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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

What Worked Structure The development of the FToC Summit began with our planning team, which included BIPOC teacher educators who represented diverse identity groups and educational experiences. In January 2020, we secured $3,000 to fund the FToC Summit; however, the pandemic caused the event to go virtual. Gallardo, M.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The White female school psychologist administered what I, now a leading scholar in gifted and talented education, am convinced was the WISC. I believe that this was in the third grade when my district tested all of the children for inclusion in the gifted education programs. Dr. Tanya J. Dr. Edward C. Fletcher Jr.

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Education Department faces calls to rescind outsourcing guidance

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The change in guidance is part of the department’s efforts to gather more information about and increase oversight of online program managers’ contracts with colleges and universities. 1 after multiple groups expressed concern about the new guidance. Study abroad organizations said that would mean U.S.

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University of Kentucky trains teachers in Holocaust education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Holocaust Education Initiative, run by UK professors and funded by a grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund, aims to prepare teachers to meet state standards of a 2018 law requiring Holocaust education at Kentucky public schools. Teachers who participate receive a $250 stipend.

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Middle and High School PBL: 10 Earth Day Project Idea Driving Questions?

Experiential Learning Depot

Earth Day is one of my favorite days of the year to develop experiential science learning activities around! As a final product, I have had my students develop tools (charts, quizzes, mind maps, etc.) Should we be putting funding and energy into individual species? Guided Project-Based Learning Poaching Resource 4.

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CPL for Incremental & Non-Credit Credentials

Parchment

In this episode, we speak with Melanie Booth, Executive Director of the Higher Learning Commission’s Credential Lab, and Ian Roark, Vice Chancellor of Workforce Development & Innovation at Pima Community College, to discuss the policy and practice of making CPL a reality for different forms of credentials. Yeah, please.

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A Framework for Non-Degree Credential Quality

Parchment

Michelle (03:28.258) Well, I think you raise a really good point in how you framed your question here, which is that I think the first order of business is trying to make sense of what we mean by this whole landscape of non-credit and non-degree credentials and what these various things are intended to do and to accomplish for people.