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4 Awesome edtech solutions for making students fall in love with reading

Neo LMS

Americans spend an average of 17 minutes per day reading for personal interest; in 2003, the average reading time was 22 minutes. Less than 53% of American adults read at least one book for pleasure in 2019. It gives unlimited access to a great library of well-written, humorous, and engaging stories that will captivate young readers.

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Students parents suffer as more campus child care centers close

The Hechinger Report

For college students who are also parents, a population that makes up more than 20 percent of undergraduates, one of the most important supports is access to child care. Between 2003 and 2015, the number of campus child care centers declined precipitously, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

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UWorld Launches New Tools to Support Educators in Fostering AP® Success

eSchool News

million students took an AP exam in 2019, and that number is predicted to grow year-over-year—and yet educators have little access to AP instruction and exam prep resources that are particularly effective in distance and hybrid learning environments,” said Chandra S. Pemmasani, M.D., UWorld’s founder and CEO. About UWorld.

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PROOF POINTS: Long-term college benefits from high-quality universal pre-K for all

The Hechinger Report

So far, a 2021 study of Boston’s universal pre-K program found that students who attended the city’s preschools between 1997 and 2003 were more likely to go to college immediately after high school. It’s not clear whether these newer and much larger programs will also produce long-term benefits. college and university.

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OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it

The Hechinger Report

When I graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2003, I desperately needed a job. Generation Hope scholar alumna Lakeya and her two sons celebrating her graduation from Towson University in May 2019. Department of Education’s Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program.

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COLUMN: Universities are finally acknowledging their complicity in slavery, but they must offer reparations, too

The Hechinger Report

The consortium builds on the pioneering work of Brown University which began studying its own complicity in slavery in 2003 for a report published in 2006. Reparations are the most progressive and meaningful actions universities can take. But the implementation of reparations is an ongoing challenge.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

December 2003. February 2019. A Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching. Educational Leadership, September 1995, 53(1), pp. Pewewardy, C., and Hammer, P.C. Culturally Responsive Teaching for American Indian Students. Teaching To and Through Cultural Diversity. Curriculum Inquiry, 2013, 43(1), pp. Phuntsog, N. Griner, A.C.,

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