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EverFi Rocks the Edtech Industry With $190 Million Fundraise

Edsurge

EverFi is a rare breed of education technology company that can boast a wide reach. Last summer, the company held its retreat at a Native American reservation in Montana, where a team had been introducing its financial education offerings. Making this model work, Wincup says, is one of the company’s “trade secrets.to

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After the Pandemic, Higher Education Can’t Afford to Go Back to ‘Normal’

Edsurge

To further complicate matters, statisticians have long warned of the pending “ 2025 cliff ,” which represents the abrupt reduction of potential first-time, full-time freshmen projected to arrive in 2025 to 2026 due to the drop in birth rates between the years 2008 and 2011. million persons under the age of 18.

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GED and other high school equivalency degrees drop by more than 40% nationwide since 2012

The Hechinger Report

Economic recovery after the 2008 recession also reduced demand for equivalency degrees. Hilliard spotted a 7 percent increase in GED testing after the 2008 recession, but it had already receded by 2012, the year Hilliard used as his base year for comparison. which administers the TASC, are for-profit companies.

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How a Master's Program From the '80s Quietly Keeps Up With Coding Bootcamps

Edsurge

According to Susan Wang, head of the ICS program at Mills, 86 percent of graduates from 2008 to 2017 went on to work in the tech industry. With Silicon Valley in the Oakland-based college’s backyard, Spertus says companies regularly make visits to the program to meet with students.

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How Mindfulness Can Help Teachers and Students Manage Challenging Situations

MindShift

Norton & Company. Social media offers a ready platform for comparing oneself to others, a process called social comparison. Social comparison processes, already elevated during adolescence, are exacerbated by excessive media use and linked to depressive symptoms (Nesi & Prinstein, 2015). Can I be curious about it?

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The Best, Free Financial Literacy Courses for Middle and High School

The CoolCatTeacher

Founded in 2008, it's a trusted resource for 15 years. These financial literacy skills include comparison shopping, avoiding online scams, effectively using credit, and investing. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. By 2012 – yes, thanks to its hardware business – Apple’s stock had risen to the point that the company was worth a record-breaking $624 billion. The markets, according to the press releases, are always growing. Fantasy. .”

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