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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

They expect the same flexibility, mobility and always-on services they get with everything from travel and entertainment, also from educational providers. Almost half of all Ontario secondary school teachers report using YouTube or video elements in their classrooms. Blended and online learning is increasingly in demand by students.

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OPINION: As we eye post-pandemic life, it’s time to unclog the pipeline between education and work

The Hechinger Report

Case in point: Mobile, Alabama, where civic organizations, industry associations and churches successfully leaned on public schools and higher education institutions to improve student success rates. Lumina Foundation is among the numerous funders of The Hechinger Report.). The big employers complained that they couldn’t find talent.

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OPINION: We can and must do better to help Black students enroll in college and succeed

The Hechinger Report

In stories detailing inequities, from post-graduation income gaps to programming that places Black students in less upwardly mobile career tracks , the news consistently demonstrates that our higher education system is not equitably serving Black learners. Related: The college degree gap between Black and white Americans was always bad.

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New research offers hope to first-generation college grads

The Hechinger Report

A February 2018 report found that, nationwide, those who earn a bachelor’s degree are likely to earn the same paychecks as their peers who had more educated parents. Department of Education earlier this month points out that a college education can still be a lever of social mobility. First-generation students in New York City.

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Leadership Ignited

A Principal's Reflections

This year, they have decided to rely instead on what NASSP members have reported as the issues that keep principals up at night, such as Common Core implementation, new teacher evaluation models, and dropout prevention and graduation rates. Feature chat sessions combined with some basic social media training.

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OPINION: Post-pandemic, let’s develop true education-to-workforce pathways to secure a better future

The Hechinger Report

Pathways efforts in places like these are leading to vibrant career options that provide economic opportunity and upward mobility for more students. This story about education-to-workforce pathways was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Beyond Bootcamps: How Employers Can Help Nontraditional Learners Succeed

Edsurge

Although everyone wants magic solutions that can transform high-school dropouts into Google engineers in six months, this rarely happens. But if companies want to help people from underrepresented backgrounds achieve economic mobility over the long term, they’ll need to make ongoing investments. This doesn’t have to be hard.

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