The New York State Education Department (NYSED) Office of State Assessment is seeking proposals from highly qualified respondents with expertise in the development and administration of Statewide tests in both paper- and computer-based testing platforms.

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) Office of Student Support Services is seeking proposals for The New York State Center for School Health. The Center will work in collaboration with the New York State Education Department as a resource center to provide professional development and ongoing technical assistance to all school health personnel employed in all schools throughout the State (inclusive of both health and mental health personnel), and all school personnel involved in coordinating and/or delivering school health education.

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) Charter School Office (CSO) is seeking proposals to establish a charter school technical assistance resource provider (TARP) to work with charter schools across New York State.

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) Office of Career and Technical Education is seeking proposals from organizations to provide technical assistance and support services to secondary and postsecondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. The purpose of the NYS CTE TAC is to assist the NYSED in addressing the vision that all learners have access to high-quality CTE opportunities that are equitably and deliberately integrated at all educational levels to better prepare New York students for lifelong learning and career success.

NOTE: It is currently anticipated that the Niagara Wheatfield Central School District may be taking over the provision of transportation services for the Tuscarora Nation at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year. The services for this contract may be discontinued at any time during the contract term. The New York State Education Department (NYSED) is seeking bids for the transportation of certain Native American pupils from the Tuscarora Indian Reservation to and from public and nonpublic schools in the Niagara Wheatfield Central School District. The transportation to be provided must include but is not limited to regular school year home to school transportation, including late busing, as well as summer school transportation. Transportation will also be provided for children with disabilities and/or students with academic interventions who may require abbreviated school days.

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) is seeking bids for the transportation of certain Native American pupils from the Shinnecock Indian Reservation to and from the Tuckahoe Common School District and other schools as needed. The transportation to be provided must include but is not limited to the regular school year, including late busing, as well as summer school transportation. Transportation will also be provided for children with disabilities and/or academic interventions, which may require abbreviated school days.

The app lets adults limit what children can search for and prevent strangers from seeing activity.

White applicants are more likely to be offered PhD places than black students, according to BBC research.

The BBC can reveal a spike in the number of parents taking their children out of school.

Members of the EIS union are asked if they would consider a "safety strike protest" as Covid-related pupil absences hit a new high.

The University of Manchester says it has suspended security guards who stopped Zac Adan on campus.

Williamson seeks to end unfairness in university admissions by switching to offers based on real results.

WASHINGTON ? U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today the call for nominations for the Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award, which honors two K-12 educators for excellence in cybersecurity education. Now in its second year, the Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award is presented annually to one elementary educator and one secondary educator who instill in their students skills, knowledge, and passion for cybersecurity.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released the following statement on the new reading and mathematics results for 12th grade students on The Nation's Report Card:

WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Department of Education today released a new Parent and Family Digital Learning Guide, a resource to help parents and guardians understand how digital tools can provide tailored learning opportunities, engage students with course materials, encourage creative expression, and enrich the educational experience.

WASHINGTON ? U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today additional funding for the Federal Work Study (FWS) Experimental Sites, an initiative which expands earn-and-learn opportunities for students by removing barriers to off-campus jobs, allowing students to work more hours, and permitting institutions to pay students for work-based learning such as apprenticeships, externships, and clinical rotations.

WASHINGTON ? U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos unveiled a report today detailing the massive failure of many colleges and universities to disclose more than $6.5 billion in funding and resources from foreign sources including China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. Section 117 of the Higher Education Act requires institutions of higher education to transparently report foreign gifts and contracts, yet over the course of the last year, the Department has uncovered billions in unreported financial ties.

Thank you, Dr. Arnn, for that kind introduction, for your leadership here, and for your unparalleled commitment to the ?diffusion of sound learning.? That line from Hillsdale?s charter is, by itself, a noble charge. Put in the context of your founding, it becomes a higher calling. Your founders believed then?as we still do today?that education is the means by which we secure the God-given blessings of liberty.

Truly collaborative group work is complex and messy, so we have a few tips and tools to get students working interdependently.

A strategy teachers can use to turn parents into partners when discussing difficult situations involving their kids.

Giving students several seconds to think after asking a question?and up to two minutes for some questions?improves their learning.

Six tips for using the powerful discussion model with students who are still acquiring the target language.

Math trails help students explore, discover, enjoy, and celebrate math concepts and problems in real-world contexts.

An instructional coach shares how she and a fellow teacher embedded literacy lessons in his computer science class.

To combat the pandemic's impact, districts need smaller classes for the youngest kids, writes former U.S. Ed. Secretary Arne Duncan.

A county jail in North Carolina has launched a program to teach detained teen boys about the art of barbering.

Although it is not illegal to bring ammunition on school grounds, the teacher will face charges for improperly securing his guns at home.

Administrators at East Brunswick High School suspended both the Muslim student and her alleged attacker after the incident.

Students who transition from male to female, however, will not be automatically eligible to receive a degree from the institution.

If university officials agree, Georgetown would become one of the first major U.S. institutions to provide financial restitution for its role in slavery.

Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation to remove anti-LGBTQ language from the law.

Once again we are publishing a partial list of the BS/MD and BS/DO programs that our students were admitted to this past year. This is not a complete list because many of our students didn’t want their information listed even in an anonymous format. If there is a number after a particular program it reflects...Continue Reading >

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The latest edition of our book, BS/MD Programs, The Complete Guide, with updated programs, is now available. If you are interested in admissions to a BS/MD or BS/DO program, this book will help you understand what you need to do to be competitive for a BS/MD or BS/DO program. In addition, the appendix to the...Continue Reading >

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2020 Edition of BS/MD Programs, The Complete Guide, now available

Every year we get requests to post the BS/MD and BS/DO programs where our students have been accepted. These results are not complete because some students prefer not to have their admissions listed but it should give a representative sample of how our students did in the admissions process this year. These are the BS/MD...Continue Reading >

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By now we assume you?ve heard the news about perhaps one of the biggest college admissions scandals in recent memory. Trust us when we say that we are shocked and upset at this news. We like to think that we are working within a system where everyone plays fair but it is clear that simply...Continue Reading >

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Ethical Admissions Counseling

The latest edition of our book, BS/MD Programs, The Complete Guide, with updated programs, is now available. The link is to Barnes and Noble since Amazon is still showing it as not available. If you are interested in admissions to a BS/MD or BS/DO program, this book will help you understand what you need to...Continue Reading >

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Undergrad is a great time to try out new activities and discover what our passions are. During my time, I was involved in many activities. The most meaningful to me was my position as the President of the Young People?s Project. The Young People?s Project was a program where volunteers created a curriculum and games...Continue Reading >

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