(from The News Buzz) Wonderschool, a network of in-home day care and preschools with about 140 programs in California, plans to open 150 more programs in New York City on top of 16 already there. The private startup has
(from the Society of Human Resource Management) The Internal Revenue Service on Jan. 11 released Notice 1036, which contains updated income-tax withholding tables for 2018 that reflect changes made by the tax reform law
(from Inside Higher Ed) College counselors are growing increasingly concerned about burnout among high school students who are pushed to take the maximum load of AP courses to impress colleges. "I've been in this busines
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(from WBFO) District and state legislators from the Buffalo, New York, region are calling for immediate changes to two state laws in the wake of sexual abuse revealed at Nichols School. Private schools are not required t
(from Education Week) Most K-12 public school IT leaders are failing to take basic steps to secure their school networks against ransomware attacks, phishing schemes, data breaches and other cybersecurity threats, accord
(from United Educators) A widening list of reputational risks face many educational institutions, starting with their business models — enrollment, tuition management, staffing, financial management and more — according
(from EdSurge) Design Tech High School has a new home on the corporate campus of Oracle, a California-based multinational technology company with thousands of employees. Known as d.tech, the free public charter school, w
(from Society for Human Resource Management) The federal government's focus on deregulation combined with active state legislatures and municipalities mean a cookie-cutter employee handbook isn't a realistic option for e
(from Inside Higher Ed) Lyon College, a private liberal arts institution in Arkansas, is betting that students’ love for their cats and dogs will lead them to enroll. The college isn’t only allowing pets but is making in
(from Chronicle of Higher Education) The president of Alma College in Michigan has stretched a dollar by rethinking administrative structure at the top and using technology to help Alma and two other small private colleg
(from American School & University) With 15,000 photovoltaic-panel arrays on 19 acres of land, Hampshire College IS the first residential college in the U.S. to generate 100 percent of campus electricity from solar p
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(from SHRM) The federal agency charged with overseeing and enforcing immigration law is expected to dramatically expand its worksite investigations focused on I-9 compliance. Thomas Homan, acting director of Immigration
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(from the New York Times) Insured losses from weather-related disasters reached a record $135 billion in 2017, driven by three major hurricanes in the United States, widespread flooding in South Asia and a host of other
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(from the MIT Technology Review) From costly ransomware attacks to hacked elections, cybercriminals will refine their capacity to break through the security measures organizations put in place to protect their critical d
(from Inside Higher Ed) Enrollment struggles and competitive pressures compel more independent schools, along with small colleges, to consider online learning as a key differentiator. Small, specialized online programs m
(from The Wall Street Journal) Private schools are lowering tuition, ramping up marketing and targeting traditionally underrepresented communities to reverse a national enrollment decline. Enrollment in private schools f
(from Bolton & Company) The Internal Revenue Service has updated and expanded its questions and answers regarding the Affordable Care Act reporting requirements. A sampling of the changes:
(from U.S. News & World Report) How to ensure the last-minute revision to the massive tax overhaul passed just before Christmas allowing money from 529 college savings plans to pay for private K-12 education helps fa
(from the Hechinger Report) Fewer students enrolled in U.S. undergraduate programs this fall, contributing to a net decline of 2.6 million fewer college and university students since the fall of 2011, the most recent pea
(from Inside Higher Ed) Unable to find what they need in traditional textbooks, growing numbers of college instructors are opting instead for "open educational resources"— text, media and other digital assets that are op
