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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) and Representatives Cindy Axne (IA-03), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), and Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) in the House, as well as U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Bob Casey (D-PA) in the Senate introduced the EDUCATORS for America Act, urgently-needed legislation to address teacher shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The
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04/26/21 Educause's latest Horizon Report outlines the biggest trends shaping teaching and learning this year. In particular, the report identified six technologies and practices that are key to higher education institutions' future planning, whether those topics are newly emerging or evolving from previous years. They are topics that can come, go and return to Horizon Reports from year to year "more organically, reflecting the most current issues," the report explained. In this year's list of key technologies, the categories of artificial intelligence, open educational resources, and learnin...
ITHACA, NY -- The Board of Education has revealed the proposed 2021â22 Ithaca City School District Budget. The total budget comes out to $145,179,885, which is up 6.09% from the year prior, an unusually large jump for the district. The increase comes from some contractual obligations, such as $2.69 million in salary increases and $1.89 million in employee benefits increases, as well as pandemic circumstances, with $1.19 million of the figure attributed to COVID-19 staffing. Additionally, non-personnel costs related to COVID, such as hand sanitizer, PPE and the like, account for another h...
(1) Dr. Shawn Joseph is the Principal of education and equity consulting firm Joseph and Associates, and previously served as the Superintendent of Metro Nashville Public Schools. GAITHERSBURG, MD / ACCESSWIRE / March 8, 2021 / Former Superintendent of Metro Nashville Public Schools, and current President of equity and education consulting firm Joseph and Associates, Dr. Shawn Joseph, is applauding BET's Disrupt & Dismantle for raising awareness of a massive crisis that continues to unfold in Nashville, TN: the city's devastating school-to-prison pipeline. The contentious issue was explored d...