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Twitter Cracks Down on Bullying

Twitter is making it easier for users to report abuse while also clarifying the type of talk it will permit.

TweetAimed squarely at those who use the social media platform to bully, threaten and harass others, Twitter's new tool for thwarting these efforts is a new button for reporting abuse. The single-click method for reporting abuse replaces the previous method, which involved navigating to seperate pages on the site and completing an abuse form.

With repsect to the policy change, NBC News reported that, "the new rules include a stricture against 'targeted abuse,' something which could include slamming a single user with messages from multiple accounts, creating an account purely to harass someone, or making threats."

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National Library Day/Library of...



National Library Day is April 15 and Library of Congress Day is April 24th

Amazing Book Facts:
Did You Know?

1. Did you know that the Chinese invented paper around 105 AD? Before this, people wrote on parchment (animal skin) to create books.

2. Each second, 57 books are sold. Someone figured that in one day, you’d need 78 miles of book shelving to store that amount of books.

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Finding True Value in Necessary Student...

When one launches into a conversation on the topic of “student research,” the discussion invariably turns negative. Whether it is diving down the rabbit hole of high-stakes testing or driving off the cliff of data security and use concerns, it can be a challenge to take a substantive look at the value and positive impact of student data.

It doesn’t have to be this way, nor should it. Groups like the Data Quality Campaign do yeoman’s work...

The Global Search for Education: Top...

The OECD’s PISA report, The ABC of Gender Equality in Education, featured in The Global Search for Education: Education and Gender, illustrated that the gender...

Just How Would Donald Trump Talk About...

There is no question that the rhetoric (or supposed rhetoric) of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has taken on a life of its own. The perception of Trump’s campaign words seems to have generated extreme emotions on both sides of the political spectrum.

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