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Solving the special education teacher deficit
Across the nation schools are trying to locate and hire qualified special education teachers. The open positions are abundant and many teachers are not equipped to ... -
Educators’ Choice Content Awards Announced
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) January 7, 2016 – Last year, SmartBrief readers were challenged to think outside the box by two original content pieces on learning with laughter ... -
US losing its dominance in global higher education market
Jason Lane, University at Albany, State University of New York The Conversation’s international teams are collaborating on a series of articles about the Globalisation of Higher ... -
Early-career researchers the missing link for STEM diversity
Maggie Hardy, The University of Queensland When high school physics teacher Moses Rifkin wrote a recent blog post on “Teaching Social Justice in the Physics Classroom,” ... -
He Named Me Malala: the ordinary life behind an extraordinary girl
Alison Macdonald, UCL Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban in 2012 for speaking out in support of girls’ education in Pakistan. Since then, based in ... -
Focus on college affordability obscures real problem: we’re overeducated
Nader Habibi, Brandeis University Since the cost of going to college is an important concern for a large segment of voters, the 2016 presidential candidates are ... -
HBCU students donate 5,000 books to prisoners
Perfectly timed for the season of giving, students at the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Grambling State University have started collecting books for a prison ... -
Diverse Conversations: Is a 4.0 at an HBCU the Same as a 4.0 at a PWI?
Historically black colleges and universities or HBCUs have an important tradition in the United States. It’s not necessarily a straightforward tradition, but it’s one we still ... -
Diversity in College Faculty Just as Important as Student Body
In order for colleges and universities to truly prepare students for the real world, these places of higher learning need to cultivate diverse populations. There is ... -
The Rachael Ray Show surprises Kindergarten teacher with Redcat Audio Systems
I just love a heartwarming holiday story – especially when teachers and students are the beneficiaries. Kindergarten teacher Heidi Solivan got an early Christmas present when ...