The plane is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Trump said he would be “stupid” to turn it down, suggesting that it could be converted quickly to be ready for use as a presidential aircraft. But experts warn that no matter how luxurious the plane is, it would take years to rework it to meet the…
BOULDER, CO (March 18, 2025)— In this month’s episode of NEPC Talks Education, Christopher Saldaña discusses the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), educational measurement, and the federal role in education and assessment with Andrew Ho, the Charles William Elliott Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Ho, a psychometrician whose research…
How To Realize The Full Value Of Strategic Learning Investments In today’s corporate world, where companies are faced with the challenges of digital transformation, globalization, and talent retention, making an investment in the Learning and Development (L&D) department is something that is not optional but a must. In any case, as training budgets are skyrocketing,…
Teach Students To Think Irrationally by Terry Heick Formal learning is a humbling thing. As planners, designers, executors, and general caretakers of public and private education systems, we are tasked with the insurmountable: overcome a child’s natural tendency to play, rebel, and self-direct in hopes of providing them with a ‘good education.’ Reading, writing, arithmetic,…
On Thursday, over 10 grueling hours behind the barbed wire of the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, where Khalil is being held, his lawyers called on experts via videoconference to convince the judge to grant him asylum and set him free. Here’s the heart of their argument: The Trump administration’s false, they say, and public…
BOULDER, CO (March 25, 2025)—The role of standardized test scores in college admissions is evolving, with many institutions shifting away from the SAT and ACT. In their absence, high school GPA has become the primary indicator of college readiness, though it doesn’t account for course difficulty. A new Annenberg Institute report introduces “Transcript Strength,” a…
Promoting Interactive Learning In Podcasts With 5 Easy Steps Podcasts have become a staple in education, gaining popularity among eLearning developers and online learners. There are various reasons for that, but the ones that stand out the most are their low production cost for instructors and the flexibility they offer learners, allowing them to listen…
If correctly prepared for, a Socratic seminar can be a powerful catalyst for social learning. Many teachers we know have remarked that individual and collective insights and experiences from Socratic seminars are the moments that most impact students, the moments they remember most poignantly. Simply put, the Socratic method is an ongoing dialogue that uses…
Shortly after that, Trump threatened to put a 100% tariff on Barbie-maker Mattel after the company said it would raise prices on some toys due to tariffs. “He won’t sell one toy in the United States,” Trump said. Following all that, Target executives reiterated that the chain was working hard to offset “the vast majority” of the…
BOULDER, CO (April 8, 2025)—Scholars, advocates, and policymakers have long expressed the concern that many private schools receiving taxpayer subsidies through voucher programs would fail to serve children with disabilities. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, in collaboration with School Choice Wisconsin, recent published a report challenging those concerns. In their review of Thousands…