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Data Analysis Reveals Better Student Intervention Strategies

(from Education Dive) Biggest indicators' of student success after college graduation? Their relationships with faculty, staff and peers; their ability to work autonomously; and their capacity to handle cognitive complex

Schools Shouldn't Opt out of This Eclipse

(from U.S. News) Today's rare solar eclipse represents a natural phenomenon so spectacular, so potentially life-changing that some schools and school districts ... are preventing students from going outside to experience
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Concussion Risks Could Tighten Insurance Protocol Requirements

(from The Atlantic) Roughly 300,000 high school athletes get concussions every year. Diana Coyne, co-chair of The Parents Concussion Coalition, believes that states and schools will get serious about preventing concussio
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Report: Personalization Puts Student Privacy at Risk

(from the National Education Policy Center) There's a potential dark side in edtech: The deepening reach of digital technologies in schools "routinely engages students in activities that facilitate the collection of valu
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Expect More Competition for International Students

(from ICEF Monitor) More and more international students enroll in U.S. secondary schools each year. But the number of schools hosting international schools has grown at a faster rate, pointing to tighter competition amo
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Modest Growth for Online SAT

(from Education Week) The College Board plans to expand online options for its SAT and PSAT tests next spring, adding to the more than 5,000 students in 17 school districts who took the SAT online last fall and spring. B
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Public Support Diverges on Vouchers, Charters

(from Education Week) Opposition toward school vouchers and other policies that direct public aid toward private schools has softened in the past year, even as support for charter schools dropped 12 percent. But the find
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Report: Small College Finances Defy "Prevailing Public View"

(from Inside Higher Education) A new report from the Council of Independent Colleges rebuts widespread concerns that a large percentage of colleges and universities, and especially small private colleges, are in financia
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A Time for Nonprofit Action

(from the Nonprofit Quarterly) The deadly violence in Charlottesville in August, combined with the growing profile of racist groups nationwide, mandates more outspoken leadership from nonprofit organizations, write the e

The Business Case for Good Onboarding

(from SHRM) New employees who begin their jobs with a structured onboarding process are significantly more likely to stay with an organization at least three years, according to research by a software company. The organi
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Are College Tuitions Peaking?

(from NPR) Several broad trends suggest that the long rise in U.S. college tuitions is slowing, if not nearing its end. These include the fact that net tuition rose (only) in line with inflation over the last year, along

New Coding Tools Sell More Schools on iPads

(from MacRumors) Sales of Apple iPads to the education market jumped 32 percent over the previous year's fiscal quarter, to one million units, company CEO Tim Cook said during an earnings call last week. He attributed mu
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Website Translations Could Engage Overseas Parents

(from ICEF Monitor) Independent schools that market to international students can reasonably assume their prospective students comprehend and speak English, but what about their parents? Population and economic growth ou
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No Opt-Out for Gender Inclusion Policy

(from The Daily Signal) After being sued over its treatment of a kindergartener who identifies as transgender, a Minnesota public charter school has agreed to adopt a far-reaching inclusionary policy. In the settlement,

A Case for Peer-School Collaboration

(from IanSymmonds.org) Within any metropolitan area, does every independent school needs its own business office, its own equally state-of-the-art gym, its own STEM program? Educational consultant Ian Symmonds believes t

What About Legacy Admissions?

(from The Chronicle of Higher Education) Is it time for educational institutions to take a closer look at legacy admissions practices? Amid reports that the Trump administration plans to investigate "intentional race-bas
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Housing Costs, Charter Schools Play into California Private School Decline

(from Voice of San Diego) California's independent K-12 schools educated 7.5 percent of the state's students in the 2014-15 school year, down from 10 percent in 1996-97. One of the less-obvious factors for the shift is r
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High Housing Costs Fuel School Expansions

(from Greenwich Time) Rising housing costs in many parts of the country are forcing independent schools to get creative in helping employees afford the local cost of living. The neighbors aren't always supportive. In ups
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Tips for Mitigating Damage from a Data Breach

(from CFO) As the costs associated with data breaches continue to grow, organizations must be vigilant in looking for ways to reduce their exposure. Two lessons that schools may want to consider.Destroy records of past c
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Overenrollment Debacle Spotlights What Not to Do

(from The Chronicle of Higher Education) Unpredictable yields are an unintended consequence of online applications, especially when far more accepted students enroll than a school can accommodate. A case study in how not