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Beer making for credit: Liberal arts colleges add career tech

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Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. In a survey conducted by Quest Research and the Kaplan test-prep company, they were four times more likely to say they’d hire an English major with a credential in cybersecurity than an English major without one. “We Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report.

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

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Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report Photo by Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Who is the school board really representing?” said Mendoza.

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Learning by Voting: Students Want the Right to Make a Difference in Real Life

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This story about youth activism was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report). Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report). Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report). Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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Jahliel Thurman (Vice President of Uplift Entertainment) and Shalon Bell (Director of Strategic Alliances at the Atlanta Voice)—will discuss how despite limited monetary capital, these institutions continue to boost students’ potential in graduate education, entrepreneurship and advocacy through human capital. Thursday, March 9 K-12 9:30 a.m.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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Colleges fight attempts to stop them from withholding transcripts over unpaid bills

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But in the beginning there was a lot of resistance, and we needed to have a lot of advocacy to take this bill across the finish line.”. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Additional reporting by Kirk Carapezza and Meredith Kolodner. They are “reluctant to let go,” she said.

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Becoming an Anti-Racist Childhood Educator and Social Warrior

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In fact, reported the presenters, integration resulted in educational inequities along with a decline in Black cultural identity and the disappearance of Black educators. At the heart of anti-racist early childhood education, she emphasized, is institutional critique combined with advocacy and transformation. About the Presenters.

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