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Today, our blog examines a case about the application of section 75-1.1 claims to private-school education. I hope you enjoy.

"It isn't possible to be fair. We need to focus on being justifiable" That's what I have repeated to three different teams this week. I struggle with understanding what fair means. I am at the point that I almost despise the word, despite all of the theoretic goodness it should bring. What is fair? It harkens back to the Christian parable of the workers in the field. Is it even possible to be universally fair when it involves more than just you and I? Imagine a county fair where there is a pie judging contest. The rules are set to award the winning pie based on a list of 5 well-defined attributes. We all agree that this will give us a representative winner, knowing full well these are all human judges full of any number of potential cognitive biases. We are transparent with all of the judging process and make provisions to remove bias where possible. Yet somehow the winning pie turns out to be controversial and not "fair" by some of the population. Was the result fair? I have no idea, because that word eludes me. Was it justifiable - 100%. I can sleep with that.

In a new essay, Archon Fung examines the wave of protests sweeping American colleges and universities and ponders how administrators should respond to acts of civil disobedience on campus. Fung, a scholar of deliberative democracy, examines how universities “process these deep substantive disagreements on campuses — how we should handle this “difficult conversation.’” Specifically, Fung proposes a framework for examining the impact of campus protest, and examines the question of when the police should become involved. “Dialogue, learning, and debate in the pursuit of truth and wisdom especially in the face of deep and painful disagreement are among the core values of a university. Flash-bang grenades and riot shields are the antithesis of those values.” Check out more of his thoughts here ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eQ6Q-HWW

The FAIR Center is a comprehensive wraparound solution that addresses all aspects of complaint resolution and resolves the systemic problems detailed last week in part one of our series. FAIR restores constituents’ trust and confidence while delivering the very highest quality of complaint resolutions. Because FAIR operates at scale across an entire field, it harnesses synergies and efficiencies that schools, colleges, and employers — operating individually — cannot. Read part two here: https://hubs.li/Q02kGFlq0 Missed part one? Catch up here: https://hubs.li/Q02kGMlM0

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Museums play a significant role in promoting peace by fostering understanding, dialogue, and reconciliation. Some ways museums contribute to peace-building are education and awareness (exhibits, workshops & programs), commemoration and reflection (memorials, storytelling), dialogue and reconciliation (community engagement), cultural exchanges (exhibits and collaborations), advocacy and activism (exhibits, campaigns and collaborations). By leveraging their unique position as educational and cultural institutions, museums can play a pivotal role in promoting peace and fostering a more just and harmonious world. JUST GIVE PEACE A CHANCE! For example:

One thing I haven’t done well (as principal) is influencing staff to focus on their individual impact. What I mean is - what effect size impact are they (teachers) having on their grades. How do we get staff to embrace this? What can I do to have staff excited about how much gain, their students are making? We’ve had a quantifiable measure since Hattie’s seminal work (2007) and a formula (an effect size) to measure this. What are the barriers to schools delivering on this? At yesterday’s Victorian Principal’s Conference, there was a lot of focus on what works (little has changed in what we have known for 20 years). I think the question should be - what are we doing to measure (and celebrate) what we already know works?

Interesting read regarding fair access to university in Scotland. For those unaware, my Doctoral Research Thesis focused on the psychology behind aspirations of going to university for those from non-traditional university applicants (first in family to apply to university, carers, those with additional support needs, mature applicants and those living in particular socioeconomic areas and attending schools with low progression rates to university). I worked closely with Newcastle University ‘s widening access programme PARTNERs to complete my research. I’m happy to share my findings with those who may be interested in my research. I focused on theories of motivation and aspirations and explored that it much more complex than simply ‘raising aspirations’, despite this being the prominent narrative surrounding many policy leaders and some historic widening access initiatives in the UK. My research found that the aspirations of attending university were already there and that it was more about the structural barriers that prevented people who wanted to attend university progressing to higher education. A key finding from my study was the importance of having a key figure (family member, teacher, peers, other important people in their life) believe in the individual’s competencey in achieving access to university. Also it was important to reduce the structural barriers with regards to finances, student support and entry requirements. Happy to discuss this in more detail. Please feel free to reach out to me if you’d like more information or access to my Thesis. I also appreciate that the university route isn’t for everyone and is not a measure of success on its own as there are many ways of achieving aspirations without having to attend university. John H. McKendrick Glasgow Caledonian University Professor Stephen Decent Pamela Jane Ritchie

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Good morning everyone! For those of you that I have not met, my name is Jeremiah Kelly and I serve as the Assistant Director of Campus Involvement at Wingate University. I hope you're having a fantastic week! I am creating this post with the goal of inviting you and your business to Wingate University's annual Street Fair. The event is scheduled to be held August 22nd from 5pm-7pm on the McGee Promenade (central campus), rain or shine unless unbearable weather Set-up that day will begin at 4 pm with table check-in. What is a Street Fair? This is a time on campus where all of our student clubs, campus offices and local community partners come together to table for a few hours to show our new students (and returning students) all of the different things the University and our local community have to offer. So we have clubs advertising interest meetings, we have campus offices showing positions they are hiring for. And then we have our community partners! We have local shopping boutiques coming to share their deals. Restaurants coming to promote their locations. Health care providers coming to share resources. Essentially, if you have something going on that you would like Wingate students to be aware of and participate in, Street Fair is absolutely the place for your organization For everyone who signs up to be a part of the Street Fair, - Wingate will provide one 6 ft table and two folding chairs. Anything else will need to be provided by your organization (tent, table cloth, anything additional). - Traditionally, organizations will bring info pamphlets/business cards, giveaways and things of that nature. We will regularly have more than 1000 people come through the Street Fair. If you are interested in participating in Street Fair, please indicate here! I'd be happy to connect with you and provide the sign up form! #charlottenc #monroenc #unioncounty #meckcounty #hiring #advertising #business