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Why we should be teaching students economic literacy

eSchool News

Between self-starting his own production company and serving as president of a local club, he knew basic business tenets were vital to success and he was interested in learning more about the subject. Meanwhile, 27 states mandate that personal finance courses be offered – a number that has nearly doubled since 2011.

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It’s Time to Reboot Our Thinking About Adult Learners in a Digitally Transformed World

Edsurge

In parallel, online education went mainstream as educational providers at all levels— including colleges and universities—were forced to experiment with remote learning, long a preferred vehicle for part-time students engaged in lifelong learning.

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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. The stakes are high and so are the needs of our students.

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On Blockchain, Money and Empathy: EdSurge Talks Trends and 2018 Predictions

Edsurge

edtech companies raised about $1.2-billion That’s the second-highest tally since 2011, which is when EdSurge started counting these numbers. I think the bar is a lot higher for edtech companies to raise money now. And what are the technologies that will support me?’” In 2017, U.S. billion dollars across 126 deals.

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How a Network Breach Led to This Robust Solution for Security and Student Engagement

Edsurge

Daugherty: Back in 2011, the district knew that we wanted to go one-to-one. In investigating the cause, we discovered that a middle school student who didn’t like history class had paid $30 to a company to attack the network every day before history. It took us six days to uncover the source of the attack.

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Merits of Online Credit Recovery Questioned in Study

Marketplace K-12

.” The “Back on Track” study , being presented as a series of research briefs at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association this weekend, represents one of the first comprehensive examinations of how online credit recovery impacts student achievement and outcomes. A spokeswoman from K12 Inc.

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How Writing Down Specific Goals Can Empower Struggling Students

MindShift

” He started a for-profit company and is selling a version of the curriculum online. At the Rotterdam School of Management, a shortened version of self-authoring has been mandatory for all first-year students since 2011. She says you often see at-risk students engage in self-defeating behavior “to save face.”