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What is an intelligent learning platform for schools and universities?

Neo LMS

Students have continued pursuing their studies despite prolonged lockdowns through platforms such as learning management systems (LMSs) and video conferencing software. Today, edtech companies are actively working on taking digitization even further by converting the traditional LMS into an intelligent learning platform (ILP).

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ReUp Education Raises $6 Million Series A to Help College Dropouts Return

Edsurge

Often, she says, a life event usually interrupts their studies—starting a family or a parent becomes ill, for example—and the CEO of ReUp Education says students shouldn’t suffer for it. “It The company is paid each semester the students attend. Freedman remains an adviser and board chairman of the company.

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A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change

The Hechinger Report

It’s not a retail company. It’s a revealing example of how people inside higher education often bristle at adopting strategies from the private sector, and why colleges and universities continue to be slow to change. It’s not a retail company. A university analysis shows that this approach has sharply reduced dropout rates.

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How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S.

eSchool News

Bilingual education’s impact With 1 in every 10 students experiencing a lack of English proficiency, millions are at risk for struggles with reading and writing comprehension, reduced academic achievement, and less rigorous tracks of study, which lead to increased dropout rates, and lowered educational attainment and human capital.

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Making the American Dream a Reality for Underserved Students

Edsurge

The subprime lending crisis of 2008, however, was a clear example of people being sold the American Dream without being given the tools to realize it. Tyler’s story is a classic example of how higher education has become a blind spot in our society. Collectively, college dropouts owe a staggering $1.35 How would she afford it?

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Millennials: The Straw That Will Stir Higher Education’s Next Disruption

EdNews Daily

Famous billionaire college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and the late Steve Jobs are prominent examples of successes who never completed undergraduate degrees. Internship and work-study programs have a long history and are common at many institutions. One example of this is the newest trend of “ digital badges.”

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

Districts across the country have been ramping up career education programs spurred, in part, by federal legislation updated in 2018 that provides funding for career education (commonly referred to as Perkins V ), said Matt Giani, a research associate professor in sociology at the University of Texas at Austin who studies education policy.

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