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Retrieval practice, CBE, and what we value regarding student learning

Dangerously Irrelevant

In Powerful Teaching , the authors focus on the potential of: Retrieval practice – “pulling information out of students’ heads (e.g., quizzes and flashcards), rather than cramming information into students’ heads (e.g., These educational practices can be powerful tools for information retrieval. lectures)” (p.

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

.” When, or if, this doomsday scenario arises for higher education, it will be a combination of the challenges we have examined thus far – costs of “campus-based” education, failing revenue streams, and expensive dropouts. but less likely to engage the software to create lessons. Closing thoughts.

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OPINION: Why we must invest in new, innovative workforce training to fill a skills gap

The Hechinger Report

Recent history reminds us that the only way we can build a stronger, more resilient society is by investing in meaningful workforce training and good-paying jobs in the rapidly growing information technology field. Through 2029, growth in the IT sector is expected to rise 11 percent and add over half a million jobs to the U.S.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. On a recent day, Wallace, now 17, sat quietly reading Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and looking up information about the poem on a computer. Critics complain that the schools lack rigor and often use software programs vulnerable to cheating , such as Edgenuity.

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. This podcast about colleges using predictive analytics is produced by APM Reports. Photo: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. Data source: National Student Clearinghouse Graphic credit: Andy Kruse/APM Reports. This story was produced in partnership with American Public Media.

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Facing a white-collar worker shortage, American companies seek a blue-collar solution

The Hechinger Report

The dean’s list student ended up a college dropout, a gay 20-something cut off from his parents after coming out, and working at a UPS Store in a job he described as “retail drudgery” while running up credit card debt and stringing out his college loans. The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on?inequality

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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

The Hechinger Report

One day, a friend forwarded an email about Resilient Coders, a boot camp that trains people of color for web development and software engineering jobs. Trish Torizzo, chief information officer for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It hurts employers, too, Fuller and his Harvard colleague, researcher Manjari Raman, found in their report.

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