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...Russian op-ed editor Maxim Trudolyubov will study the interaction of opinion journalism with contemporary media and society. In response to the journalism industry’s diminishing reliance on print media and its transition to more technologically advanced forms of reporting, the Foundation will introduce a yearlong multimedia curriculum designed to teach the fellows new media skills. The Nieman Foundation, which administers the oldest mid-career fellowship program for journalists in the world, has supported more than 1,300 journalists from 89 countries since its inception in 1938. --Staff writer Monica S. Liu can be reached at msliu@fas.harvard.edu...
...After completing a master’s degree from Tufts, Young began teaching English at Brookline High School, a period he recalls as the “the happiest days of my life.” After working on a curriculum assignment at a Brookline elementary and middle school, Young became drawn to the work he could do as a district administrator...
...Young said that one of his most significant accomplishments in Newton was his effort to guarantee academic excellence in all of the schools across the city. The challenge, he said, was standardizing the district’s curriculum without inhibiting teachers’ creativity...
...General Education committee—which approved approximately 150 of 221 total classes that will count for Gen Ed credit this past spring—is readying the new curriculum for full implementation in the fall, as a new Gen Ed office prepares to move into fresh quarters in the Holyoke Center. Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Stephanie H. Kenen will serve as the administrative director of the new Gen Ed office, and Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris, who also chairs the Gen Ed committee, will serve as its faculty director. The Gen Ed office will absorb...
...conduct an independent investigation of its response to Bermudez's bullying complaints and brought in a school-safety expert to review the district's anti-bullying system. DeKalb County uses the Anti-Defamation League's No Place for Hate program, which integrates lessons about diversity into the school curriculum and makes students sign a pledge of respect. But ADL regional director Bill Nigut says the anti-hate program does not involve teacher and student training about inappropriate behavior and is not designed to protect students from harm. (Read about teen suicide pills...