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Is there a 'better way' to handle campus sexual assault?

Is there a 'better way' to handle campus sexual assault?

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos may be using some compromise plans devised by outside groups as a model for balancing the rights of alleged victims and accused students.

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How one group is working to build a more diverse teaching force

How one group is working to build a more diverse teaching force

The Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity, a new organization, is working with minority-serving institutions to bring more color into the teaching ranks.
by Anya Kamenetz

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How to make every grade more like kindergarten

How to make every grade more like kindergarten

In his new book, MIT professor Mitchel Resnick lays out a vision for encouraging creative thinking, based on his research into what he calls Lifelong Kindergarten.
by Anya Kamenetz

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Schools seek to help immigrants amid mixed signals on DACA

Schools seek to help immigrants amid mixed signals on DACA

Nearly sixty college and university presidents sent a letter urging congressional leaders to make the program permanent out of "moral imperative and a national necessity."
by The Associated Press

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Harvard withdraws fellowship invitation to Chelsea Manning

Harvard withdraws fellowship invitation to Chelsea Manning

The Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School announced Wednesday that Manning would be one of its visiting fellows, but less than two days later, the school's dean withdrew the invitation.
by Doreen McCallister

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At St. Cloud State University, Harry Potter and the philosopher's class

At St. Cloud State University, Harry Potter and the philosopher's class

St. Cloud State University professor Carolyn Hartz is applying Aristotle's work on friendship to character relationships in J.K. Rowling's books about the boy wizard. The class discusses ethics, logic, love, the human soul and nature while examining the stories.
by The Associated Press

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In the age of screen time, is paper dead?

In the age of screen time, is paper dead?

What does the push for digital classrooms mean for that oldest and simplest of touch screens: a plain old sheet of paper?
by Steve Drummond

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