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Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees

The Hechinger Report

And colleges across the country are bracing for a shrinking number of graduating high schoolers after 2025 to have an effect on their enrollment. Degree programs to be offered include accounting, business administration, education, human resource management, health services administration and technology project management.

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Undocumented High School Students Are Now the ‘Post-DACA Generation’

Edsurge

This year marks the first time since 2012 that a majority of undocumented high schoolers who are graduating won’t be able to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known simply as DACA, according to a new report from the immigrant advocacy group FWD.us. before June 15, 2007 — 16 years ago.

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As jobs grow hard to fill, businesses join the drive to push rural residents toward college

The Hechinger Report

It’s that fewer than one in five of adults in the entire surrounding Humphreys County have at least an associate degree, according to census data analyzed by the nonprofit advocacy organization Complete Tennessee. Walker Valley High School in Cleveland, Tennessee, is surrounded by rolling hills and factories.

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Education Playbook spotlights teaching and learning

eSchool News

It’s time to raise the level of education debate in the country,” KnowledgeWorks Vice President of Policy and Advocacy Matt Williams said. “As How can we better leverage technological innovations to ensure education keeps up with other sectors? education system. How can we prepare them for those realities?

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SJSU iSchool: "Deaf Community and Culture and Best Practices for Libraries" + "Supporting Libraries and Reading in School - AB 2465"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Pacific Time) Joan Naturale, NTID Librarian, Rochester Institute of Technology Presentation on Libraries and the Deaf Community ( 1:40 – 2:10 p.m. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0025; (916) 319-2025 Kevin McCarty Dem Dem - 07 Contact Form [link] kevinmccartyca Capitol Office, 1021 O Street, Suite 4250 P.O.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy. in media and technology from Boston University, and a bachelor’s in early childhood education from India. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. About the Presenters. Arati has an M.Ed.

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Beer making for credit: Liberal arts colleges add career tech

The Hechinger Report

Even if that rebounds, the number of potential future college freshmen graduating from high schools nationwide will begin decreasing after 2025 , the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education estimates. Colleges competing for students “know there’s a bad brand out there for the liberal arts.

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