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eSports: The Growing Extra-Curricular Activity NOW!

The CoolCatTeacher

Kristy Custer – Bio as Submitted Dr. Kristy Custer has been a public educator for almost 25 years. Dr. Custer is a leader in character education and civic advocacy. The Kansas Health Foundation named her a Civic Health Hero, and the Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals named her the 2018 Principal of the Year.

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How Childhood Experiences Contribute to the Education-Health Link

Digital Promise

The interconnection between education and health is well established. The highest percent of smoking is seen among persons with less than a high school or General Educational Development (GED) high school equivalency diploma , and the lowest is among persons with a bachelor’s degree or higher. Read the original article.

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Building a Successful Certification Program at Your Institution

eSchool News

In a world where competition for jobs, pay increases, and academic success continues to increase, certifications offer hope to candidates and educators. Increased post-secondary enrollment: 84% vs 82% Reduced dropout rates: 0.2% vs 2.78 (4.0 scale) Higher graduation rates for certified high school students: 97.5% vs 1.0%.

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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

The Hechinger Report

Turning around struggling high schools is the toughest work in education reform. But these last few years it’s really been a big turnaround in the school … they really are pushing us toward higher education.”. Related: How one district solved its special education dropout problem. Research found that a $3.5

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

In the last on our series about the challenges in higher education, we will examine how universities and colleges are managing the fast pace of change in teaching methods and curricula. According to UNESCO, global demand for higher education is expected to grow from 100 million students currently to 250+ million by 2025.

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OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages

The Hechinger Report

Traditional public schools alone aren’t responsible for the student debt or skilled labor crises — but a longstanding Massachusetts education experiment has shown promise at addressing both. There’s no reason that Massachusetts alone should hold the recipe for successful vocational-technical education.

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VHS Learning Elects Dr. Yolanda D. Johnson to its Board of Directors

eSchool News

Johnson currently serves as the Executive Officer for Student Services at Springfield Public Schools, where she oversees school counseling and social work services, dropout prevention and graduation improvement strategies, and college access and success initiatives. Courses are approved for initial eligibility by NCAA.

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