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After the Pandemic, Higher Education Can’t Afford to Go Back to ‘Normal’

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To further complicate matters, statisticians have long warned of the pending “ 2025 cliff ,” which represents the abrupt reduction of potential first-time, full-time freshmen projected to arrive in 2025 to 2026 due to the drop in birth rates between the years 2008 and 2011. The stakes are high and so are the needs of our students.

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Big Deals: Edtech Industry News from Google, ETS, Raspberry Pi Foundation, and More

eSchool News

From enhancing student engagement and addressing learning loss to transforming and redefining the essential skills of the workforce, AI offers possibilities for improving educational and career outcomes. AI-powered diagnostic tools that identify areas for improvement and guide test takers through targeted study sessions.

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How can teachers use VR in the classroom?

Neo LMS

billion by 2025, while the education sector will attract 15 million users. Google Cardboard was the result of a 36-hour hackathon by Google’s education team, where staff were tasked with finding ways to boost student engagement. Google Cardboard.

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Embedding Equity Across a District and Community

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Parrott, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, explained why their Compass 2025 plan emphasizes equity throughout and how they keep equity front and center in their work. Engage those closest to the data in the conversations. Reexamine practices—assess what is and isn’t working.

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Documenting Maine’s failure to implement proficiency-based education

The Hechinger Report

were studying what Maine was doing. The report was funded by the Nellie Mae Foundation, which is a major financial supporter of many efforts to promote and study proficiency- or competency-based education, including those in Maine. Half the students were somewhere in between low to medium exposure.

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How Virtual Reality Helps This N.Y. School District Prepare Students for Their Future

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“If students have all this technology at home, why would they want to come to school and do a paper-pencil task? Choose carefully By 2025 an estimated 15 million students will be using VR , but Gierasch isn’t interested in following the latest trends. You’ll see the students engaged for the length of that entire lesson.”

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Revamped and rigorous, career and technical education is ready to be taken seriously

The Hechinger Report

At Manchester School of Technology, students may study a wide range of sought-after careers, from game design and aeronautical engineering to HVAC and nursing. This type of engagement, said Strout, is one way she and fellow MST teachers hope to keep students engaged in school and anchored in New Hampshire.