Los Angeles Police Department taught the Canadian way when it comes to using force
Kim Brunhuber, CBC News, 2015/04/09
What's interesting is not that the Los Angeles police are now using training methods employed by the RCMP, but rather, the manner in which training is now being conducted. More...
Bravery is Neither Created Nor Destroyed
Bud Hunt, Bud the Teacher, 2018/03/08
Nice post from Bud Hunt on his experiences during a student protest against guns. "It’s easy for me to forget, in the humdrum of spreadsheets and TPS reports and invoices and administrivia, that there are real fights to fight, and real struggles of the head and heart and hands that require my, and many others’ attention," he writes. More...
If Republicans and Democrats can agree on one priority for re-authorising the law governing higher education, it’s cutting down the lengthy application for federal student aid. Student advocacy groups hope that a student aid simplification push will include eliminating a question about drug convictions while receiving federal aid – and a corresponding section of federal law denying aid to students with such convictions, writes Andrew Kreighbaum for Inside Higher Ed. More...When thinking about how to revive economically lagging regions, especially in the Rust Belt, universities have an important role. Big, high-quality research universities have been essential for creating technology clusters in Austin, Raleigh and San Diego. But even small colleges in rural areas can have big benefits for the surrounding area, writes Noah Smith for Bloomberg. More...Nearly 50 college and university presidents are urging federal lawmakers to repeal the endowment tax that the Republican-controlled Congress passed last year, writes Deirdre Fernandes for The Boston Globe. More...By Bianca Quilantan, The Chronicle of Higher Education. In what amounts to a research moonshot, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) aims to "cut the burden of depression in half" by 2050 and to eliminate it by the end of the century. But before the university starts treating the world, it’s begun treating its own students. More...
Posted . Over the past two decades, strong growth combined with remarkable social progress has made Brazil one of the world’s leading economies. However, Brazil remains a highly unequal country, recent corruption allegations have revealed significant challenges in economic governance and the situation of its fiscal accounts is challenging with high and rising public debt (OECD, 2018). More...
Canadian Students' Access to and Use of Information and Communication Technology
Research on the responses of nearly 30,000 15-year old Canadian students showing that the vast majority of them (88%) have access to a computer at home. Some international comparisons are included in the report and the overall results suggest that universal access is nearly a reality. More...
McGraw Hill Wants $263,000 From State
This item raises so many issues I just had to run it, even though it doesn't deal directly with online learning (saving grace: the article does contain the word 'website'). In brief: because so many students were failing a standard exam, one slated to become a graduation requirement, a court ordered McGraw Hill to release the questions. More...
A Message from Secretary Paige?Strategic Plan, 2002-2007, Draft February 7, 2002
The United States Department of Education releases a strategic plan for the next five years based on six (vague) principles: create a culture of achievement; improve student achievement; develop safe schools and strong character; transform education into an evidence-based field; enhance the quality of and access to postsecondary and adult education; and establish management excellence. More...
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