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Planning for Shifts: 3 Approaches as ESSER Ends

Mira Education

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund , commonly referred to as ESSER, is a federal program that gave districts nearly $190 billion in response to the pandemic. Districts have until the end of September to commit their share of ESSER funds and will have until January 2025 to spend them. What is ESSER funding?

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Harnessing The Future of AI without Losing Our Way

The CoolCatTeacher

During his career as a secondary school computer science teacher, he inspired students to create games and apps for social causes and implemented initiatives to broaden participation in computer science among underrepresented groups. is estimated to replace 85 million jobs by 2025, but 97 million new jobs will be created due to A.I.”

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GED and other high school equivalency degrees drop by more than 40% nationwide since 2012

The Hechinger Report

“It’s a stepping stone to some sort of post-secondary credential, which determines your economic mobility in life,” said Hilliard, adding that high school degree is a prerequisite to pursue many professional certifications, from emergency medical technician to truck driver.

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DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: The human cost of college debt that becomes “purgatory”

The Hechinger Report

By 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some kind of post-secondary education, and now only 45 percent of the state’s young adults meet that criterion. Many students share similar sentiments and some Georgia college administrators refer to them as “stopping out” rather than dropping out.

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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. For report cards, they convert those scores into letter grades to make it simple for parents, colleges and other post-secondary institutions to understand.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

” MOOC startups like Udacity and Coursera have also rebranded to target this particular post-secondary technical training market. “The ruling, which referred to players as employees, found that they must be freely allowed to post on social media, discuss issues of their health and safety, and speak with the media.”

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10 years later, goal of getting more Americans through college is way behind schedule

The Hechinger Report

That’s the separate goal set out by the Lumina Foundation to achieve by 2025. The Trump Administration Department of Education did not respond to repeated requests to discuss this topic, and references to the American Graduation Initiative have been deleted from the White House website. Why haven’t other states had the same growth?”

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