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“The Seven Liberal Arts” | Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Guidi

Life is not always a problem to be “solved” and in the economic realm there are some problems that can neither be solved by markets nor by the government.  That gap can be filled by partially filled by non-profit (charitable) organizations —  but not entirely as we shall see during today’s colloquium.

Join us today at 11 AM/ET when we review the economic activity of “niche verticals” in the education community domain. The surprising number of them; their appetite for money, their inspiration in political agendas and their claims of hegemony (found in the letters they write to legislators) provides insight into the competing requirements of a domain that is a “business” and a “culture”.

Unlike the economic activity of manufacturing and labor sector which have coalesced their lobbying into a few (less than 10) non-profits, the education industry has 1oo’s of these associations.  Every branch and leg of a typical school district, college and university, has evolved a non-profit trade association.  Maybe there are too many; maybe there are not enough.  Maybe this is the normal course of leading practice discovery.  We reflect upon these possibilities — and welcome others — for digital youth.

We have maintained this topic in our wheelhouse for many years because it offers insight into how redundancies in human resource management may chart a path toward lower cost.

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Education Community Charitable Organizations

Standing Agenda / Education Industry Trade Associations

Standards Virginia

“Natural Bridge Virginia” 1880 David Johnson

We continue roll out of our collaboration platform for “code writers and vote-getters” begun at the University of Michigan in 1993.  We are now drilling down into state and local adaptations of nationally developed codes and standards that are incorporated by reference into public safety and sustainability legislation.

Standards Michigan remains the “free” home site but state-specific sites such as Standards Virginia will be accessible to clients.   Please send [email protected] a request to join one of our mailing lists appropriate to your interest for #SmartCampus standards action in the great State of Virginia.


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US Census Bureau American Community Interactive Data Map

US Congressional Districts Map

US Senator Interactive Map

Teacher & Licensing Requirements by State

Homeschool Laws by State

School Board Watch List

Local Election Authority

Food

Virginia Produce Calendar

Finance

Electronic Municipal Market Access | Virginia

Safety

Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation

Energy

Virginia Energy Code

Information & Communication

Provision of telecommunications services

News:

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Youngkin tops McAuliffe to become Virginia’s next governor

Arts

Standards Virginia Workspace

 

Distance Education & Innovation

Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building / US Department of Education

Updated 9/2/2020: The Department of Education has released final Distance Education and Innovation rules, which offer new flexibilities for colleges and universities that offer certain types of distance education. The rules, which are nearly unchanged from the proposed rules introduced in April 2020, bring closure to a rulemaking process that began in 2018 with ED’s announcement to convene a negotiated rulemaking session.

The Secretary proposes to amend relevant parts of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to hasten adaptation to online learning. Two-hundred forty-eight (248) comments were received. We have picked a few them for easy access here. Note the “sturm and drang” (drama) over the definition of “distance education”.


Posted April 5, 2020

 

The purpose of these distance education and innovation regulations is to reduce barriers to innovation in the way institutions deliver educational materials and opportunities to students, and assess their knowledge and understanding, while providing reasonable safeguards to limit the risks to students and taxpayers. Institutions of higher education may be dissuaded from innovating because of added regulatory burden and uncertainty about how the Department will apply its regulations to new types of programs and methods of institutional educational delivery.

Docket ID:ED-2018-OPE-0076

We reviewed a few of the 248 comments received during our Federal action teleconference,  We picked a few representative comments to enlighten understanding:

Western Governors University

National Student Legal Defense Network

Center for American Progress

We are watching for further action.  See our CALENDAR for the next Federal action teleconference; open to everyone.

 

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