5+ min ago (69+ words) The NCIA Vocational Training Program is free for participants to get the qualifications needed to advance in their careers. A graduate explains what the program meant for her. Search location by ZIP code NCIA Vocational Training Program: Graduate shares her experience The NCIA Vocational Training Program is free for participants to get the qualifications needed to advance in their careers. A graduate explains what the program meant for her....

13+ min ago (555+ words) A graduate assistant was removed from her position amid investigations into a contested discrimination report filed by a disgruntled student who repeatedly referenced the Bible in an essay response to an article about gender stereotypes " for a course taught by a transgender instructor. In her essay, which was supposed to cover "how people are perceived based on societal expectations of gender," University of Oklahoma student Samantha Fulnecky presented a Biblically-fueled tirade against the notion that there are multiple genders. The psychology course's professor, graduate student Mel Curth, who uses "she/they" pronouns, failed Fulnecky on the grounds that she neglected to address the prompt and relied more on "personal ideology" than "empirical evidence," according to a bombshell thread shared by the university's Turning Point USA chapter. In the essay, Fulnecky repeats ad nauseam that she doesn't take issue with gender…...

15+ min ago (476+ words) More Americans are wising up to the fact that higher education has become a raw deal for all too many young people. A new NBC News poll finds that a full 63% of voters believe a four-year college degree now isn't worth it, since many students graduate with "a large amount of debt" but no "specific job skills." That's up markedly from 2013, when a majority took the opposite view, as 53% called a degree "worth the cost because people have a better chance to get a good job and earn more money over their lifetime." That was the case for generations of Americans, who saw college as a key step to higher-paying jobs and a better life: "Upwardly mobile" was almost entirely synonymous with "college educated." But over the last few decades, the dynamic has shifted: Far too many college degrees guarantee…...

23+ min ago (808+ words) KUALA LUMPUR: Behind every success is a great support system, especially if someone is going through the rigorous process of earning a PhD. More so if they do not have the same capabilities as everyone else. Dr Noorilham Ismail, 35, who is visually impaired, said it was thanks to the help he got that he had managed to complete his PhD. While he could manage writing a big part of his thesis on his own, he said his wife, Zarifah Arsani, 31, helped him with the technical parts, including the footnotes and bibliography. She also followed him on his research trips to the United States of America (US) and the United Kingdom in 2023 to scour the archives there for information on his thesis. Noorilham had become visually impaired about eight years ago when a severe fever damaged his eyes. He was conferred…...

24+ min ago (958+ words) Melbourne's shift to higher density living is expected to put pressure on schools in the inner city, as well as the northern and western suburbs, as Victoria looks to find classroom space for an extra 100,000 children in the next decade. But a school in the city's inner west says chances are being missed to acquire land in the area to prepare for long-term population growth, while education authorities refuse to act until the existing nearby school is nearly full. Data from Informed Decisions, which tracks population growth for school planners and local councils, shows 17 suburbs across Melbourne's outer north and western fringe, from Wallan to Werribee South, are set to add about 63,000 school aged children by 2035. But the growing pains will be most acute in inner-city areas flagged for more apartments such as Box Hill " where the primary school age…...

36+ min ago (829+ words) Tory special needs reforms upended council finances, but Labour's plan to rebuild public provision won't come cheap if it's done properlyThe crisis over special educational needs and disabilities in England is not just a question of cash. Children and parents spend months and years battling for support to which the law entitles them, schools lack the funding to meet needs, and specialist provision is inadequate. An adversarial system shunts families towards tribunals that councils almost invariably lose.Tory reforms created obligations for local authorities but did not adequately fund them " allowing ministers to duck responsibility. The result has been financial chaos, with the overall overspend on special educational needs and disabilities (Send) predicted to reach "6.6bn by next March, and keep rising. Taking responsibility for funding away from councils and handing it to the Department for Education is the right move....

38+ min ago (1142+ words) The story of a Casper high school senior's effort to start a Turning Point USA Club America chapter has inspired a young Florida filmmaker. He says her story is one of "common sense values" that needs to be told. The next potential scene in the real-life story of the Natrona County High School senior who started the school's Turning Point USA Club America chapter may have to include a credit to ChatGPT. That's because a young filmmaker in Florida used the AI software'to'hunt for the right subject for a'short film project'he wants to pursue. Aidan Fridman, 19, founder of the production company Idea2Result, said his idea centered on someone who wanted to start a Turning Point USA Chapter and got rejected. "The idea was to have it be a boy, not a girl," Fridman said. "And then I actually had a conversation…...

42+ min ago (283+ words) The decision was taken on Sunday following a spate of physical punishment complaints across the state and the recent death of a student in Vasai after an alleged assault by a teacher | Mumbai news Mumbai: In a first, the state school education department will be conducting a special training session for teachers on how to discipline school children positively and in harmless ways, following a spate of physical punishment complaints across the state and the recent death of a student in Vasai after an alleged assault by a teacher.According to the department, the initiative aims to provide a safe space for students" mental health and well-being, ensure a safer school environment and improve teacher'student relationships All education councils at the district, taluka and central levels have been directed to conduct a 45-minute training session on positive discipline in the…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago (327+ words) University of Iowa and Iowa State University classes will happen as planned Nov. 30, 2025 4:07 pm CEDAR FALLS " Due to last week's winter storm that dumped nearly 15 inches of snow on the Cedar Falls-Waterloo area, the University of Northern Iowa is canceling all classes Monday "to provide students more time to return to campus from Thanksgiving break." The University of Iowa in Iowa City and Iowa State University in Ames " both of which received less snow from the storm that blanketed Iowa last week " will hold classes on Monday as planned. "Due to travel conditions from the recent winter storm, UNI is canceling classes on Monday, Dec. 1," according to a brief notice distributed Sunday. UNI's Waterloo-Cedar Falls area received 14.5 inches of snow on Friday and Saturday, paired with low temperatures reaching 13 " about 10 degrees below normal, according to the National Weather Service. Monday's…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago (105+ words) A dev resume isn't just a list - it's a context + impact sales doc. After reviewing more than 25 developer resumes (mobile, backend, fullstack, career changers, etc.), the same 3 mistakes kept showing up. The most common error: the whole resume is written like this: That says nothing about: Recruiters read this all day. It turns into noise. Fix: turn each bullet into technical action + what + how + metric/scale Lots of people fell into these: Fix: One column only Saw this a lot: Fix: Only list tech you can defend in an interview and tie each one to a role or project....