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Reducing Out-of-District Placement: A Guide for Educators 

Thrive Alliance Group

Is your school district spending a fortune on out-of-district placement? Administrators may feel like there’s no alternative for students with physical and emotional disabilities. In many parts of the country, the cost of tuition plus transportation is $150,000+ per student.

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Black Students Less Likely Identified for Special Ed When They Have Black Teachers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That can be problematic, to the extent that both of those placements are kind of associated with longer-term student trajectories.” And so, to not find that for the gifted placement was super interesting to me." In the beginning when we started this work, I had that hypothesis.

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If We Could Administer a Lie Detector Test or Truth Serum to Educators Working With Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our hopes and concerns also pertain to school counselors, mental health providers, and administrators; they are also predominantly white. We are not aware of the specific race-related questions teachers, school, counselors, mental health providers, and administrators ask of applicants during the interview and hiring process and protocol.

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College Board to Release Updated African American Studies AP Course Plans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College Board will release an updated version of its African American studies Advanced Placement course Feb. Ron DeSantis’s administration blocking initial pilot program plans in Florida high schools. 1, The Hill reported. This comes amid Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis College Board did not attribute the revisions to Florida’s rejection.

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Judge Orders North Idaho College to Reinstate NIC President Placed on Leave Without Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

North Idaho College (NIC) has been court-ordered to reinstate NIC President Dr. Nick Swayne, who was placed on administrative leave without cause late last year, The Spokesman-Review reported. But nothing in his contract indicates that he would be just an interim placement, the court found. His contract runs at least until Jun.

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In my mind, I want everyone to attend an HBCU if they can, but we also know that’s not the right placement for every student depending on where they’re from, and so basically, it’s our alternative to that,” he said, adding that he wants to replicate the HBCU experience for the students who enroll in the Honors College. “I’m

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Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips

EAB

Blogs Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips Health care administration programs are increasingly attractive to both students and employers. Here are four components of a successful health care administration program—and profiles of five institutions succeeding in this market.