(from the Washington Post) Every state is dealing with shortages of teachers in key subject areas at the start of the 2017-18 academic year, according to data compiled by the U.S. Education Department. Subjects impacted
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(from the New York Times) Most public and private schools in Houston intended to start classes September 5, but officials say they can't predict when roads will be passable and buildings will be safe to re-enter. With Hu
(from the 74) Many Houston-area schools have opened their doors as emergency shelters for families displaced by Hurricane Harvey as the devastating storm continues to batter the city and other parts of the Gulf coast. So
(from Equities.com) Roughly eight types of risk could affect an organization at any time: strategic, compliance, financial, operational, environmental, employee, political and societal. To mitigate the exposure at your s
(from North Bay Business Journal) As the role of the chief financial officer continues to evolve, the most effective CFOs continue to add value beyond the traditional finance function and help deliver strong business res
(from EdSurge) Some 20,000 North American teachers get supplementary income from a company most U.S. schools have never heard of: VIPKID, a venture capital-financed company that is China's largest online English tutoring
(from the PBS Newshour) Alarmed by soaring student debt and rising default rates, some colleges and universities are charting new strategies for helping students manage education costs. In one novel approach, Purdue Univ
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(from the Washington Post) Growing numbers of schools are dropping football from their athletic rosters, impacted by factors ranging from concerns about concussions and other head injuries to shifting demographics to the
(from The Chronicle of Higher Education) How to get the lessons and insights of new-student orientation to sink in? College and university campuses are experimenting with new techniques and formats to safely acclimate ne
(from EdTech Magazine) Families with K-12 children are expected to spend $29.5 billion on back-to-school supplies before the school year starts, according to the National Retail Federation. Electronics — and laptop and t
(from Gallup.com) Independent schools are still winning the perception war, if by a narrowing margin. A new survey from the Gallup Organization finds that 71 percent of Americans believe that independent private K-12 sch
(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
(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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(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
