‘We’re not turning anyone away’: How some districts are feeding students during coronavirus outbreak
Adilene Torres usually spends her days overseeing after-school programs in the central and eastern regions of the Los Angeles Unified...
Month: March 2020
UKCISA picks first cohort for international student ambassador program
Launched in 2019, the program aims to connect international students to an “exciting network” of emerging global talents and future...
Countries around the world halt student visa application services
A total of 8,742,068 immigrant and non-immigrant visas were issued by US foreign posts in 2019, of which 398,357 were...
COVID-19 is “decimating” ELICOS sector
Posting on the English Australia website, Brett Blacker explained that the association of English language schools had written directly to...
3 ways community colleges can support students during the coronavirus crisis
As the coronavirus pandemic grinds a growing number of industries to a halt, colleges nationwide are moving classes online and...
Higher ed groups press for federal support for coronavirus response
Dive Brief: Higher education organizations are lobbying the federal government to provide new money and regulatory flexibility to colleges in...
FCC waives E-rate gift rules as coronavirus closures highlight remote learning inequity
Dive Brief: The Federal Communications Commission this week announced a temporary waiver of E-rate program gift rules, allowing schools and...
DeVos would gain broad emergency ESSA waiver power under Senate coronavirus legislation
Dive Brief: Under The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, introduced Thursday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky),...
Ed Dept: Assessment waivers to be provided to states impacted by coronavirus
Dive Brief: U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced in a press release issued Friday that the Department of Education will...
International Baccalaureate May 2020 examinations will no longer be held
In a letter to sent schools and examiners on March 22, the IB said the examinations, which were originally scheduled...
