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18 delicious books by chefs and food writers, from Anthony Bourdain to Padma Lakshmi

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Summary List Placement Memoirs may transport readers into the lives of incredible people, but food memoirs take us straight into their kitchens. Chefs and food writers weave their personal stories through memorable meals and sweat-laden shifts to bring readers life lessons and anecdotes that are easy to devour.  I chose these recommendations because they highlight […]

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The 23 best science fiction books, from classics like “Dune” to new hits like “Ready Player One”

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  Summary List Placement Science fiction books are set in worlds reminiscent of our own, each with their own speculative realities twisted by science and technology. The sci-fi genre has evolved to include an array of sub-genres that feature dystopias, aliens, time travel, apocalypses, and more. Many science fiction novels also use imaginative elements reminiscent […]

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Women are the majority in education, yet still find themselves overlooked for promotions and making less than their male peers

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Summary List Placement In schools, it’s not uncommon to look around any given staff meeting and find a plurality of women.  Education is one of the largest occupational fields in the country, with over 5.5 million Americans working as kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) teachers. Far-flung from the overwhelmingly male industries of software development, finance, […]

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If you’re too busy to read all the books on your list, Blinkist gives you short summaries you can read in 15 minutes — here’s how it works

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  Summary List Placement Realistically, you probably won’t get to reading all of the books and podcasts on your list right now — even the ones you know will likely improve your life by enriching your career, relationships, finances, mental health, and so on. But you don’t need to dedicate hours to a single book […]

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The Education Dept. insists you repay all your student loans but isn’t collecting about $1 billion owed by colleges, report finds

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Summary List Placement Once the payment pause on student loans lifts in October, the Education Department will resume efforts to collect student debt from 43 million borrowers across the country. But according to a new report, collection of debt held by higher education institutions — and owed to taxpayers — doesn’t appear to get similar […]

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Education Department Provides Nearly $4 Billion in Pandemic Relief Aid and Other Grants to Puerto Rico Department of Education as Secretary Cardona Visits the Commonwealth

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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today informed The Honorable Pedro Pierluisi, Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and The Honorable Eliezer Ramos, Interim Secretary of Education, that the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) now has full access to all federal education pandemic relief funds earmarked for the Commonwealth and other education program […]

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How to use your résumé to get into a top MBA program — with 2 examples from students at Wharton and Columbia

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Summary List Placement An MBA résumé isn’t the same thing as a traditional résumé. While a traditional résumé should be targeted at a recruiter or employer, an MBA résumé is directed at an admissions committee. “The résumé is the applicant’s key piece of marketing material,” Natalie Grinblatt Epstein, currently a senior admissions consultant for Accepted […]

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25 entertaining audiobooks narrated by celebrities, from Meryl Streep to Tom Hanks

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 Summary List Placement Audiobooks bring stories to life with animated narration by emphasizing dialogue, playing up humor, or adding tension to suspenseful scenes. While usually narrated by professional voice actors, celebrities have taken to audiobook narration in the past few years by voicing new releases and retelling old classics.  In our list of celeb-voiced audiobooks, […]

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Secretary Cardona: Title IX the ‘Strongest Tool’ in Protecting Educational Opportunities Free from Sex Discrimination

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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today issued the following statement in recognition of the 49th anniversary of the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, commonly known as “Title IX.” details ⇒ BusinessMediaguide.Com portal received this content from this noted web source: Website of U.S. Department of Education

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ICYMI: U.S. Department of Education Prioritizes Advancing Equity in First Installment of Equity Summit Series

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Today, the U.S. Department of Education held the first installment of its Equity Summit Series, “Building Equitable Learning Environments in Our Schools.” The program featured First Lady Jill Biden, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten, leaders and educators from across the country, and student performances. During the summit, participants highlighted the Biden […]

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U.S. Department of Education Announces Full Agenda for Equity Summit Series

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Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced additional details about the first installment of its Equity Summit Series, to be held virtually on Tuesday, June 22nd. The program will feature welcome remarks prerecorded by First Lady Jill Biden, participation from U.S. details ⇒ BusinessMediaguide.Com portal received this content from this noted web source: Website […]

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4 graduates of Stanford Law on how they made their applications stand out and landed spots at the No. 2 program in the US

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Summary List Placement US News & World Report ranks Stanford Law School (SLS) second in the nation, making it a prime target for aspiring attorneys. If you’re applying to this Palo Alto-based graduate school, then you’ll need more than the standard application advice to turn heads. After all, less than 10% of applicants are accepted […]

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8 common mistakes that keep applicants from getting into business school, according to a Kellogg admissions director and an MBA consultant

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Summary List Placement You could be the most qualified candidate in a sea of business-school hopefuls — but if you flub critical parts of your application, you’ll most likely get tossed to the side. There are several predictable mistakes candidates make when applying to MBA programs. Kellogg School of Management‘s senior admissions director Renee Cherubin and […]

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The 19 best true crime books, from the investigation of the Golden State Killer to a Truman Capote classic

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  Summary List Placement True crime — nonfiction accounts of real crimes — is a quickly growing genre in nearly all forms of media, from podcasts to documentaries. Nonfiction true crime books in particular often offer more details that not only give readers information about notable crimes but can garner greater empathy for victims, shed […]

