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A handful of colleges are finally providing training in a way consumers want it: fast

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Now he’s training in a fast-track program to become an industrial maintenance technician. Orr recounts this with surprising good humor, early in the morning in a brightly lighted classroom at the Valencia College Center for Accelerated Training. The whole idea is to get you trained quickly and into a job.”. million in August.

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When Student Anxiety Gets in the Way of Attending School

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Pandemic closures provided some students with a chance to notice how stressed they are at school, says Jayne Demsky, founder of School Avoidance Alliance, an advocacy group that provides professional training to schools. But a more common approach has been to ink contracts with telehealth companies.

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Surveys Find Districts Are Using More Edtech Tools — and Teachers Are Bearing the Costs

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A new survey on corporate skills training forecasts that a lot more companies will try doing it using virtual reality environments in the next two years. Source: Mursion and Future Workforce: “ VR Changes the Game for Soft Skills Training ” Of course, money talks. All in this Edtech Reports Recap.

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‘A second prison’: People face hidden dead ends when they pursue a range of careers post-incarceration

The Hechinger Report

For Wiese, it was all a big, expensive gamble — and, in one form or another, is one millions of people with criminal records take every year as they pursue education and workforce training on their way to jobs that require a license. That means some people are inadvertently steered toward training programs that, for them, are dead ends.

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A surprise for America’s many career switchers: They need to go back to school 

The Hechinger Report

BRUNSWICK, Maine — As the silkscreen printing company where she’d worked for five years became more and more short-staffed, Vanessa Moody found herself putting in 60 hours a week, starting at 6 a.m. Vanessa Moody worked at a silkscreen printing company until she was turned down for a raise after routinely putting in 60 hours a week.

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Teenagers on the Journey Toward Good Lives

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With rising college tuition expenses and overwhelming student loan debt, there’s a debate underway about whether college or job training is the right path for young people who face financial barriers and other challenges. He also continues to work part-time at a logistics company. “I What should teenagers do after high school?

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A Tale of Two American Education Systems: An Edtech Investor’s Perspective

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She attends a highly resourced school with computer science courses, well-trained teachers and one computing device per student. And it means funding companies and founders who are committed to closing the digital divide. Jennifer is in sixth grade. She has her own computer, educational software and high-speed internet.

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