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New Survey Findings: Student Perceptions on Skilled Trades Education

EdNews Daily

According to a 2018 Deloitte study, the skilled trades gap could leave an estimated 2.4 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? […]. trillion in the U.S.

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Education technology and the future of Higher Ed leadership

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To quote a study on Evolllution , “60 percent of respondents said technology has fundamentally changed post-secondary teaching and learning. Read more: How to create accessible e-learning design. With the Internet and unprecedented access to information, the education sector continues to grow exponentially. According to The U.S.

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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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Writing a College Essay That Stands Out

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Class of 2028 supplemental essay prompt. A 2016 study of nearly 500 teachers across the country found that less than half had taken a college class focused on teaching writing, while fewer than a third had received training on specifically teaching children how to write. race, gender, sexuality, religion, community, etc.)

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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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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. Related: PROOF POINTS: Shop class sometimes boosts college going, Massachusetts study finds. 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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OPINION: Why school shutdowns are a disaster for science classes

The Hechinger Report

Such students have fewer informal science opportunities and limited broadband Wi-Fi access at home and attend schools in districts that receive, by one estimate, $1,200 less in funding per student. jobs in the STEM sector are forecast to grow by 8 percent by 2028. They also have fewer hours of science instruction. In the U.S.,

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