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A regional public university’s identity crisis

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Given current circumstances, Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University, has decided to teach his fall course, “Economic History of Europe,” for a salary of $1. Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University and national expert on higher education finances, began teaching at O.U.

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The in-school push to fight misinformation from the outside world

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Launched in 2017, Calling BS became an instant hit at the University of Washington; it fills its 150-student capacity quickly each year. Elsewhere, the course has been incorporated into classes in multiple fields including engineering, statistics, English, economics and business. “It It touches everything.

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Alaska schools pay a price for the nation’s slowest internet, but change is coming

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NOME, Alaska — Before they got down to business for the day, students in Devin Tatro’s social studies class were offered a quiet moment of self-reflection: On this golden fall afternoon at Nome-Beltz Junior/Senior High School, were they feeling chipper, distressed or somewhere in between? Mareesa Nicosia for The Hechinger Report.

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Immigrants learned English in half the time when they were held back in third grade

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The hope is that if kids can become proficient in reading early on, they’ll be much more likely to succeed in all of their subjects, from science to social studies, because students need to know how to read to learn the material. Nevada and Michigan will join them in the upcoming 2019-20 school year.

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As cities dole out billions in subsidies to developers, teachers ask: What about us?

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Paul, teachers began their contract campaign in 2017 with a rally outside U.S. Increased transparency about the financial impact of corporate subsidies on schools, along with a broader public awareness of economic inequality, has emboldened teachers and helped them win allies among parents, community members, and school administrators.

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How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education

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Freshman Kylee Elderkin works on an assignment in English class at Nokomis High School in Newport on Friday, June 2, 2017. By 2021, schools must offer diplomas based students reaching proficiency in the four core academic subject areas: English, math, science and social studies. Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald.

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When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk

The Hechinger Report

That’s the “doomsday scenario” Vermont is trying to avoid through programs like Randolph Union’s, says Joan Goldstein, the state’s commissioner of economic development. In Vermont in 2013 18 percent of economically disadvantaged students dropped out of high school compared to only 3.5 It recognized that learning can occur anywhere.”.