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New Survey Findings: Student Perceptions on Skilled Trades Education

EdNews Daily

million skilled trade positions unfilled between 2018 and 2028, which could have a potential economic impact of $2.5 Why is it so difficult to fill these accessible jobs with highly-trained professionals? […]. According to a 2018 Deloitte study, the skilled trades gap could leave an estimated 2.4 trillion in the U.S.

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Writing a College Essay That Stands Out

Edsurge

Class of 2028 supplemental essay prompt. With a foundation of personal narrative writing in place, increasing access to counselors or advisers who can provide students with individualized guidance on the college essay writing process is key. The prompt asks applicants to, “Tell us about an aspect of your identity (e.g.

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Education technology and the future of Higher Ed leadership

Neo LMS

Technology like this has allowed non-traditional students to gain access to better education, allowing students from remote places to plug into a class hosted around the world, and even made it easier for differently-abled students to learn mainstream curricula and more. Read more: How to create accessible e-learning design.

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It’s Time to Reboot Our Thinking About Adult Learners in a Digitally Transformed World

Edsurge

During the pandemic, though, 37 percent of adults pursuing education abandoned their educational goals due to financial hardships, changes at work, or lack of access to programs, based on public opinion polling from Strada Education Network—a situation characterized as a “national crisis.”

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NAEP Scores Show a Long Road to Academic Recovery. Edtech Can Help Shorten It.

Edsurge

Recent headlines suggest it will take until 2028 for students to recover from these pandemic-related achievement declines. This dismal news further intensifies the pressure on district leaders to address learning gaps exacerbated by the pandemic, all while more than half of schools report teacher and staffing shortages.

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OPINION: Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation and the end of affirmative action signal to Black people that they will never belong

The Hechinger Report

Less than a month before Gay’s resignation, these politics were on display as Ivy League early admissions decisions sparked the annual accusations of reverse racism, with non-Black students and parents blaming Black students for stealing their spots in the class of 2028.

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OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages

The Hechinger Report

A startling 3 million skilled trades jobs will sit unfilled by 2028. But students aren’t the only ones who lose out from a one-size-fits-all high school approach. So does the U.S. job market, which faces a significant skilled labor shortage.

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