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Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees

The Hechinger Report

Once students are accepted, Sanchez said, Davenport will assess their education and work experience to see what can count toward degree progressions. And colleges across the country are bracing for a shrinking number of graduating high schoolers after 2025 to have an effect on their enrollment. But Davenport’s president, Richard J.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. These new assessment systems are a crucial component of personalization.

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How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education

The Hechinger Report

By 2025, four additional subject areas will be included: a second language, the arts, health and physical education. It should be clear to students which skills will be assessed on any test or project and how those skills will be graded. Such skills should be graded separately. Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. billion by 2025. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle. Interactive Whiteboards.

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Climate change threatens America’s ragged school infrastructure

The Hechinger Report

The 10-year moratorium on even partial reimbursements could create a backlog of more than a billion dollars’ worth of capital projects across state schools by 2025, according to a March analysis of Alaska’s K-12 capital spending by Bob Loeffler, a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute of Social and Economic Research.

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