(NEXSTAR) — In yet another blow to the Biden administration’s attempts to provide student debt relief to Americans, two federal judges have halted parts of an income-driven repayment plan set to take effect next week. Various benefits related to the SAVE Plan were set to take effect on Monday, July 1. That included cutting payments […]
Approval of first publicly funded religious charter school in US ruled unconstitutional
The approval of the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school was struck down as unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday. “The St. Isidore Contract violates state and federal law and is unconstitutional,” the court ruled. Oklahoma’s Charter School Board has been ordered to rescind the contract with St. Isidore of Seville Catholic […]
Students give schools B- grade
U.S. students from fifth to 12th grade have given their schools a B- grade for the second year in a row, according to the Gallup and Walton Family Foundation Student Report Card released Tuesday. That average grade results from 26 percent of students giving their school an A, 38 percent a B, and 36 […]
Teachers look to make AI more of an asset
Teachers are increasingly trying to turn artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to their advantage in the face of concerns over cheating and equity. A survey released this month from Imagine Learning found 50 percent of educators reported an increased use of AI in the last academic year, and, just days later, the American Federation of […]
Courts block parts of Biden student loan repayment plan
Two federal judges in Missouri and Kansas halted sections of a Biden administration initiative intended to lower student loan payments, raising questions for the millions of Americans impacted by the program. In Kansas, Judge Michael Crabtree ruled that the Department of Education can’t enact the full scope of the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) […]
Civil liberties groups file lawsuit against Louisiana Ten Commandments law
A coalition of civil liberties groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against Louisiana after its governor last week signed a bill requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom starting in 2025. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), its branch in Louisiana, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and […]
Measuring The Power Of Audio In eLearning
Have you ever wondered how to make your eLearning content more powerful? Audio is an amazing tool to help people learn and retain information more easily. Read on to learn how a voice-over can help. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
Louisiana kicks off national fight with Ten Commandments mandate
Louisiana has triggered a national controversy with a new law mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public classrooms. The law signed by the state’s GOP governor has been blasted by civil liberties groups, which argue it infringes on the rights of students and blatantly ignores the separation of church and state. The […]
Georgina Dopico appointed NYU’s next provost after 2 years as interim
Georgina Dopico was named NYU’s new provost on Tuesday after holding the position in an interim capacity for nearly two years, ending a seven-month international search for a new chief academic officer. “Given NYU’s academic momentum, the wonderful colleagues with whom I work, our presence in New York and across the globe, there is nowhere […]
Protesters gather outside NYU Langone hospital condemning termination of labor nurse
Around 100 protesters gathered outside NYU Langone Health’s Tisch Hospital on Friday afternoon to demand that the medical center formally apologize to labor nurse Hesen Jabr, who was terminated in late May after she spoke about the suffering of women during the war in Gaza in her acceptance speech for a compassionate care award. The […]