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Teaching isn’t Rocket Science – It’s Way More Complex

The CoolCatTeacher

And also, you can take failure out of the system, because nobody ever fails anything that they haven’t finished yet. Doug: Well, the people that started this back in about 2007… They just started recording their lessons. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. Vicki: So, for you…. Doug: Yeah.

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California Launches the Nation's Largest Community College Course Exchange

Edsurge

California Community Colleges , the nation’s largest system with 113 institutions, just launched a course exchange so students at one campus can take classes online at another if those courses aren’t available on their home turf. Course offerings fell 21 percent between 2007 and 2012. Impact Beyond Tech.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

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DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: The human cost of college debt that becomes “purgatory”

The Hechinger Report

By 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some kind of post-secondary education, and now only 45 percent of the state’s young adults meet that criterion. The number of dropouts with federal loans at these institutions has grown from 35,443 in 2007-09 to more than 56,600 in 2013-15. In 2016 it was 79 percent.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Toppan, a junior at the high school, was angry that the administration hadn’t sought student input about the change, and worried that a switch to a 1-4 grading system, with a 3 the highest possible grade on some assignments, would hurt her chances of getting into a good college. We’re not ready for this.”.

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Why the Education Expenses are Rising and How to Deal with it?

Evelyn Learning

One believes in the education system, and the other believes that it is a waste of money and effort. Bill Gates dropped out of college at the age of 20 and made a revolutionizing company, “Microsoft”. When it comes to financial reasons, it should never be finance that eliminates somebody’s access to post secondary education.

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Colleges Are Striking Bulk Deals With Textbook Publishers. Critics Say There Are Many Downsides.

Edsurge

In the new model, students usually pay a per-course fee that covers digital texts and homework systems. In 2018 the college began experimenting with a system of course fees in two dozen courses that cover access to digital materials used in those courses. Lawsuit in Charleston Trident Technical College, in Charleston, S.C.,

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