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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

The goals of the program have included providing instructional materials, tools, education and professional development that enhance teachers ability to integrate digitized primary sources from the Library of Congress into instruction that builds student literacy, critical thinking skills, content knowledge and ability to conduct original research.

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Spain’s Move to Decolonize Its Museums Must Continue

Sapiens

DECOLONIZING SPAIN’S MUSEUMS In my work as a curator of archaeological assemblages at the British Museum and as a bio-archaeology researcher at the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom, I have observed how nations and cultural institutions grapple with their colonial legacies.

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A Fifth of Students at Community College Are Still in High School

ED Surge

And the growth is steep — up 10 percent compared to last year, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The institution hopes to increase enrollment among high school students by 50 percent more by 2028. “We Called dual enrollment, the phenomenon grew for the third year in a row this year.

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Ten jobs that are safe from robots

The Hechinger Report

That’s according to researchers who study the impact of automation on jobs. Over the next decade, at least one-third of the tasks in about 60 percent of jobs could be automated, according to research by consulting firm McKinsey & Company. The notion that we can train someone in 2018 for job requirements in 2028 isn’t realistic.”.

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COLUMN: ‘We want every major to be a climate major’

The Hechinger Report

Duke introduced a wide-ranging climate commitment in 2022 that spans operations, research grants and partnerships, including with the New York Climate Exchange. Steelman is advocating for fluency for all undergraduates by 2028, she said, but “We’re working through a committee process and we’ll see what sticks.”

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OPINION: Why school shutdowns are a disaster for science classes

The Hechinger Report

Many health providers and researchers agree that prolonged school closures and makeshift virtual curricula — with variable attendance and suboptimal engagement — are detrimental to kids’ overall growth and development. jobs in the STEM sector are forecast to grow by 8 percent by 2028. In the U.S.,

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What Students From Rural Communities Think College Leaders Should Know

ED Surge

This growing interest is a recognition of the fact that although federal data shows 90 percent of students from rural regions graduate from high school, only about half go directly to college, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The work is already paying off.