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Instructional Violence Must End: Keeping the Legacy of A. Wade Boykin Alive

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ford and hearts as they seek to provide Black students with rigorous and relevant instructional styles and strategies. I consider Dr. Boykin the father of multicultural instruction culturally responsive teaching styles and strategies. Boykin the father of multicultural instruction culturally responsive teaching styles and strategies.

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Over 100 Organizations Urge Congress to Reverse Federal Education Grant Cancellations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The affected programs specifically addressed critical shortage areas including science, mathematics, career and technical education, early childhood education, special education, and instruction for English language learners. Michigan lost TQP grants focused on addressing teacher shortages and improving literacy instruction.

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New Report Highlights Hidden Costs and Privacy Risks of Digital Courseware for Higher Education Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, while students in higher education are required to use and pay for digital instructional tools, they lack the data privacy protections provided to K-12 students. The report notes that federal privacy laws like FERPA have not kept pace with technology, leaving postsecondary students vulnerable.

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A Hope Built on Things Eternal: A Scholar’s Vision for Black Education - Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After completing his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction in 2016, Henry joined the faculty at the University of Arizona, where his understanding of race in America was enriched by exposure to border state dynamics and the intersection of Black, Indigenous, and Mexican communities. Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D.,

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

This session, featuring industry visionary Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape, explores practical ways for educators and instructional designers to impart these essential tactics onto students and trainees through manageable tweaks to curriculum, assessment, and technology.

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Number of HBCU Registered Apprenticeships Surging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The HBCU Registered Apprenticeship Toolkit, authored by Dr. Marybeth Gasman and Alice Ginsberg, provides a comprehensive guide for HBCUs looking to launch federally recognized apprenticeship programs that combine classroom instruction with paid work experience.

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New SREB Report Advocates for Accessible and High-Quality Pathways to Attract and Retain Teachers in the Classroom

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Leadership is able to do far more things for the school because they have this instructional leadership team built in with these teacher leaders.” “We see a lot of research that in schools where they are moving toward models like this, student learning is increasing. Retention of teachers is increasing.