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COVID-19 Has Widened the Skills Gap. But It Also Presents an Opportunity to Close It.

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When the unemployment rate spiked during the spring of 2020, jobs that required a college degree declined more than those that didn’t, and new college graduates were hit the hardest. And it appears that investing in last-mile training has a secondary benefit: higher retention. With two-thirds of U.S. These partnerships are emerging.

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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

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In 2014, when Tennessee unveiled a statewide scholarship to cover tuition expenses at community colleges, the program was praised for making higher education possible for more people. He’s seen students go to great lengths to avoid paying for books, sometimes to the detriment of their learning.

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Three Digital Equity Leaders Call to Action for Students Without Home Internet Access

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The Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside the Classroom Report , by the Department of Education, identified the three main causes of digital inequity as access and cost of high speed broadband and the lack of understanding by school families as to the importance of internet to support their students’ education.

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Looking Back on Three Years of the ConnectED Initiative: Did It Deliver?

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In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S. But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services. “If corporations, from Apple to Adobe.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

.” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S. FY 2003 $700,500,000.

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Rural Education Addressing A Tension Point in the Great American Divide

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Most of them won’t, however, attend neighborhood learning programs; Ashmore does not have summer school for its students, even the lowest performing ones. This means the potential for summer learning loss is great. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas.

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Rural Education: Addressing A Tension Point in the Great American Divide

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Most of them won’t, however, attend neighborhood learning programs; Ashmore does not have summer school for its students, even the lowest performing ones. This means the potential for summer learning loss is great. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas.

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