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NYC schools Chancellor David Banks outlines fixes for ‘broken’ education department
Chancellor David Banks takes questions from the press after giving a speech at Tweed Courthouse, the education department’s downtown Manhattan headquarters, laying out his vision for New York City Schools. | Christina Veiga / Chalkbeat In his first major policy speech to education department brass, New York City schools Chancellor David Banks offered sharp criticism…
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Cannabis Conference Announces 2022 Education Program – Cannabis Business Times
New York is now allowing hemp farmers and processors to apply for conditional licenses to cultivate, manufacture, and distribute cannabis for the state’s adult-use market. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed New York’s adult-use cannabis legalization bill into law in March 2021, but throughout the rest of his time in office, he made little headway to…
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Black woman says Delta moved her to back of plane for white flyers
A black woman has accused Delta Air Lines of discrimination after a flight attendant allegedly asked her to move to the back of a plane to make room for two white women. Camille Henderson said she was sitting near row 15 window during a Feb. 3 flight from Atlanta to San Francisco when the women,…
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Flashback: Biden was against black female SCOTUS justices before he was for them
WASHINGTON, DC- Remember when Joe Biden said the Senate filibuster was a throwback to the Jim Crow era? How about when then-Senator Joe Biden used the filibuster against a black female judicial nominee put up by President George W. Bush? Guess it’s all a matter of what the agenda is. According to KPRC, Bush nominated…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘We ended racism… but now it’s back in the form of education’
“And I thought, oh my God, yes, what if I got naked or almost naked on top of it?” Stogner said. “This will be hilarious. Just for our own fun. I didn’t have any grand schemes with it. But fuck it, this will be fun.” In February, the video turned into a now-viral campaign ad…
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Oprah Winfrey Reveals The Cast Of “The Color Purple” | Bossip
Earlier this week, fans of Taraji P. Henson rejoiced when news broke that the actress would be portraying the iconic sassy blues singer Shug Avery in Blitz Bazawule’s forthcoming film adaptation of The Color Purple. Source: Leon Bennett / Getty Now the rest of the star-studded cast of the film which will be a musical…
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SAS makes $3.3M gift to Clemson University to aid in education and research
This gift extends the powerful partnership between the University and SAS Big data propels the modern world. Thanks to the generosity of analytics leader SAS, Clemson students, faculty and approved staff can harness the power of big data with SAS® software to create meaningful change. SAS has gifted Clemson $3.3 million in licensing for teaching…
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How K-12 book bans affect higher education
Culture war battles have long been fought in colleges and K-12 schools alike, with ideological opponents clashing over free speech, academic freedom and even the politics of fried chicken chains. But a renewed battle over books has some in higher education worried about students’ college readiness as school boards across the U.S. remove challenging texts…
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Students prepared for college during COVID-19, but with gaps | Inside Higher Ed
Survey of those who graduated from high school in 2021 and took the ACT finds students did prepare for college, but they had to do so in different ways. This content was originally published here.
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Why everyone in higher education is a ‘data person’
“Data” is a four-letter word in some quarters of higher education, even as many people call for colleges and universities to get better at using data and analytics to support institutional decision making. Plenty of academics equate discussions about data with an overemphasis on efficiency or productivity or accountability, and many worry that college leaders…