Posts Tagged by Education
Former State Teacher Of The Year Kneels During Anthem At Game Attended By Trump
| 01/18/2020 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Kelly D. Holstine of Minnesota said she knelt during the football game to “stand up for marginalized and oppressed people.” read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Trump Thrills Base With Moves To Protect School Prayer, Funding For Religious Groups
| 01/17/2020 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The White House announced it is strengthening protections for prayer in public schools and protecting the flow of federal funds to religious organizations. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
This Harvard-educated, NASA-qualified, Navy SEAL gives his kids this simple advice every day
| 01/16/2020 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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US Navy Lt. Jonny Kim, a Navy SEAL and Harvard-trained physician, graduated from NASA training and became an internet celebrity. Kim said he first knew of the internet jokes after his friends and members of his Navy platoon sent him the memes. Kim said none […]
The Tiny Education Program That Could Transform American Schools
| 01/16/2020 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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A Montana education program at the center of a Supreme Court case was filled with anti-LGBTQ schools. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Kentucky Bills Seek To Ban Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’ For Minors
| 01/16/2020 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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LGBTQ rights advocates are hoping to make it the 20th U.S. state to end the medically denounced practice. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
I signed up for an Italki account to see why it’s a leading platform for online language learning — here’s how it works
| 01/15/2020 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The process of learning and mastering a new language is a winding journey that isn’t only about memorizing proper spelling, pronunciation, and grammar rules. Italki, an online platform for language learners around the world, adds the element of real human-taught lessons and interactions in order […]
Elizabeth Warren Says She Would Eliminate Student Debt On Day One Of Her Presidency
| 01/14/2020 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The Democratic candidate had released a plan to wipe out student debt for most borrowers. Now she’s saying how she would do it on her first day in office. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
How To Stop Boys From Becoming ‘Me Too’ Perpetrators
| 01/13/2020 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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A new study on teaching middle schoolers about sexual violence and dating abuse yields interesting clues. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Which education level has the highest return on investment? We ran the numbers
| 01/07/2020 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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People often argue about the value of a college degree, but the numbers prove that someone with a higher level of education will typically earn more than someone with less education. An associate’s degree has the highest ROI overall, though other degrees will earn you […]
These charts show how college students’ priorities for their future careers have changed over the last decade
| 12/31/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The things new entrants to the US labor force value have changed throughout the 2010s. Employer branding specialist firm Universum runs an annual survey of tens of thousands of college students, asking what they are looking for from their future employers. We looked at the […]
Newseum Reaches Its Final Deadline And Closes After 11 Years
| 12/31/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The Washington, D.C., museum dedicated to journalism will close its doors on Tuesday. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
New York City Education Official Facing Child Sex Crime Charges
| 12/31/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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David Hay was arrested at a Wisconsin airport after allegedly trying to arrange sex with an underage boy. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Unvaccinated Seattle Students Could Be Barred From School In The New Year
| 12/30/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Washington state has eliminated exemptions for the MMR vaccine on personal and philosophical grounds. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Former Navy SEAL Attending Yale Has Heart Melted By So-Called Snowflakes
| 12/27/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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James Hatch said he has not met one student at the Ivy League school who fits the derogatory description. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Andreessen Horowitz-backed Wonderschool is cutting 25% of its staff, and some employees say it’s a ‘desperate’ attempt to juice its business for investors
| 12/21/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Wonderschool, a startup that helps parents find day care, has laid off about 25% of its staff in a “desperate” attempt to cut costs and increase revenue, according to several employees who were recently let go. The Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup is downsizing at the same […]
He Was Fatally Stabbed At A College Party And Police Still Can’t Solve The Crime
| 12/18/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Family and friends wonder if race ― David Josiah Lawson was a Black student in a very white rural area ― has played a factor. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
These Berkeley PhD students and the co-founder of buzzy $6.2 billion Databricks are tackling the next really hard problem for big data programmers
| 12/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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On Wednesday, the startup Anyscale announced it raised $20.6 million in series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Anyscale was built from the open source project Ray, a distributed computing project that allows people to run large scale applications across many computers. Anyscale was started […]
2020 Candidates Vie For The Attention Of Powerful Teachers Unions
| 12/13/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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On Saturday, the unions will host a televised public education forum for Democratic candidates, culminating a rigorous endorsement process. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Here’s the salary breakdown for Yale’s MBA class of 2019, including the industries that are paying its grads the most
| 12/13/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Yale’s School of Management ranks 9th among US News & World Report’s national business school rankings, and 11th in the world according to The Financial Times. The total cost of attendance for a Yale SOM MBA student was $100,274 for the 2018-2019 school year, but […]
A Stanford dean told us exactly what she’s looking for in MBA applicants, and what they need to get in
| 12/12/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Stanford’s MBA program has an acceptance rate of 5.1%, making it one of the most selective programs in the US. Stanford GSB’s career management center head and assistant dean, Jamie Schein, told Business Insider what makes a successful Stanford applicant. Stanford MBAs are entrepreneurially minded, […]
Here’s the salary breakdown for Stanford’s class of 2019, including the industries that are paying its MBA grads the most
| 12/11/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Stanford’s Graduate School of Business 2019 employment report highlights starting salaries and trends in its most recent graduating class. Jamie Schein, Stanford GSB’s career management center head and assistant dean, said median and mean base salaries increased from last year by 6% and 5% respectively […]
A startup that’s modeled after Airbnb, Instacart, and Lyft and funded by one of their investors is taking its first leap to conquer the $59 billion day care industry
| 12/11/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Wonderschool, a startup that helps parents find day care, is expanding to four new markets next year. The company helps childcare providers fill capacity by listing their centers on its website and mobile app, letting prospective parents book tours, and posting reviews. Wonderschool has raised […]
Trump To Sign Order Aimed At Combating Anti-Semitism On College Campuses: Report
| 12/11/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The order, which has already sparked backlash online, will effectively interpret Judaism as a race or national identity, The New York Times reported. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Pete Buttigieg’s New Education Plan Takes Aim At School Segregation
| 12/07/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Last week, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said he “was slow to realize” that schools in his city still had a segregation problem. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
A free business development bootcamp backed by Ashton Kutcher accepts only 2.5% of applicants and boasts a 100% job placement rate. Its founders and students describe what it takes to get in and do well.
