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Climate Change Took a Heavy Toll on the U.S. Last Year. What’s the Cost to Education?

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With experts predicting more extreme weather in 2023, that undoubtedly means schools will suffer more disruptions in a K-12 education era already defined by pandemic-related learning setbacks. But the analysis also warns that schools must prepare for closures due to heat-induced power outages or poor air quality. “In

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Canceled classes, sweltering classrooms: How extreme heat impairs learning

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Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Excessive heat impairs the brain’s functioning and makes it harder for students to learn. Subscribe today!

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Texas Education Agency Names Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Assessment as an Approved Grade 7 Reading Instrument

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“To increase literacy achievement throughout the state, it is essential that Texas educators have actionable data to help students, especially those who may need extra supports,” said Claudia Salinas, vice president of English Learning at Curriculum Associates. Today, the i-Ready program serves more than 11.5

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To Better Serve Adult Learners, Eliminate the Barriers Between Work and Learning

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Department of Education forecasts that by 2027, postsecondary enrollment among adults will grow by just 1 percent, compared to a 5 percent growth rate for more traditionally-aged students. But one particularly promising solution to engaging adult learners and increasing degree attainment is to more intentionally integrate learning and work.

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Don’t say there’s a lack of STEM talent in the South

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In the 2016-17 academic year, STEM and business-related fields comprised 31 percent of degrees at Alabama’s HBCUs, according to my analysis of data from the national dataset, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. STEM jobs will grow 13 percent from 2017 to 2027 , as opposed to 9 percent for non-STEM work. Institution.

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A Slow-Moving Storm: Why Demographic Changes Mean Tough Challenges for College Leaders

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You found in your analysis what you describe as ‘birth dearth’ that started the time of the financial crisis. We control a lot about what's about to happen, we can chose to ignore the problem entirely, and wake up in 2027 with dramatically, rapidly, reducing class sizes. Could you talk a little about that?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “A new analysis from the Center for American Progress found more than two dozen minority-serving institutions would fail a graduation rate requirement for funding in the proposed House update to the Higher Education Act ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “ Robots will replace teachers by 2027 ,” Futurism predicts.

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