In The News: College of Education

Chalkbeat

In his victory speech, President-elect Joe Biden said it was a “great day” for America’s educators because “one of your own” would be in the White House, referring to his wife, Jill Biden, a member of the country’s largest teachers union.

The 74

President-elect Joe Biden might have won the White House, but his expansive education plan will soon hit a Congress that has far fewer Democrats than envisioned under the “Blue Wave” forecast prior to the election.

Sports Business Journal

The authors’ thought leadership is shared through the efforts of The Collective Think Tank. The Collective, Wasserman’s women-focused division, has assembled this global consortium of some of today’s greatest academic minds and industry leaders focused on gender parity and improvement.

CasinoBeats

MGM Resorts International has partnered with the University of Nevada Las Vegas College of Education to provide free virtual tutoring.

Hospitalitynet

MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is partnering with the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) College of Education to provide free virtual tutoring for children of active MGM Resorts employees for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year. This partnership centers on both small group tutoring as well as family engagement sessions aimed at supporting MGM employees and their families.

Lodging

Even as the COVID-19 pandemic alters the travel landscape and impacts industry performance, many hotels are continuing to give back to their communities—from gifting essential workers with free stays to providing extra support to employees and their families to help them through these challenging times. Below are seven ways hotel brands and properties have recently given back.

Book Club Chicago

As Chicago weighs a school reopening plan for the year’s second quarter, one thing is conspicuously absent: an agreement with the city’s restive and powerful teachers union.

Bloomberg

Over the course of a few days in mid-May in Providence, in between homeschooling her 5- and 9-year-olds, grading undergrad research papers, baking bread, revising her first book, and co-chairing Brown University’s Healthy Fall 2020 Task Force over Zoom, Emily Oster sat down in front of her laptop with a steady supply of coffee.

The Athletic

Now that Allegiant Stadium is built and hosting games, the Raiders are on to their next project, one with a much larger social impact.

The Athletic

Now that Allegiant Stadium is built and hosting games, the Raiders are on to their next project, one with a much larger social impact.

Nevada Independent

I am an honor student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a future educator, a mentor, a non-profit worker, a habitual volunteer in the community, a dependable son, a supportive brother, among many other things.

New York Business Journal

The Collective, a division focused on women within Wasserman, is launching The Collective Think Tank this week to research multiple aspects of women and sports, including female fandom, purchasing power and gender inequities within the industry.