Education

BLM, UFT and other groups participate in a National Day of Resistance to protest for demands including no reopening of schools, police-free schools, and federal funds. New York, NY, August 3, 2020. Editorial credit: Ron Adar /…

Hillsdale College's Delp Hall, which houses many faculty offices, looking west towards campus. Photo credit: Brother Atticus, Wikipedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution, August 29, 2010. HILLSDALE, MI - When administrators at…

During the 2020 session, the Florida House passed a bill requiring public-sector workers to tell their employer proactively that they want to stay in a union, but it didn't advance in the Senate. Photo credit ShutterStock.com,…

President Joe Biden’s covid response proposes $130 billion to improve school safety, offers federal guidance for making schools safer and improves workplace protections to safeguard teachers and other workers from covid. Photo credit…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - With ongoing school closures, city and labor officials fighting reopening, reports of traumatic mental health challenges, and students falling further behind, data confirms what parents have been saying for months:…

Last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to set up what he said was a much needed “national commission to promote patriotic education” in the country. Trump announced the commission in a speech on September 17, 2020.…

Lumina Foundation created its Racial Justice and Equity Fund in 2017 following the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, to advance social justice initiatives, primarily focused on race relations on college campuses. Photo credit…

David D. Burns, M.D., Clinical Psychiatrist, Author of Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy which has sold six million copies, and his co-host, Doctor Rhonda Barovsky Clinical Social Worker, Therapist, LCSW, PsyD, on a recent Feeling Good…

Cornell’s vaccination policy offers exemptions to students based on both medical and religious grounds. However, a third option offers potential exemptions to students who identify as a Person of Color who may be emotionally impacted by…

A report from Unidos U.S. and the University of North Carolina finds an aversion to debt is the main reason for the completion gap between Latinos and students of other ethnic groups. Photo credit ShutterStock.com, licensed. …

NEW YORK, NY - According to CBSNews.com, citing studies conducted in the U.K., some children are displaying signs of emotional and developmental regression after months of strict restrictions means to stem the spread of the COVID-19…

Stetson University is helping ensure students feel safe on campus thanks to a $296,000, three-year grant from the United States Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. Photo credit: Box Lab / Shutterstock.com, licensed. …

Florida colleges and technical schools can access grants from CARES Act funds ranging from about $100,000 to $2 million to boost technical certification programs. Photo credit ShutterStock.com, licensed. TALLAHASSEE, FL - The state of…

In August, 2020, Dr. Huxtable-Mount opened her fourth center in Florida, located at 12280 Miramar Blvd. in Miramar, licensed to provide childcare services for 160 children. Her fifth center in Kendall, Miami, at 15600 Southwest…

High Visibility Enforcement Details are funded through a contract with the University of North Florida, in partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation’s focused initiative to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety. WEST…

Mizzou's historic columns, with Jesse Hall in the background, on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columia. Columbia, MO - October 10, 2019. Editorial credit: Kristopher Kettner / Shutterstock.com, licensed. WASHINGTON, D.C. -…

One in five Florida children struggles with hunger, and many families rely on school breakfasts, after-school snacks and summer meals. No Kid Hungry Florida has provided more than $1.7 million in grants to 38 schools and organizations.…

An important keystone for a child’s success and readiness for Kindergarten is also social-emotional development. Through this virtual program, students will be engaging with their fellow virtual students, in-person students, their teacher,…

The two-year award provides $130,000, including a $10,000 per year stipend for tuition to support education and research-related costs for a total of $150,000. Photo credit Shutterstock licensed. BAYSIDE, NY - The Tourette…

Almost all business owners have an attorney and an accountant they have worked with for years and with whom they feel comfortable working, but those people might lack experience in selling businesses, which could result in the seller…

Megan Messinger spends most of her days studying at her apartment in Los Angeles. She is in her fourth year at the Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, and calculates she has lost about 400 hours of patient time due…

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With schools preparing to reopen, Bethany Atkins, MD, pediatrician with Wolfson Children’s Hospital and president of the Northeast Florida Pediatric Society, says now is the time to get kids comfortable with wearing a mask. …

Yale University graduation ceremonies on Commencement Day on May 23, 2016. Yale is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut founded in 1701. The United States Department of Justice alleged Yale discriminates…

New York nurses warn that restarting in-person schooling could spark a resurgence of COVID-19 infections. Photo credit Shutterstock licensed. NEW YORK - Nurses are warning that reopening New York public schools for in-person classes…

Uncertainty about transmission is one factor that has led parents to keep their kids at home. Some 18% of U.S. child care centers and 9% of family child care homes remain closed in the wake of the pandemic, according to the National…

Some colleges and universities are allowing faculty members to request accommodations if they feel uncomfortable returning to the classroom. But adjunct professors, cognizant of the poor job market and sometimes working on…

Brooklyn college lawn and clock tower at daytime. Editorial credit: Creative Family / Shutterstock.com, licensed. BOCA RATON, FL - Brooklyn College (BC), once long ago, was the Ivy League school in NYC for first generation Americans,…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced K-12 schools will continue with distance learning for the rest of the school year due to COVID-19. Photo credit Shutterstock licensed. TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran…

Data science is a relatively new and emerging field that has evolved as companies seek to put the data they collect to good use. As concepts like big data and deep learning become increasingly important for businesses and across every…