The Council of British International Schools conference took place from May 11-13 in London, welcoming heads, governors, proprietors and senior and middle leaders from schools around the world, as well as education businesses and suppliers. The conference was notably popular with newcomers this year, Margaret Garrard, COBIS CCO, shared with The PIE News. The conference theme was “Louder…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on May 15, 2024 at 9:54 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Coming up: On Thursday, May 16, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the…
When a smartphone, computer, router, GPS, or any of the connected devices we use in our day-to-day lives malfunctions, there are frustrations. Maybe some family photos are lost or that time spent preparing an important presentation is squandered. Headaches, certainly, but usually minor ones. But when a patient goes under the scalpel in an operating…
Published: 5/15/2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes In a world where Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping many areas of education, a groundbreaking concept called BloomAI is emerging at the crossroads of AI and literature research. My journey with BloomAI began in the classroom. My students were experimenting with using GenAI to perform academic research. There…
Petitions of the week By Kalvis Golde on May 15, 2024 at 9:15 am The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In the 1990s, a federal district court in Guam blocked a total ban…
* DOJ to Boeing, “look we can look the other way on a lot of crashes but we draw the line at… many, many more crashes.” [Law360] * A good recap of how disastrously bad Trump’s defense has been so far. [Politico] * Biglaw partner accused of acting as a mouthpiece for con artist pretending…
In early 2022, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy began an organization-wide grants change management review. The goal was to become better grantmakers by completing a review of our practices, processes and forms. We incorporated learnings and feedback from grantee partners. We also ensured that we reflected industry best practices for funders and our own organizational…
Here we review some of the key takeaways from the Migration Advisory Committee review into the Graduate Route. 1. The outcome couldn’t be clearer: the Graduate Route should remain MAC: “After reviewing the evidence, our conclusion is clear. The Graduate route has broadly achieved, and continues to achieve, the objectives set by this government. We…
On the same day as the Migration Advisory Committee has published the findings of its review into the UK Graduate Route, the Home Office released data analysing the journey of those using it. The data reveals details of those entering and leaving the route – which was introduced in July 2021 – including where they…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Private nonprofit colleges discounted tuition more in the 2023-24 academic year than ever before, rising to an average rate of 56.1% for first-time, full-time students, according to preliminary estimates from the National Association of College…