Whether colleges and universities should consider race or ethnicity as part of the admissions process has been widely debated in higher education for decades.The US Supreme Court justices originally heard these challenges to race-conscious admissions in October in two cases: Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. The lawsuits argued that admissions policies taking race into consideration discriminate against Asian American applicants and, in the case of UNC, also white students.Experts say the June 29 ruling will have far-reaching implications for diversity on college…
[1/3]Students walk through the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US, September 20, 2018. Picture taken on September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File PhotoJune 29 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious policies in college admissions, ending decades of precedent that had allowed schools nationwide to use such programs to increase the diversity of their student bodies.
Here is an explanation of the policies commonly known as affirmative action, their history and the possible consequences of the court’s decision.
WHAT IS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION?
In the context of higher education, affirmative…
Brian Kisida
June 20, 2023Contact: Eric Stann, 573-882-3346, [email protected]
Growing up, Brian Kisida always enjoyed going to school. He especially enjoyed the broad spectrum of subjects he was able to explore, including the arts. Now, as an assistant professor in the Truman School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri, he is researching the relationship between arts education and student success.
Over the years, Kisida, an expert on education policy, has seen the culture of education shift dramatically.
“I saw the impact that the culture-obsessed test had on schooling, students’ mental health and enjoyment of learning,” Kisida…
Successful people know exactly how they got there. They are the goal-setters and dream-chasers of the world. Now imagine how much more they could accomplish if they started their vision to succeed at a young age! That’s why teachers should challenge students to dream big. And it all starts with a vision board.
What is a Vision Board?
Have you ever heard of the phrase, out of sight, out of mind?
Well, the vision board keeps dreams in sight. It displays the student’s goals in life made out of symbols, words, and images. It can either be their dream career,…
In the silence of the night, when the moonlight enveloped the world outside my bedroom, and everyone else slept warmly under their quilts, questions about the world pressed on my mind. Like the cold breeze that found its way through the cracks in our living room window despite the heavy curtains being drawn failed to stop it, my active mind stopped asking questions about the difference between the “truth” my culture offered me and the reality that contradicted it from seeing in.
I don’t know when I first felt it, but this fog of unanswered questions about things I’d witnessed…
SGI is making some noise about their work in defining how loud is too loud for vehicles in Saskatchewan.
Previously, no exact definition was set for when a vehicle was too loud, with drivers and enforcement officers having to guess.
This applies to all light vehicles such as passenger cars, pickup trucks, minivans, SUVs and motorcycles.
Now, with the new definition, SGI Spokesperson Tyler McMurchy is hoping the new information helps people to keep the streets quiet.
“The standard of 101.3 decibels was based on research conducted by SGI on federally compliant vehicles. I believe they went to a dealership…
“Students can’t learn in an absence of feedback,” Pellegrino said. “It’s not just assessing, but providing feedback that’s actionable on the part of students.”
HOW TO SUPPORT DEEPER LEARNING THROUGH POLICY
In order for deeper learning to become the norm rather than the exception, it has to be a priority for local, state, and national policy makers, said Linda Darling-Hammond, professor of education at Stanford and advocate for education reform. Common Core State Standards, which begin to push towards critical reasoning and problem solving and application of knowledge, are only being applied to math and literacy, he said. “What about…
This November California voters may assign our state courts some unwelcome homework: Politico’s California Playbook notes that several different education-right initiatives are circulating. All would add to our state constitution a right to “high-quality” public schools or education. That’s arguably useful because California’s constitutional right to education has never been defined to set a particular quality standard. But failing to define that standard for the courts will set them (and the policy) up for failure.
California’s constitution devotes all of Article IX to education, and the California Supreme Court has held since Serrano v. Priest I (1971) 5 Cal. 3d…