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VHS Learning Earns MSA-CESS Reaccreditation 

eSchool News

Boston – VHS Learning has once again received accreditation from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS), a worldwide leader in accreditation and school improvement. VHS Learning has been accredited by MSA-CESS since 2008. Courses are approved for initial eligibility by NCAA.

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

Edsurge

In 2008, it was global experience. A better bet for most employers is to step up to meet colleges and universities at least halfway by building and providing last-mile training for motivated candidates who show general aptitude but lack requisite digital skills and business knowledge. The skills they want have also shifted.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

2004; Vescio, Ross, and Adams, 2008 ; The Wallace Foundation, 2012): A vision of academic success for all students based on high expectations. 2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ). 2008): Successful Collaboration. 2004; The Wallace Foundation, 2012 ). A safe and cooperative climate for learning.

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OPINION: Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilities

The Hechinger Report

While 20 percent of elementary and secondary students have a learning disability, 94 percent of those students received some sort of help or accommodation while in high school. As these students rise to meet the challenges facing them, colleges and universities must match their determination.

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Reshaping Space, Roles and Routines to Support Children With Trauma

Edsurge

In 2008, the Holly Square Shopping Center in northeast Denver was firebombed with molotov cocktails in gang-related arson. While this allowed us to tailor academic instruction, it didn’t meet everyone’s social and emotional needs. We had optimized too much for personalization and needed to renegotiate the balance. Teacher Roles.

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20 Texas Education Leaders to Follow on Twitter

MIND Research Institute

Can’t wait to see all the TASM members at #CAMT19 in about 3 hours for our summer business meeting. Since 2008, our organization has sponsored more than 1,300 school leaders from Texas to attend week-long summer institutes @hgse. go up the escalator and find us in room 220. pic.twitter.com/p32pgH8IB6 — TASM (@MathLeaders).

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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.