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Harvard Extension School is Harvard’s online school for career advancement — here’s everything you need to know before enrolling

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 Table of Contents: Masthead StickySummary List Placement If you’re looking to advance your career and need further education to do it, you’ve probably run into Harvard Extension School. It offers a wide range of graduate programs and certificates in such subjects as sustainability, creative writing, and back-end web development.  Like Harvard Divinity School, HES is […]

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Secretary Cardona Holds Virtual Roundtable with Early Childhood Stakeholders to Discuss Priorities for Early Learning

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Today, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona held a virtual roundtable conversation with a diverse group of early childhood stakeholders and leaders who bring perspective from the experiences of early educators, families, and communities during the public health emergency. Today’s conversation will help inform the Department’s early learning priorities. Topics that the early childhood stakeholders discussed included the early educator workforce, childcare and pre-K, early intervention and early childhood special education […]

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U.S. Department of Education Confirms Title IX Protects Students from Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights today issued a Notice of Interpretationexplaining that it will enforce Title IX’s prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex to include: (1) discrimination based on sexual orientation; and (2) discrimination based on gender identity. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination on the […]

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A possible cyberattack forced a Massachusetts college to shut down its campus and cancel classes

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Summary List Placement A possible cyberattack at The University of Massachusetts Lowell forced school officials to close the campus and cancel classes. According to WCVB, officials at the state school first discovered the possible cyberattack on Tuesday, causing them to cancel classes Wednesday. “UMass Lowell continues to retain control over its IT infrastructure and is […]

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Department of Education Announces Approval of New Categories of Borrower Defense Claims Totaling $500 Million in Loan Relief to 18,000 Borrowers

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The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced today the approval of 18,000 borrower defense to repayment (borrower defense) claims for individuals who attended ITT Technical Institute (ITT). These borrowers will receive 100 percent loan discharges, resulting in approximately $500 million in relief. This brings total loan cancellation under borrower defense by the Biden-Harris Administration to […]

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FutureLearn is an online learning platform with over 1,000 courses from top schools and organizations — here are 14 popular free classes

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  Summary List Placement Online education, especially massive open online courses (MOOCs), is a great way to try out classes before pursuing a degree, affordably advance your career, or just relax in a way that’s more engaging than a passive Netflix binge. Like e-learning platforms edX and Coursera, FutureLearn, a UK-based e-learning platform, offers over […]

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How to get into Washington University’s Olin Business School, ranked the No. 1 best MBA program for aspiring entrepreneurs

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Summary List Placement Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis clinched the No. 1 spot in Poets & Quants’ 2021 ranking of the best MBA entrepreneurship programs — its second year in a row claiming the honor and beating out top MBA programs like Stanford, Harvard, and the University of Michigan’s Ross School […]

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U.S. Department of Education Posts State Plans for Use of American Rescue Plan Funds to Support Students and the Safe and Sustained Reopening of Schools

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Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) posted 28 plans submitted by State Education Agencies (SEAs) describing how states plan to use American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds to support schools, students and educators. details ⇒ BusinessMediaguide.Com portal received this content from this noted web source: Website of U.S. […]

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California’s top education official helped an exclusive private boarding school in China aimed at getting the children of elite families into American universities

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Summary List Placement An Insider investigation has found that some of California’s highest-ranking education officials and leading public universities worked closely with a businessman named Steven Ma to help set up an exclusive private boarding school in Qingdao, China, called Pegasus California School. The school, which cost roughly $34,ooo per year, purported to be a […]

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20 perfect gifts for people who love learning new things, from Anthony Bourdain’s travel book to a 3-month MasterClass subscription

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  Summary List Placement Shopping for gifts is easy when you know someone has a penchant for puns or desperately needs a new suitcase. It’s a little more challenging when the recipient is generally less into material goods and seems more thrilled by educational gifts like books or experiential presents like classes. Luckily, there are […]

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11 free online courses you can take from the University of Washington, one of the top 10 schools in the world

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  Summary List Placement The University of Washington, ranked the 8th best school in the world according to US News, offers free courses online.  Like other top schools in the world — including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, and Cornell — UWash has made a handful of massive open online courses (MOOCs) […]

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How an accused “huckster” and California’s education czar sold America’s public school system — and an inside track to the University of California — to the Chinese elite

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Forty-five miles east of Irvine, and 12 miles from Val Verde Unified, UC Riverside also forged close ties with the Chinese high school. The university is ranked 88th in the US, according to US News and World Report, ahead of UC campuses like UC Santa Cruz and UC Merced, but behind UCLA, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, […]

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21 amazing books starring transgender and non-binary characters

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  Summary List Placement Representation in literature is important: books are an insight into understanding the lives, experiences, and emotions of others. Novels that embrace and celebrate differences in gender help us better understand ourselves and each other. And while literature has only recently expanded to include more non-binary and transgender characters, these new stories […]

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Children as young as 5 years old are being handcuffed and removed from New York’s schools by the police

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Summary List Placement The number of police interventions in New York City public schools has risen with Black students and students with severe disabilities disproportionally removed from classrooms, a new report has uncovered. The report, which was published this week by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), an education nonprofit organization, analyzed 12,000 incidents […]