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OPINION: If we don’t act quickly, the student loan default system could plunge more families into poverty

The Hechinger Report

It is especially abhorrent that a government program intended to create equitable opportunities for all students instead perpetuates racial and economic gaps in financial stability and mobility. The vast majority of those who default on student loans have faced persistent economic and social vulnerability.

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How AI Can Foster Creative Thinking in the Classroom and Beyond

ED Surge

Brian Johnsrud Director of Education Learning and Advocacy, Adobe Recently, EdSurge spoke with Brian Johnsrud , the director of education learning and advocacy at Adobe , about using educational tools that not only harness the power of AI but also uphold the creative integrity of students and teachers.

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What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

ED Surge

We were able to get more families and children access to quality early learning, while supporting families to get back into the workforce, providing that economic benefit and the need that businesses in our community have, Jones said. That same thinking must be applied to the people you're trying to convince to vote for this.

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Retraining an entire state’s elementary teachers in the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

It is paying off: Over a five-year span ending in 2019, the number of students reading at grade level in the district grew at a rate that outpaced the state as a whole. In North Carolina, reading scores barely budged in the five years between 2015 and 2019. READ THE SERIES. 1 in the nation for growth in reading.

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As Child Care Challenges Threaten the American Workforce, Business Leaders Call for Action

ED Surge

The way we accommodate child care, and time for our loved ones, is both the greatest challenge and the greatest economic opportunity of our time,” Nooyi said, adding that it is a core challenge for employers. economic health and competitiveness, noted Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Marshall Plan for Moms in an interview.

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Beer making for credit: Liberal arts colleges add career tech

The Hechinger Report

The economic churn triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic “has increased the demand” for courses that can help people quickly learn what they need to find work, Paliwal said. universities in all entered into partnerships with bootcamps between 2019 and the third quarter of last year to offer coding, the education research firm Holon IQ reports.

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Tennessee law could hold back thousands of third graders in bid to help kids recover from the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students are likely to be affected the most by the most recent version of the law. From 2017 to 2019 , Mississippi had the highest jump in fourth grade reading scores in the nation. But the older law left retention decisions up to districts. Because I email, I call.

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