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Information Sharing at the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Digital Promise

Recently, I attended the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Portland, Oregon, hosted by NTEN , to catch up on the newest trends in educational technology (edtech) and learn about cutting-edge tools that may be integrated to boost adult learning and workforce development initiatives at Digital Promise.

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OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school

The Hechinger Report

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the cost of college increased by 180 percent after inflation from 1980 to 2019-20. Students are assuming historic levels of loan debt in pursuit, ironically, of economic mobility (a long-proven benefit of higher education). trillion — up nearly $750 billion in 12 years.

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Economic Mobility Pathways in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky: Building Networks for Frontline Talent Development

Digital Promise

The collaborative is especially focused on equity, seeking to uncover and eliminate racial and socioeconomic disparities that present barriers to economic mobility. The post Economic Mobility Pathways in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky: Building Networks for Frontline Talent Development appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Make Simple Cross-Sectional Data with World Bank Data (from {WDI})

Steven V. Miller

If you’re interested in topics of economic development, population growth, corruption, education levels—or almost anything else in the cross-national context—the World Bank’s DataBank has you covered. The most recent year for which it has data is 2019. Thus, I want to focus on just a few years: let’s say 2014 to 2019.

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Practical Pedagogies #7: Musical Landscapes

Living Geography

A few previous things that I have done in this area that might also add to what Matt has done - some of these are perhaps more - A blog post on LivingGeography from 2019 was a reminder of some work on a book called - Also check out the work of John Wilkinson. Subscribers can download the article for free. -

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Europe’s busiest airport? Heathrow and Istanbul battle for the title

Strange Maps

Credit: Jack Taylor / Getty Images) Germany’s political capital Berlin doesn’t make the top 10, but its financial and economic capitals do: Frankfurt (FRA) and Munich (MUC). million in 2019. Bye bye, Atatürk The new Istanbul Airport was inaugurated in 2019 when it took over the old airport’s IATA code (IST). million in 2021.

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Why Schools Should Focus on Social Capital Development — Not Just Skills

ED Surge

Back in 2019 , I took to an EdSurge column to share my opinion — a sounding call for more attention to be paid to the role social capital plays in education and workforce training. Those with social capital may wield it to maintain power and reinforce authority, often at the expense of those with less. But education just isn’t there yet.

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