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PROOF POINTS: Lessons from college dropouts who came back

The Hechinger Report

Like many dropouts, Floyd always intended to finish his college education. The number of college dropouts swelled during the tight labor market; an additional 2 million people joined their ranks from only a year and a half earlier in 2018. As with many dropouts, Floyd had unpaid student debt to resolve.

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Top e-learning trends to keep an eye on in 2020

Neo LMS

If e-learning came to life as a method to augment face-to-face learning, it is now an approach to education that is bigger than the traditional method it was meant to support. Educators enjoy the new means of connecting with their students, create more engaging learning materials and being able to personalize their instruction.

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EdTech Promised to Change How Students Learn, But the Real Revolution Lies Within Us

Edsurge

Last fall, nearly six and a half years after my SMART board was fixed, I started a new job and became a deeper learning coordinator, leading the implementation and creation of an edtech ecosystem for the entire Reynoldsburg school district. My district's purchase of a new blended learning software followed the same formula.

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OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages

The Hechinger Report

Voc-tech students graduate with industry-recognized credentials and the ability to pursue college if they choose. This unique 50-50 split allows students to participate in day-long projects and learning experiences in their communities without having to worry about the next class period cutting their time short.

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Introducing YouScience® Brightpath: A New Platform That Enables the Convergence of Education-to-Career to Better Prepare Students for Success in School and Life

eSchool News

In addition, the troubling nationwide high school dropout rate persists, and college enrollment and retention rates are declining for our most vulnerable populations, further highlighting student disengagement. Quantifying outcomes through industry-recognized certifications.

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

Blended and online learning is increasingly in demand by students. Read more: Why blended learning will become an educational norm. In essence, these opinions reflect what many people in the hospitality industry thought before AirBnB, or what taxi drivers thought before Uber. Read more: Will AI replace teachers? Skills gap.

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It’s Time To Unlearn & Relearn Learning

EdNews Daily

Our innate capacity to learn, to think, to create, and adapt endowed us with the evolutionary advantages necessary to become one of the most successful organisms on the planet. If you’re a trainer, you fight this process every time you engage a new hire, every time you learn a skill yourself, and every time you teach your child something new.

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