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Education technology and the future of Higher Ed leadership

Neo LMS

Learning” now takes on a different meaning, with technology redefining who can learn, who can teach, and how each can do it differently. To quote a study on Evolllution , “60 percent of respondents said technology has fundamentally changed post-secondary teaching and learning. According to The U.S.

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

Edsurge

Twenty-five years after the Internet became commercially available, post-high school learning—which for adults is now truly often a life-long endeavor—is now a diverse ecosystem of options. As our economy enters a new era, so too must the world of postsecondary education.

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

Edsurge

Following years of disrupted learning during the pandemic, the recently released Nation’s Report Card shows an overall drop in both reading and math scores, with math scores falling in nearly every state. Recent headlines suggest it will take until 2028 for students to recover from these pandemic-related achievement declines.

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Writing a College Essay That Stands Out

Edsurge

Duke University, for example, added an additional supplemental essay prompt that reads, “We believe a wide range of personal perspectives, beliefs, and lived experiences are essential to making Duke a vibrant and meaningful living and learning community,” and invites students to share more in this context. Source: Johns Hopkins University.

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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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Empty Desks: Getting Chronically Absent Students Back to Class Is No Easy Feat

Edsurge

Yadira Mederos De Cardenas, a teacher at the early learning center All Five, in the Belle Haven neighborhood of Menlo Park, May 26, 2023. When students are chronically absent, no matter what the issue is, you're missing out on learning," she said. She was absent from one class 28 days during the 2022-23 school year. It's a valid thing.

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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. This unique 50-50 split allows students to participate in day-long projects and learning experiences in their communities without having to worry about the next class period cutting their time short. So does the U.S.

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