(from Global Online Academy) Faculty and staff wary of large-scale school changes have a case of "solutionitis," according to a new book, "Learning to Improve: How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better." Ame
(from NPR) New rules regarding wellness programs will take effect January 1, 2019. Employers may offer smaller financial incentives for wellness program participation, following a ruling earlier this year that questioned
(from EdWeek) A new Government Accountability Office report analyzes what kind of students and donors benefit from state-level tax breaks for private school scholarships. The report analyzed 22 programs in 18 states that
(from Insider Higher Ed) Not only are a majority of colleges not filling their new classes by the traditional target date of May 1, but they are failing to do so by June 1 as well, according to the 2018 Survey of College
(from Nonprofit Quarterly) St. John’s College, a private liberal arts college with campuses in Santa Fe and Annapolis, is slashing its annual tuition from $52,000 to $35,000 this next school year, with plans to make up t
(from CUPA-HR) In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey last year, Houston Community College took a number of steps to ease the pain of its students, faculty and staff. HCC set up donation sites, manned by staff and faculty
(from the NonProfit Times) The overall number of donors giving in 2018 compared to 2017 was down 6.3 percent in the first quarter and 6.6 percent in the second quarter, according to the Growth in Giving Database, which t
(from Gartner) Cloud-managed service providers are predicted to triple by 2020, as they become increasingly integral to business processes.
(from Food Management) Schools are using a variety of tactics to increase the appeal of healthy school meals. A recent survey of School Nutrition Association members shows that nearly three-quarters are offering taste te
(from Wealth Professional) CFOs today are involved in or make more decisions outside their traditional finance role, according to a new study by the consulting firm Accenture. Finance leaders are becoming the digital ste
(from Nonprofit Quarterly) Trustees of Sweet Briar College, a small liberal arts institution in rural Virginia, voted to close the college in 2015, but a fierce alumni response prevented the shuttering. This year, enroll
(from the Toronto Sun) The number of independent schools in Ontario, Canada increased by 25 percent from 2005-06 to 2015-16 (the latest available data), while the number of public schools remained flat. Public school enr
(from the New York Times) Roughly a decade after the Great Recession, a widening economic divide affirms what independent schools are seeing in their applications and financial aid budgets: For many in the "middle class,
(from CUPA-HR) High-potential employees have "a drive to excel; the capacity to scan for new ideas, the cognitive capability to absorb them and the common sense to translate that [into action]; an enterprising spirit; an
(from Compliance Week) Professionals charged with organizational compliance can choose from an array of technologies to better predict trends, flag anomalies and avoid crises. Five steps toward making the right decisions
(from George Couros) If school administrators expect teachers to be innovative, they would do well to practice innovative administration, advises education consultant George Couros. "I have seen administrators encourage
(from Bolton & Company) September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month, an initiative launched by Congress in 2008 to promote and encourage public conversation around violence prevention at schools across the co
(from SHRM) Several lessons can be learned from the more than 300,000 proposed-penalty letters sent by the IRS this summer and late last year for alleged violations of the ACA's employer mandate in 2015. The letters are
(from the Christensen Institute) The U.S. is running out of students who can pay full college tuition. In the 2014-15 school year, 86 percent of first-time full-time freshmen received financial aid. This means that when
(from Kaiser Health News) The number of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has reached more than 10 percent, a significant increase during the past 20 years, according to a study rele
