(from University of Pennsylvania) The elementary and secondary teaching force has grown larger, older, less experienced, more female, more diverse, more consistent in academic ability, and more unstable, according to a s

(from Nonprofit Quarterly) Former board member and treasurer of an Ohio youth baseball league has been charged with embezzling more than $180,000 from the league. The alleged perpetrator, a CPA, is said to have used the

(from Education Week) On-campus hostility toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students seems to be rising, after years of improvement. Overall, more than 80 percent of LGBTQ students were harassed or assaulted

(from CUPA-HR) The saying goes that with more than one person in a room, there's bound to be conflict. How to minimize squabbling, miscommunication and mistakes? Kim Kirkland, executive director of human resources at Ore

(from CFO) CFOs are increasingly concerned about the legacy they leave behind when they retire or change positions. A well-thought-out CFO succession plan ensures there is a bench of highly skilled finance leaders ready

(from ASCD) In the wake of last school year's school shootings, suggested prevention efforts have been numerous, including new security equipment and mental-health services, calls to arm teachers, bulletproof whiteboards

(from Harvard Business Review) A prevailing business assumption today is that more data is better, but data has limitations when organizations seek to uncover the motivations and rationale behind individual behaviors, sa

(from ICEF Monitor) With average annual growth of 9 percent over the last 20 years, the number of Chinese students abroad has more than doubled since 2010 alone with over 600,000 going overseas to study in 2017. The Beij

(from The Atlantic) Gunshot-detection systems are among the latest technologies being installed on K-12 school campuses, joining the likes of biometric scanners, body cameras and license-plate scanners aimed at preventin

(from Inside Higher Ed) Shiru cafés, opening this year near Ivy League and other universities, offer handmade coffee and tea drinks for free. In exchange, students show a university ID and share a small cache of personal

(from Forbes) To combat rising tuition, some colleges have "reset" or drastically lowered their tuition in the past few years. So far the move has had middling results. Only 27 percent of schools employing the strategy m

(from the Hechinger Report) Predominantly white colleges and universities have promised for years to improve the diversity of their teaching ranks, but they have made little progress in doing so. In the 10 years ending i

(from Inside Higher Ed) Two-thirds of U.S. high school counselors said their students believe that taking AP or International Baccalaureate courses is “essential” for college admissions, according to a recent study. And

(from the Los Angeles Times) California middle and high schools will soon be prohibited from starting classes before 8:30 a.m., a move intended to help students get more rest and better deal with stress in general. But s

(from Harvard EdCast) Rates of enrollment at private schools are declining, and — like public schools — those schools are becoming increasingly segregated by income, according to the latest research from Stanford and Har

(from CUPA-HR) School HR professionals can take these four steps to mitigate risk related to sexual misconduct and harassment on campus, according to Lynn Clements, formerly with the EEOC and current director of regulato

(from Schola Inbound Marketing) Millennials currently hold more purchasing power than any other generation, and understanding their outlooks and habits can help independent schools connect with them, according to a schoo

(from the Daily Mail) British independent schools are experiencing "huge demand" abroad. Eleven international British private schools have opened their doors in the last academic year, and a further 18 will open in the n

(from the Baltimore Sun) Many who attended independent schools in the 1980s say that the drinking and party culture described in the Ford-Kavanaugh hearings was familiar. However, it's likely that much has changed then,

(from Kaiser Health News) A Florida law passed in a rush following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, last year included a provision that students must now report treatment for any me