Dominican College of Blauvelt

CenterPoint | February 11, 2020

Effective instructional systems include a high-quality curriculum and an aligned set of classroom assessments to monitor ongoing progress. Now, schools that use EL Education have the option of having interim assessments that were built specifically for use with the high-quality curriculum. CenterPoint’s web-based, curriculum-aligned, K-8 interim assessments mirror the EL Education Language Arts curriculum scope and sequence and were designed to complement the existing embedded formative as...

Education Dive | July 27, 2020

The U.S. Department of Education has announced new details on how it will distribute a $350 million pot of federal coronavirus relief funds among colleges that didn’t initially receive a significant amount of aid.To get their share of the funding, some of the schools will need to submit information to the department about the financial stresses the virus has caused. The new reporting requirements follow criticism the department did not carefully allocate the money.This is the l...

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edX | February 06, 2023

Lehigh University, along with edX, an online learning platform from 2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU), recently announced that Lehigh is the newest member of the global edX partner network. With the new membership, Lehigh will join hundreds of leading institutions committed to growing access to the world's best education. In addition to being the latest member of edX, the university plans to launch its first MicroBachelors® program on edX.org. as a Professional Certificate program in data an...

Education Dive | July 14, 2020

A virtual learning team of six to eight teachers in California's Mountain View Whisman School District will produce online lessons for all subjects and grade levels for the coming school year in an effort to alleviate pressure in remote learning environments, District Administration reports.The district plans to run a hybrid schedule that includes both fully remote learning and part-time in-person instruction through an A/B schedule. Without the task of developing virtual lessons, teac...