| 12/06/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Tuition-free SV Academy could be a game-changer for people at a career crossroads, especially immigrants and low-income students. The program prepares people for business development Representative roles at tech companies. Admissions into the three-month program is intensely competitive, with an average of 4,000 applications a […]
Bernie Sanders Fires Back At Pete Buttigieg’s Free College Critique
| 12/06/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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“I’m very glad that Mr. Buttigieg is worried that I have been too easy on upper-income people,” the 2020 presidential candidate joked. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Tufts University Removes Name Of OxyContin’s Sackler Family Over Opioid Epidemic
| 12/06/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The Boston area school said it would not return donations from the billionaire family. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Transgender Student’s Bathroom Fight Heads To Federal Court
| 12/05/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Drew Adams, now a student at the University of Central Florida, has said, “This really wasn’t an issue until the school board made it an issue.” read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Here’s the presentation Google gives employees on how to spot unconscious bias at work
| 12/05/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Google has a diversity issue, like most tech companies. Unconscious bias, which refers to the stereotypes that subconsciously exist in our minds, contributes to this problem. Here’s Google’s unconscious bias training presentation, which has been distributed to more than half of its staff. Click here […]
The 10 colleges that have produced the most Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees this year
| 12/05/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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On Tuesday, Forbes debuted their annual “30 Under 30″ list, honoring a total of 600 young “revolutionaries” (30 each from 20 industries). Along with the list, the publication also revealed which universities produced the most under-30 game-changers honored this year. Forbes found that Harvard and […]
Ayanna Pressley Wants To Stop The School-To-Prison Pipeline
| 12/05/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The congresswoman has a bill to combat the disproportionately punitive discipline of Black and brown students in school. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
The number of Americans training to become teachers has dropped by a third since 2010, and it’s creating a critical educator shortage that will affect every state
| 12/04/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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There are one-third less people enrolling in teacher training programs, which is part of the certification process to become an educator, according to data from the Center for American Progress. In some states, such as Michigan, Oklahoma, and Illinois, enrollment declined by more than 50%. […]
Buttigieg Campaign Calls Rival College Plans ‘Elitism’ But Doesn’t Offer Free Trade School
| 12/04/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The South Bend, Indiana, mayor would increase vocational school funding, but stops short of his progressive rivals. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Cory Booker Announces $100 Billion Plan To Support Historically Black Colleges
| 12/03/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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“I am here today because of the power of these institutions to uplift and bring about opportunity to Black Americans,” the 2020 presidential candidate said. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
What To Do When Your Son Is Obsessed With Pretend Guns
| 12/03/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Experts say trying to stop children’s gunplay isn’t necessarily the way to go. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Pete Buttigieg Says He ‘Was Slow To Realize’ South Bend Schools Were Segregated
| 12/02/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The Democratic 2020 hopeful noted that despite a decades-old legal agreement, integration wasn’t immediately successful in the Indiana city. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
The University of Miami just invested $3.7 million in a new campus-wide supercomputer, and it’s a case study in how higher education is changing in the age of big data
| 12/02/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Supercomputing involves connecting smaller computers to a larger processing network for more computing options and capabilities. The University of Miami partnered with IBM this year for a $3.7 million update to the supercomputer it’s had in place since 2008. The new system is eight to […]
A Harlem School That Former Students Say Is Run Like ‘A Cult’ Faces New Scrutiny
| 12/02/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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A HuffPost investigation has uncovered more disturbing allegations out of a New York City private school. Now, the New York City Department of Education says it’s investigating. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Teacher Fired After Criticizing Student Who Expressed Thanks For His 2 Dads
| 12/01/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The substitute teacher reportedly told the 11-year-old it was wrong for two men to live together. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Congress told 80,000 firefighters and teachers it would forgive their student loans. Over 10 years later, a tangle of mismanagement has kept them from receiving anything.
| 11/29/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The New York Times reported that the federal government has rejected more than 80,000 low-paid professionals from student debt forgiveness. More than 99% of applicants for loan forgiveness get rejected. Congress created the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to encourage graduates to go into low-paid […]
24 books Mark Zuckerberg thinks everyone should read to understand today’s world
| 11/29/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, says that he finds “reading books very intellectually fulfilling.” In 2015 he started a book club that he publicized on Facebook. Here are the books he selected that year, along with a more recent 2019 addition. Click here for more […]
The Scary Ways An All-Nighter Messes Your Body And Brain
| 11/27/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Experts share what’s going on physically and mentally when you experience sleep deprivation. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
The CEO of a nonprofit that’s awarded $180 million in fellowships to women MBA students explains how business school can help chip away at the glass ceiling
| 11/26/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Applications to top business schools are on the decline, but gender parity is going up. That’s according to Elissa Sangster, the CEO of Forté Foundation, a nonprofit centered on gender parity in business school. To date, Forté has awarded $180 million in fellowships to female […]
She Didn’t Know Her Autistic Son Could Be Tasered At School
| 11/26/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Rosie Phillips says she found her nonverbal son dazed and with Taser prongs still in his body. A HuffPost investigation shows that kids are getting Tasered at school around the country. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
17 Children’s Books That Teach Kids Gratitude
| 11/26/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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These stories feature messages of appreciation, generosity and giving thanks. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
