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DECEMBER 25, 2023

And unfortunately, we know that for those who do attend college, many fail to complete, leaving millions of young people without the education and training necessary for career success. Despite the pressure to attend, reports suggest 53 percent of high school students are unlikely to pursue a college degree. –Joy Smithson, Ph.D.,

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Nor, I’d argue, will a fixation on simply “learning to code.” Although job training is something that companies have been unwilling to pay for – or at least that they pay for quite unevenly.) So, will “learning to code” in particular provide much needed job opportunity and job security ?

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” ” Via Getting Smart : “ Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning.” ” Tom Vander Ark lists “ 15 Dimensions of Personalized Learning.”

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AUGUST 4, 2018

The Business of Job Training. ” “ Twitter is funding college professors to audit its platform for toxicity,” writes The Verge. DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund. The adaptive learning company has raised $175.6 ” The official: Steven G. The company: RIB Software SE.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. The Business of Job Training. Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” ” More on teen social media usage, this time from Buzzfeed : “‘Tweetdecking’ Is Taking Over Twitter.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Perhaps the district didn’t know what New York City learned when it audited its old data portal : it found that less than 3% of parents had ever logged in. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. Brain Training. Ed-Tech Startup Accelerators.

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MAY 13, 2016

It was one of two social media messages – the other a Twitter photo of Tunsil smoking marijuana through a gas mark – that were posted during the NFL draft. ” Via Education Week : “ Teach For America Ends Pre-Training Pilot Focused on Cultural Competency.” From the HR Department. ” ( PDF ). .”

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JUNE 24, 2016

“ Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : ”Why Twitter Is Calling Abigail Fisher ’ Becky With the Bad Grades ’: A Brief Explainer.” According to Edsurge, the company makes “adaptive workplace software that helps individualize corporate training.” Zoomi has raised $2.5 million total.

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JULY 21, 2017

” Via Education Week : “For Principals, Student Sexting a Speeding ‘Freight Train,’ Full of Peril.” ” “ Personalized learning ” equals cutting the teacher workforce in Oklahoma. ” The Business of Job Training. Via The Washington Post : “Some D.C. Go, School Sports Team!

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