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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. But education just isn’t there yet.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

Board of Education did not compel private schools to do so. 2019) The most common tropes of the history of the institution of enslavement — what we learn in school (if not banned) and in movies — is that white women’s participation was limited to being innocent bystanders. Jones-Rogers, Ph.D.

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How Students Use Unofficial Online Backchannels for Classes

ED Surge

But students can be reluctant to use these sanctioned channels, or to show up in person for office hours, says Megan McNamara, a continuing lecturer in sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. She says she used a Discord server as a student recently, in an online course she took at the campus. “I

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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

ED Surge

These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work. America’s Workforce Dilemma During the 2019-2020 academic year, U.S. postsecondary institutions conferred about 5.1

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

This is her second year in the profession, and the Illinois State Board of Education recently recognized her as the 2023 Outstanding Teacher of the Year ! Gariecia was in my Sociology of Class, Gender, and Race elective during the 2016-2017 academic year. Paula Katrina, Victoria & Gariecia are all Golden Apple Scholars.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Students themselves — especially those who are the first in their families to go to college — say they’re facing isolation, flagging motivation, money woes and lack of support, on top of the usual challenges of navigating higher education. “We We have to fight three times as hard now.”. College enrollments have fallen.