Category Education

Private Ed Compensation

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“The President earned nearly $23 million in 2021, her last full year as president of the University of Pennsylvania, according to federal tax filings.” — The Chronicle of Higher Education

Discrimination in education tech

According to Hechinger … “In education, Black and Hispanic students face inequities in schools every day, whether through disciplinary actions, course placement or culturally irrelevant content. Thoughtless expansion of tech tools into the classroom can exacerbate the discrimination Black and…

Education and inflation

“The chancellors of the University of California’s nine undergraduate campuses will each get raises under an action taken by the university’s board of regents. The board voted Thursday to approve spending a total of about $800,000 to give raises to…

Racial divide

“San Dieguito Union High School District Superintendent Cheryl James-Ward has apologized for remarks that stereotyped Asian students as high-achievers from high-income families. Citing data that showed Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese students getting fewer D and F grades than…

Covid and schools

A reader forwarded the following summary: “Schools [Germany] have been partially reopened for young children and those taking exams – and the 16 states are moving towards reopening pre-school centres and schools at their own pace” –BBC “Schools [Italy] will reopen 1…