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As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

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PORTLAND, Maine — The ergonomic chairs, glass-walled conference rooms, ubiquitous technology and smell of new carpets and fresh paint scream well-funded startup. Demand for workers in solar is expected to nearly double by 2030, according to an industry census. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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Home visiting in high school: Trying an intervention for toddlers on teenagers

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West Virginia unveiled a campaign this year for 60 percent of adults ages 25 to 64 to have earned a degree or certificate by 2030. The district also sponsored its first 3-day home-visiting conference in late November for teachers.

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How higher education lost its shine

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Part of a cadre of advisers deployed by the state to prod more Tennessee high school graduates into college, the women in this conference room have suddenly found their jobs to be much harder. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. Last year, it was less than 53 percent.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The New Republic : “Betsy DeVos is headlining Harvard’s Koch-backed conference on school choice – with no critics of school choice.” Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” ” Immigration and Education. .”