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Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees

The Hechinger Report

He hopes it will help many highly trained or qualified people who are underemployed because they believe their English isn’t good enough to earn a college degree. Once students are accepted, Sanchez said, Davenport will assess their education and work experience to see what can count toward degree progressions.

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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

There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. billion by 2025. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. You're sexist.

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