A meeting at the University of Sydney descended into “chaos” on Tuesday night after one student made an unprecedented personal donation of $50,000 to the student council, after being criticised for not doing enough in her elected job. Arts/law student Abbey Shi made the surprising announcement after she had been […]
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Air University assistant professors win ILA award for research on positive student feedback > Maxwell Air Force Base > Display
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Two Air University assistant professors received high honors for their research paper examining why students continually give remarkably positive feedback for one of the university’s courses. Dr. John Hinck and Dr. Steven Davis won the International Leadership Association’s 2020 SAGE Most Publishable Leadership Education […]
University student killed by stray bullet on 1st visit to New York City
A 20-year-old Indiana college student was struck and killed by a stray bullet on a trip to New York City, a place he had dreamed of visiting since seeing Spider-Man as a child, his parents said. © WABC Scene in Brooklyn, New York where an Indiana University student was killed […]
University of Utah settles with family of murdered student Lauren McCluskey and renames its violence prevention center in her honor
The University of Utah has settled two lawsuits with the parents of Lauren McCluskey, a 21-year-old student who was killed by an ex-boyfriend she had complained about to police more than 20 times. © University of Utahq Lauren McCluskey McCluskey’s body was found in the back seat of a car […]
Portland Public Schools socks away $20 million in reserves, rural teachers call in sick after student tests positive for COVID: The week in education
Portland Public Schools spent some $8 million to provide Chromebooks for all of its students in the spring and another $10 million on coronavirus-related expenses so far this school year. Still, the state’s largest district began this school year with more money than it anticipated through a mix of austerity […]
Highlighting Strategies for Student Success
Within five days of school closure in March, Pajaro Valley Unified in Watsonville successfully implemented distance learning that included distributing 15,000 Chromebooks and 1,000 hot spots so that all 20,000 students had a device. In this webinar, Supt. Michelle Rodriguez and Rolling Hills Middle School Principal Ivan Alcaraz speak to […]