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COVID-19 Has Widened the Skills Gap. But It Also Presents an Opportunity to Close It.

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employees working from home and interacting with colleagues and customers remotely at the peak of the pandemic, many companies began to invest in digital transformation initiatives to address gaps in cloud adoption and cybersecurity. In 2008, it was global experience. Many employers are wrestling with their own Catch-22.

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Deal with online giant threatens Pennsylvania colleges, Moody’s warns

The Hechinger Report

Southern New Hampshire University used to be unknown outside New England but it’s quickly grown since the 2008 recession to become a national online degree giant with more than 130,000 students. Often the courses they’ve already taken at their community college don’t meet a four-year institution’s requirements.

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Essential Guide to Digital Citizenship for CIPA and E-Rate

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How do I get started with meeting CIPA requirements? The E-rate program is funded through the federal Universal Service Fund and administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), under the umbrella of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). How do I get started with meeting CIPA requirements?

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DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: Gaps in financial aid, funding contribute to growing number of Georgians with college loans and no college degree

The Hechinger Report

This has happened as Georgia officials – like those in many other states – are pushing to increase the number of young residents who have some kind of post-secondary education. Since 2008, average tuition increased from $4,700 to $8,400. He thinks a needs-based aid program is a great idea. “If he asked himself. The answer was “no.”

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How Mindfulness Can Help Teachers and Students Manage Challenging Situations

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Excerpted from “ Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Adolescents ,” (c) 2019 by Patricia C. Norton & Company. Let’s imagine that this is the moment a parent challenges you in a meeting or the moment you learn that a colleague was diagnosed with a serious illness. meeting confrontation.

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Chinese “parachute kids” tackle U.S. schools on their own

The Hechinger Report

Visa holders can only attend public secondary schools for one year and must pay tuition to public school districts, fees that normally range from $3,000 to $10,000 a year , according to the U.S. It led me to ‘OK, where are these companies coming from? There were no parent conferences or other meetings to attend. “It

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

The Hechinger Report

When Hallowell tried to extend proficiency-based education to its high school in 2008, parents put up a fight, saying the change would make it harder for their children to compete for scholarships and admission to selective schools, according to a case study published by the state Department of Education.

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