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BIOZONE’s High School Biology for Texas achieves Top Marks

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English Language Proficiency Standards ( ELPS ) are integrated throughout in a way that requires students to think critically, understand and learn new concepts, process complex academic material, and interact and communicate in English within the science classroom. Chapter introductions provide students with clear learning outcomes.

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Hobsons’ Higher Ed Business Split and Sold in Separate Deals Totaling $410M

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But it has been actively expanding its portfolio, purchasing nearly a dozen edtech companies over the past five years. Hobsons’ other major business line, Starfish, which provides advising, communication and “ nudges ” to support student engagement and retention at higher-ed institutions, will be sold to Washington, D.C.-based

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Quick Activities to Prepare and Maintain a Classroom of Care

Faculty Focus

Prompted by my own creativity-based journey of self-healing and self-care during the quarantine phase of the pandemic, I have developed four quick activities that can help professors set the tone of their course, build relationships early in the term, and encourage self-care during course meetings. Welcome surveys. Wellness check-in.

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Quick Activities to Prepare and Maintain a Classroom of Care

Faculty Focus

Prompted by my own creativity-based journey of self-healing and self-care during the quarantine phase of the pandemic, I have developed four quick activities that can help professors set the tone of their course, build relationships early in the term, and encourage self-care during course meetings. Welcome surveys. Wellness check-in.

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Closer to PowerSchool Breach Closure

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While the court filings indicate that a breach of a telecom provider was part of Lane’s activities, and ShinyHunters has been attributed as extorting AT&T previously, no connection between Lane and ShinyHunters is detailed in the documents. Thus far, his activities appear to have been individually orchestrated.

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From High School to Harvard, Students Urge for Clarity on Privacy Rights

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Earlier this month, ACLU’s Rhode Island chapter released a scathing report, “ High School Non-Confidential Report: How School-Loaned Computers May Be Peering Into Your Home ,” that blasted the lack of safeguards to protect students’ privacy. However, he also expressed reservations about schools monitoring students online. “I

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As Child Care Challenges Threaten the American Workforce, Business Leaders Call for Action

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Synchrony, for example, now offers 60 days of backup child care, up from 10 days of backup care prior to the pandemic, says Angie Hu, vice president of corporate communication and public relations. Virtual summer camp was also born out of pandemic, created in response to summer camp and child care center closures, Hu adds.