Edutopia

Leveraging Prior Knowledge to Build Understanding

By guiding students through developing their own understanding of core concepts, teachers ensure that the whole class is starting on a strong foundation.
JD Supra

Prior Knowledge Exclusion Bars Coverage Because Failure to Comply With Statute of Limitations Could Reasonably Be Expected to Be the Basis of a Claim

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, applying Georgia law, has held that a prior knowledge exclusion bars coverage as a matter of law because the insured should have known ...
JD Supra

Prior Knowledge Provision Precludes Coverage for Known Sexual Assault Under Either an Objective or Subjective Standard

The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, applying New Jersey law, has held that a professional liability policy afforded no coverage for a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct because the ...
New York Post

Families of Hamas hostages claim anti-Israel protest groups like Columbia’s Students for Justice in Palestine had ‘prior knowledge’ of Oct. 7 attack in bombshell suit

Families of hostages held by Hamas believe that anti-Israel groups like Students for Justice in Palestine had “prior knowledge” of the Oct. 7, 2023, terror ...
Education Week

Teachers Are Told to ‘Activate Prior Knowledge.’ Here’s How That Works in Reading

When students are reading something new, teachers often try to get them to draw on their prior knowledge to help them understand the text in front of them. Doing this can help kids make sense of ideas ...
CNN

News outlets deny prior knowledge of Hamas attack after Israeli government demands answers over misleading report

“We had no prior knowledge of the October 7th attacks,” a CNN spokesperson said. “Hassan Eslaiah, who was a freelance journalist working for us and many other outlets, was not working for the network ...