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Canada treats its adjunct professors better than the U.S. does – and it pays off for students 

The Hechinger Report

But it’s also not fair to the students who are relying on them to be focused on the classroom and to keep them going.” That information is based on a survey distributed to adjuncts who are AFT members and, through social media, to adjuncts who are not members of the union; 1,043 responded. It’s not fair to them — we know that.

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Urgency of getting people back to work gives new momentum to ?microcredentials?

The Hechinger Report

Surveys bear this out. And if we lose someone, instead of being a dropout, they’ll have a certificate. But is it better than being a dropout? Two-thirds of Americans in a Pew Research Center survey said that students aren’t getting the skills they need for the workplace. Now they understand how education works.

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

The Starkville Foundation for Public Education, funded by donations from local residents, gave frequent grants to Starkville teachers to purchase new equipment and materials for their classrooms. There are pockets of poverty in the county that rival the Delta while Starkville is, by comparison, a wealthy town,” he said.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” That’s the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow , which is already having to repay Ohio some $60 million. Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” Resources , But Grasp Is Surface-Level, Survey Finds.” ” Immigration and Education. Rural ones.”