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What Are Knowledge Pillars? Knowledge pillars are key themes that help organize and deliver information within a learning system or organization. They serve as a framework that ties together content, learning experiences, and performance goals into a unified knowledge structure. Why are they important, though? Modern L&D has moved from simply creating content to thinking about entire systems. Instead of building separate courses, organizations now create connected learning networks. Knowledge pillars help with this change by organizing content clearly. This makes it easier to understand, remember, and apply skills quickly. These also align with the pillars of knowledge management, ensuring…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Our public education system rests on a foundation of civil rights protections. Public schools exist to serve every child. They are legally required to accept all students and provide the services they need, regardless of their race or ethnicity, disability status, language needs, sexual orientation or academic performance.  This obligation is the heart of equal opportunity in our country — and private school vouchers were built to bypass it. Vouchers trace back to a time when states fought federally mandated school desegregation. Funded by billionaire…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A 2023 Arkansas law improved teacher retention after boosting teachers’ minimum annual salaries from $36,000 to $50,000 and ensuring at least a $2,000 raise for teachers statewide, a University of Arkansas study found. The average raise spurred by the LEARNS Act was $4,246, while 1 in 4 teachers received over $5,940, the study said. And the larger the raise, the less likely teachers were to leave the Arkansas public education workforce.  At the same time, the researchers warned that the…

Reginé Bumper ’19 has been honored as one of George Mason University’s 40 Under 40 Black Alumni for her growing impact in public health and community advancement. A social science analyst at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Bumper contributes to national efforts that strengthen behavioral health programs and support communities affected by substance use and mental illness. A 2019 graduate of Shenandoah University with a Bachelor of Science in exercise science and a 2021 graduate of George Mason University with a Master of Public Health (global health concentration), Bumper continues to build a career grounded in…

Kentucky lawmakers have finalized budget legislation that largely restores higher ed funding. Gwengoat/iStock/Getty Images Plus The Kentucky General Assembly has largely walked back the millions of dollars in public higher ed budget cuts it previously supported, The Lexington Herald Leader reported. The newspaper wrote that the Republican-controlled Legislature had earlier passed budget legislation, House Bill 500, which would have reduced general funds for universities and for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System by about 2 percent next fiscal year and 3.7 percent the year after that. But the final version—which lawmakers passed last week after overriding some of Democratic governor Andy…

The killing last fall of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who founded the campus-focused group Turning Point USA, continues to echo in politics, triggering sometimes-heated debates over his legacy. Conservative lawmakers in some states have filed higher ed–related bills named in honor of Kirk, who was shot to death Sept. 10 while speaking on Utah Valley University’s campus. Tennessee’s GOP-controlled General Assembly passed one last week that specifically protects the speech of invited campus speakers, and it now just needs Republican governor Bill Lee’s signature to become law. Republican state Rep. Gino Bulso told Inside Higher Ed he filed the…

Shift From Content Creation To Capability Building The skills gap in the workforce is no longer a future problem. A growing number of organizations lack the talent capacity to execute on their priorities. Only 5% of Canadian hiring managers say they have both the headcount and the skilled talent required to deliver on high-priority projects. The same survey of 1500 hiring managers found that 57% report skills gaps within their teams, and 58% say those gaps have worsened over the past year. More than half say finding qualified talent has become more difficult, with AI contributing to the challenge by…

Colleges originally had two years to implement the new rule. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | ojoel/iStock/Getty Images Citing heavy administrative burdens for institutions, the government is giving colleges, universities and other public entities another year to comply with new federal accessibility guidelines designed to reduce the hurdles students with disabilities face in accessing increasingly complex information on web pages and mobile apps. The Department of Justice “overestimated the capabilities (whether staffing or technology) of covered entities to comply with the rule in the time frames provided,” the department wrote in an interim final rule published to the…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter While education choice advocates have fought, and reconciled, over the concept and implementation of what is now the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit for almost a decade, the policy — which enshrines in the federal tax code a $1,700 tax credit to individuals contributing to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) starting Jan. 1, 2027 — is new to many state politicos and education policy advocates. As momentum for participating in the program (which in most cases requires governors to opt their states in) grows, Democratic governors in…

Twas the night before your presentation and all thorugh the house, not an idea or concept was brewing … so what do you do? If you”ve ever stared at a blank Google Slides deck the night before a professional development session, you know the feeling. You have a clear vision for what you want coaches and teachers to walk away understanding — but translating that vision into a polished, engaging slide deck takes time. A lot of time. Today I want to walk you through how instructional coaches — and the teachers they support — can use Gemini to generate…