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In the Baltics, 85 millimeters separate East from West

Strange Maps

mi) of the Rail Baltica route, now under construction – underlining the economic benefits that will be realised when the connection goes live, from 2030. Concept of a Rail Baltica high-speed train, which will become operational around 2030. As this graph shows, more than seven million people live within 25 km (15.5

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

The Hechinger Report

But now a convergence of factors — a dwindling pool of traditional-age students, the call for more educated workers and a pandemic that highlighted economic disparities and scrambled habits and jobs — is putting adults in the spotlight. But in the midst of his studies, he stumbled and had to retake an economics course.

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India tries coding camps, craft centers and all-girls schools to fight illiteracy

The Hechinger Report

Jaisalmer, India — Once a year, history lecturer Vijay Kumar Ballani and his colleagues go door-to-door in this rural village, imploring parents to send their children to a cinderblock complex that lacks classroom space, bathrooms and desks. Students study for classes at a government school on the edge of the Thar Desert. With over 1.3

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Can Creativity Be Taught?

Digital Promise

According to the Future of Jobs Report by the World Economic Forum, creativity is one of the top three most important skills for future workers, along with complex problem solving and critical thinking. They can research art, history, nature, foreign countries, science fiction – and the list goes on. But can creativity be taught?

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Why it matters that Americans are comparatively bad at math

The Hechinger Report

It’s a threat to the nation’s global economic competitiveness and national security. The economic ramifications of this in the United States are twofold: first, on individuals’ job prospects and earnings potential; and second, on the country’s productivity and competitiveness. It calculated that had the U.S.

Economics 143
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California finally ended a ban on bilingual education. Now it can’t find enough teachers for these classes

The Hechinger Report

While policymakers didnt catch on right away, well-off and well-educated white parents did, seeing the economic benefits of bilingualism for their children very clearly. Viviana Valerio, a kindergarten teacher, said that history made bilingual education an intimidating proposition. These subject matters dont exist only in English.

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The high school grads least likely in America to go to college? Rural ones

The Hechinger Report

The reasons for this are as myriad as they are consequential, affecting everything from regional economic competitiveness to widening political division. But because of their histories, rural places have fewer such people than urban and suburban areas. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. Many are historic.