While community education programs are not new, there is a way in which communities can pull together to better prepare children and youth for life success. Understanding where you are in terms of ...
F ifteen years ago, a member of my family expressed some surprise when I began teaching at Austin Community College, in Texas, after completing a degree in political philosophy. “Community college?
Bayanne Kakhia, BS biology '26, gained experience in community health promotion by working as an urban farmer and nutrition educator with the Philadelphia Horticultural Society's Green Resource Center ...
The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework recognizes the importance of interactions between the teaching, social and cognitive presences in creating positive and collaborative learning communities.
In times like these, the importance of working together becomes more apparent than ever. Uniting as one community to share critical resources and information is both a sign of solidarity, and a sign ...
When 8-year-old Gloria arrived at her first day of a Building Tomorrow “Roots to Rise” literacy camp in Iganga District, Uganda, she was (like over 90 percent of her Ugandan peers) struggling to ...
We’ve all seen the posters throughout our campus buildings: “Face coverings required.” “Maintain distancing.” Masks and physical distancing were two of the many disruptions to learning posed by the ...
Community-led solutions will be key to creating a culture of lifelong learning. This column frequently discusses the importance of lifelong learning: how the COVID-19 world we’re living in now ...
A faculty learning community (FLC) is a specifically structured learning community of faculty and staff in higher education that includes the goals of building community, engaging in scholarly ...
The new question-of-the-week is: What is a professional learning community and how can educators build one? Teaching can be an isolated profession—we’re in our rooms all day with students. Students ...
When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...