AFTER two long years of Covid-enforced absence, Buckie High’s annual prizegiving made a welcome return. Duxes Caitlin Carnegie, Calum Risk (third left) and George Wallace are praised on their achievements by BCHS business support officer Yvonne Taylor (left) and depute rectors Moira Taylor (second right) and Liz Bain. Picture: Angus Mclennan A year of achievement…
In a new compendium of academic analysis, researchers argue that despite decades of investment in ‘positive education’ – such as programs to teach children happiness and mindfulness – schools still lack a proper framework for cultivating pupil wellbeing. The critique appears in Wellbeing and Schooling, a book launched on 21 June. It compiles work by…
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Nic Webb, DNP, an associate professor and chair of the University of Central Missouri School of Nursing, has been named to a new cohort of higher education professionals across the nation who are participating in the 2022 Emerging Leaders Program (ELP). Webb, who travels to the nation’s capital June 15-17 to participate in the program,…
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SENCO Marie Beale from Whitefield Primary School, which won the Award for Primary Provision at the Nasen Awards, gives an insight into life in a school where supporting students with SEND is a priority CREDIT: This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on Headteacher Update The work of our amazing team…
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The Mentoring of Students and Igniting Community (MOSAIC) program at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health offers a new model to support the academic and professional development of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) and first-generation public health students . More broadly, MOSAIC aims to improve BIPOC success and sense of belonging…
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GLOBAL The growing internationalization of education and the global advancement of the knowledge economy has resulted in the emergence of a number of ‘education hubs’ in different regions of the world aimed at attracting foreign investment in education in the form of branch campsuses and other types of transnational education (TNE) arrangements capable of attracting…
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Georgina Moodie knows how difficult it can be to find the right school for a child with disability. Key points: The disability royal commission will this week look at the experiences of young people with disability across different school settings Nearly 90 per cent of children with disability attend mainstream schools Advocates say the mainstream…
WILMINGTON – The School Committee received presentations during their most recent meeting from Wilmington Middle School Principal Dr. Dr. Jeanette Quirk and Superintendent Glenn Brand on the principal entry plan and middle school program review recommendations. Brand began by explaining how they are viewing Quirk’s transition into the role of permanent principal as an opportunity…
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A school in Milton Keynes that has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted insists it “deserves” to be given the highest grading. Staff and trustees at Fairfields Primary School say the “disappointing” rating does not reflect the real picture. Ofsted inspected the school, found in the estate of the same name, in January 2022. Despite receiving…
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Nicole Geddis as Lely’s homecoming queen, with homecoming king Tyler Drake. When she reflects on her high school career, she sees herself cheering on the sidelines. Photos by Scott H. Shook When Marco Island’s Nicole Geddis reflects on her career at Lely High School, it’s the Friday Night Lights she remembers most. And that’s part…
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