The PIE: Can you tell us more about the nature of your work at Education First? How did you end up there? Giorgio Iemmolo: I take care of the academic operations and development for Europe, South Africa and Costa Rica. So I cover two English schools and then all the other non-English schools we have in Europe...Read More

Dr. Vincent Brown and Dr. Marjoleine KarsYale University has announced the 2021 Frederick Douglass Book Prize has been awarded to two authors, Dr. Vincent Brown, the Charles Warren professor of American history at Harvard University for Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War, and Dr. Marjoleine Kars, history professor at the University of...Read More

*This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on November 27, 2016. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved.  Mindfulness is paying attention to what is happening now, in the present moment. The present moment is the space between stimulus and response. A mindfulness practice can widen that space to allow more conscious choices rather than thoughtless...Read More

Develop a culture of investment Make a case for growth Invest strategically Remember your mission Last month, I had the opportunity to welcome some of my colleagues to Cincinnati for one of RNL’s graduate and online regional workshops (we have been hosting these around the country, check our events page for our next workshops). It’s...Read More

Alexandra Bitel, IRCC Proofer, Kevin Kochel, Knowledge Analyst, Natia Kuprava, Credential Analyst, WES, Chris Mackie, Editor, WENR Schoolchildren tour a monument in Kraków commemorating Polish-Lithuanian victory over the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410. The event has come to symbolize Poland’s struggle against foreign invaders. Education in Poland is in the midst...Read More

Microsoft Showcase Schools are a global community of schools engaged in “innovative change to continuously improve teaching and learning”. Their aim is to create “immersive and inclusive” experiences that inspire lifelong learning, stimulating development of essential life skills.  “ULIS’s facilities enable the teaching community to implement transformational learning at the highest level” Some well known...Read More

Compose for Desktop is a UI framework that simplifies developing user interfaces for desktop apps. Google introduced it in 2021. This modern toolkit uses Kotlin for creating fast reactive UIs with no XMLs or templating language. Also, by using it, you’re able to share UI code between desktop and Android apps. JetBrain’s developers created Compose...Read More

If you want a new Apple device, this is the week to buy one. Every retailer that sells Apple products will be running a sale between now and Monday, and if you act fast, you can save a bundle on an Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, or iPhone. But there are some deals that aren’t actually...Read More

Every version of SwiftUI brings new features and new views. Some expand SwiftUI with additional features in UIKit or AppKit, while others add new and unique functionality. The third version of SwiftUI, which arrived with iOS 15 and corresponding operating systems, brought higher-performance drawing with the canvas view. It also introduced a new, time-based method...Read More

When Apple bought the scraps of Intel’s modem business in 2019, it was just a matter of time before it started selling phones without Qualcomm modems. According to a new report, that time is rapidly approaching. Japan-based Nikkei Asia reports that Apple has tapped TSMC to build the new modem, which will use 4-nanometer chip...Read More