Southern states banded together Thursday to establish their own accrediting body in higher education in order to “upend the monopoly of the woke accreditation cartels,” according to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Florida, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee formed the Commission for Public Higher Education, a consortium of six public universities offering a new […]
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Trump signs education-focused executive orders on AI, school discipline, accreditation, foreign gifts and more
President Donald Trump signed multiple Executive Orders relating to education Wednesday afternoon, with several tied to the theme of returning meritocracy back to the education system. The orders, seven in total, included actions to integrate artificial intelligence into K-12 school curricula, reforms to school discipline and accreditation guidelines, requirements related to the disclosure of foreign […]
Most Victorian taxi drivers fail new accreditation test
Almost 99 per cent of Victoria’s taxi drivers are stumped by the industry’s tough new knowledge test. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-07/just-6-out-of-444-victorian-taxi-drivers-pass-new-accreditation/6005104