at 6:30 p.m. inside the Bob Crowell Board Room at the Community Center.

The Carson City School Board meeting will take place tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 23 beginning at 6:30 p.m. inside the Bob Crowell Board Room at the Community Center.

When it comes to education environments, it’s not just a matter of designing a space, but designing with a consideration of how people will interact within it, and how it can nurture innovative learning experiences for students.

We share lessons gained through supporting an institution-wide curriculum innovation via a post-graduate professional learning program. At the inception of the innovation, an intensive Block Model (BM) was unfamiliar to both the institution and its professional learning facilitators. The Graduate Certificate of Tertiary Education was re-modelled with BM as the heart of professional learning so academics would encounter BM as students. The program modelled BM principles, reinforced by meta-conver...