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‘Wasted money’: How career-training companies scoop up federal funds with little oversight

The Hechinger Report

Magilke qualified for a government grant to go back to school, she was told, at a place the center suggested: an online company called MedCerts. But she said she was never told that she needed in-person clinical training — which MedCerts did not provide — to make her a viable candidate for a job as a medical assistant.

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The Game Agency Named to 2019 Training Industry Top 20TM Training Delivery Companies List

The Game Agency

Stamford, CT – September 5, 2019 – The Game Agency has been named to the 2019 Top Training Companies List for the training delivery sector of the learning and development market. Quality of analytics and reporting. Company size and growth potential. Quality of clients. Geographic and vertical reach.

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Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated

EdTech Magazine

Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated. At the same time, major companies are recognizing the potential of a generation that will be looking for jobs as the market for jobs in these fields changes — and offers new options to workers and employers. . eli.zimmerman_9856. education system.

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With new “talent visas,” other countries lure workers trained at U.S. universities

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in The Washington Post Only in her 20s, she had already co-created an e-commerce website that rose to the top of its category in her home country, gotten snatched up by a tech company, then been poached by another tech firm. But only 11 percent of foreign-born U.S. International graduates of U.S. he asked mirthfully.

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Germany, known for sorting kids into college and vocational tracks, takes a more flexible approach

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Patricia Kühfuss for The Hechinger Report Neriman is taking part in Kein Abschluss ohne Anschluss (KAoA) — or “no graduation without connection” — a program that has been rolled out across the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to help students better plan for their futures. amid growing disenchantment with university education.

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10 Companies Hiring Teachers Over the Summer

EdNews Daily

If you are a teacher looking for a summer gig, or unique ways to make extra money over your break, please find 10 companies hiring now. Assessors score candidate responses to portfolio or assessment center exercises and are trained to look for evidence of a candidate’s practice through the lens of the National Board standards.

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A handful of colleges are finally providing training in a way consumers want it: fast

The Hechinger Report

Now he’s training in a fast-track program to become an industrial maintenance technician. Credit: Tina Russell for The Hechinger Report. Orr recounts this with surprising good humor, early in the morning in a brightly lighted classroom at the Valencia College Center for Accelerated Training. Even if they weren’t forced to, 4.2

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