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Facing a white-collar worker shortage, American companies seek a blue-collar solution

The Hechinger Report

The dean’s list student ended up a college dropout, a gay 20-something cut off from his parents after coming out, and working at a UPS Store in a job he described as “retail drudgery” while running up credit card debt and stringing out his college loans. It feels like we’re the kids of the company,” said Haruza, now 27.

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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2019

Edsurge

Meet Anthony Johnson: Teacher of the Year. High School Dropout. The title of Anthony Johnson’s book explains why he’s an unlikely educator: it’s called “High School Dropout to Teacher of the Year.” As the year fades out, we’re doing our annual look back at the episodes that resonated most with listeners. Rebel ‘Mayor.’

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Ripple Effects, Leader in Social Emotional Learning, Announces New Chief Executive Officer John Ray-Keil

eSchool News

Prior to joining Ripple Effects in 2019, Ray-Keil served as CFO of BlueFoot Partners, an investment firm. He has more than 20 years of experience growing small companies and optimizing portfolio management. As chair of the board of directors, Ray will now focus her energy on big picture strategies for the company.

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It’s Time To Unlearn & Relearn Learning

EdNews Daily

Our schools are, in a sense, factories in which the raw products (children) are to be shaped and fashioned into products to meet the various demands of life.” (4) That F often transposed into poor work reports or lateral/downward movements in the company. University of California, California high school dropouts cost state $46.4

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

In meetings with his academic adviser during the second semester of his freshman year, Robinson said he learned that though his GPA was solid, the school’s computer algorithm saw trouble. Companies like Amazon and Netflix have been using data tools like these for years to track our clicks and steer us to buy or watch more of their products.

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College students to administrators: Let’s talk about mental health

The Hechinger Report

It’s true that there are not enough professionals to meet rising demand. Members of the Active Minds chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gather supplies to make valentines to themselves at a recent meeting. At a recent meeting, she brought supplies for students to make valentines to themselves. That is changing.

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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

The Hechinger Report

On a laptop in the nearly empty office, he worked on code for a webpage he was developing for his employer, the learning materials company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In half an hour, he needed to join a conference call about changes to the company’s website. Meetings, not so much. So many meetings.”. in February 2019.

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