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In the current climate, one might question whether academic accommodations are the most urgent avenue for discourse. Yet a pattern of uncontested opinion pieces in spaces like The Atlantic (the newly published “Accommodation Nation”), The Chronicle of Higher Education (“Are Colleges Getting Disability Accommodations All Wrong?), The Wall Street Journal (“Colleges Bend the Rules for More Students, Give Them Extra Help”) and, indeed, Inside Higher Ed itself (“How Accommodating Can (Should) I Be?”) speaks to the enduring cultural conflict around how the Americans With Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act are actualized in higher education. As members…

No-Code And Agentic AI Are Transforming Training In 2026 The year 2026 marks a turning point in how organizations design, deliver, manage, and measure team training. What used to be a rigid, admin-heavy, content-upload-and-assign model has transformed into a dynamic, intelligent, self-optimizing system powered by two forces: no-code development and agentic AI. For years, training leaders dreamed of platforms that could personalize learning at scale, update content instantly, detect skills gaps automatically, and deliver real-time support—all without waiting for IT backlogs or vendor updates. That future is no longer theoretical. It’s here. And it’s redefining modern team enablement. This article…

By Bill DeBaun, Andrew Schmitz & Ryan Reyna Amid growing calls for redefining the high school experience, there’s a critical missing link that is often overlooked: principals and assistant principals. Despite their influence over how time is used, which courses are offered, how teachers and counselors collaborate, and which business and college partners can engage with students, most school administrators simply aren’t trained, supported or held accountable for transforming their high schools.  Their preparation and evaluation focuses disproportionately on compliance and core academics, not on whether students graduate ready for what comes next. The result is a system that sidelines the very leaders who could drive…

It’s odd, but the remarkable resurgence of D.C. public schools over the last two decades could have been predicted from the 1992 Teach for America classes in Baltimore and Washington. Those classes included three players who would shape the future of District of Columbia schools: Michelle Rhee (future D.C. chancellor), Kaya Henderson (Rhee’s successor) and, perhaps most importantly, Susan Schaeffler, 55, who is retiring after 25 years as the founder of the KIPP DC Public Schools charter network. It was Schaeffler (pronounced SHEFF-ler) who proved with her 2001 launch of KIPP KEY Academy that hiring highly motivated and skilled teachers…

You are here: Home / Scholarships / 2026 In My Mother’s Name Scholarship (Deadline: April 11, 2026) December 15, 2025 By The FinancialAidFinder Scholarship Team Who Can Apply: This scholarship was created in honor of Charmaine Roberts, a beloved mother, affectionately called Patsy. She immigrated from Guyana and became a nurse as an adult learner. She loved being a nurse and would be pleased to help others reach their dream. The In My Mother’s Name Scholarship will support students of Caribbean descent who are passionate about pursuing a career in nursing. Any undergraduate or graduate student of Caribbean descent who…

The youngest movie­go­ers today do not, of course, remem­ber a time before visu­al effects could be cre­at­ed dig­i­tal­ly. What may give us more pause is that, at this point in cin­e­ma his­to­ry, most of their par­ents don’t remem­ber it either. Con­sid­er the fact that Steven Spiel­berg’s Juras­sic Park, with its once impos­si­bly real­is­tic (and still whol­ly pass­able) CGI dinosaurs, came out 32 years ago. That may put it, we must acknowl­edge, into the realm of the “clas­sic,” the kind of pic­ture whose enter­tain­ment val­ue holds up despite — or because of — the qual­i­ties that fix it in its time.…

The last time we caught up with Suzanne Dove in September of 2024, she was serving as the assistant vice president, strategy and innovation at Bentley University. This past May, Suzanne started a new role as Chief Education Solutions Officer in the Center for Academic Innovation (CAI) at the University of Michigan (U-M). Now, a few months in her new role, I thought this would be a good time to check in with Suzanne. Q1: Tell us about your new job. What does a Chief Education Solutions Office do? Where does your role fit in with CAI and U-M as…

Listen to the article 8 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback.   A long line of students wrapped around Texas A&M University’s academic plaza in early October to receive free training from Google employees on how to use the company’s artificial intelligence tools, such as its chatbot, Gemini, and its research assistant, NotebookLM.   That same day, about 400 faculty members huddled in a campus building for deeper training from Google on how they could use AI tools to improve teaching and learning in their classrooms and how to effectively and ethically help their students…

Beaverton School District Superintendent Gustavo Balderas says he’s not a micromanager. Instead, he provides staff with high-level guidance aligned with district goals and expectations. Then he gives them the flexibility to innovate and problem-solve. “The moment we have the right systems in place, I think there always has to be some level of flexibility,” Balderas says. “I think that’s the way education needs to run, where not every school looks the same, and so not every school needs exactly the same thing.” Leaders at the Oregon district credit this approach for systemwide successes in both academics and operations. From expanded…

Key points: A trending AI song went viral, but in my classroom, it did something even more powerful: it unlocked student voice. When teachers discuss AI in education, the conversation often focuses on risk: plagiarism, misinformation, or over-reliance on tools. But in my English Language Learners (ELL) classroom, a simple AI-generated song unexpectedly became the catalyst for one of the most joyful, culturally rich, and academically productive lessons of the year. It began with a trending headline about an AI-created song that topped a music chart metric. The story was interesting, but what truly captured my attention was its potential…