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OPINION: Why we must invest in new, innovative workforce training to fill a skills gap

The Hechinger Report

Recent history reminds us that the only way we can build a stronger, more resilient society is by investing in meaningful workforce training and good-paying jobs in the rapidly growing information technology field. Build company-specific programs that focus on recruiting and/or customized training.

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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. Listed as a Model Dropout Prevention Program, Ripple Effects’ resources have been used by more than 400,000 students a year in more than 4,000 school across all 50 states.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

The Hechinger Report

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. Helping community college students, many of whom are trained to be frontline pandemic fighters, continue their educations is a great investment for America,” Oakley said. “We

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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. While being paid to train is hardly a new idea, it can solve a lot of problems.

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Beyond Bootcamps: How Employers Can Help Nontraditional Learners Succeed

Edsurge

In the last six years the number of students graduating from coding bootcamps has reportedly increased 11-fold, to an estimated 23,043 in 2019. Although everyone wants magic solutions that can transform high-school dropouts into Google engineers in six months, this rarely happens. Usually, when new hires succeed, so does the company.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

percent (about 11,000 students) in 2018-2019. By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Similarly, in the paper “ Additional training opportunities restore sleep-associated memory benefits under conditions of low prior knowledge ” by Maren J. Additional training opportunities restore sleep-associated memory benefits under conditions of low prior knowledge. References and further readings Binder, T.,