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New College of Florida recruiting tactic raises questions

[ad_1] New College of Florida interim president Richard Corcoran offered $5,000 bonuses to staff members who hit an enrollment target of 300 new students, according to The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, raising questions about whether the move violated federal law. “High achievement deserves a reward, and increased pay will be implemented to recognize the diligent work of …

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UNC board changes admissions, hiring policies on race

[ad_1] UNC Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees voted to eliminate all consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions, and extended it to hiring, after losing the Supreme Court case on affirmative action. Eros Hoagland/Getty Images The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees voted Thursday to prohibit the institution from considering race, …

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Time for a reset

[ad_1] It’s a time of major changes in my world, including here. I’m going to be stepping away from the blog for a couple of months. After that, if the blog returns, it will be under a different name and frequency. Given the new role, it would feel dishonest to keep identifying as a community …

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Black fraternity moves convention out of Florida

[ad_1] Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest historically Black college fraternity in the country, is moving a planned 2025 convention out of Florida because of the “harmful, racist and insensitive” policies of Governor Ron DeSantis, the Associated Press reported. The general president of the fraternity, Willis Lonzer, said in a statement that the decision was driven …

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Apple says it’s aware of a bug that may affect Screen Time restrictions for kids | Engadget

[ad_1] Apple has promised to fix a bug in iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices that may affect Screen Time restrictions for kids, The Wall Street Journal has reported. It affects a function called Downtime that allows parents to remotely set hours when kids can’t use their devices.  “We are aware that some users may …

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32 Characteristics Of High-Performing Classrooms

[ad_1] by Terry Heick This post was originally written in 2013 Instructional design is the strategic creation of learning experiences through planning, sequencing, and data-based revision of learning. This process includes both the ways content is accessed and the learning needs and objectives (and how they are determined) themselves. This puts instructional strategies, literacy strategies, …

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