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The Hechinger Report
JUNE 8, 2020
This means that students living in online “education deserts,” who already face significant barriers to success, are being locked out of the postsecondary education that is so important to so many individuals’ prospects for future prosperity and civic engagement. Related: A school district is building a DIY broadband network.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 3, 2020
The best civics lesson requires you to leave the classroom. LearnServe helps students create “social ventures,” which are projects that benefit our neighborhoods and schools by tackling issues like poverty, discrimination, climate change and civic engagement. Related: Making America whole again via civics education.
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The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 10, 2020
Having a college degree is associated with reduced unemployment, a healthier lifestyle, lower health care costs and higher levels of civic engagement. But the benefits of a higher education are not simply economic. These trends put all of that at risk, and could take us a generation to work our way out of unless we act now.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
At Project Information Literacy (PIL), the nonprofit independent research institute I lead, a group of library and information science and new media researchers — including myself — conduct national research about the information seeking behavior of college students and recent graduates.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Most students in the California State University, Chico library were silently poring over books or computers on a recent afternoon, but one group was tucked into a corner peppering university president Stephen Perez with questions. CHICO, Calif. This story also appeared in Los Angeles Times What’s the world’s smallest mountain range?
Digital Promise
APRIL 23, 2019
From classes on Microsoft Office basics to services on civic engagement and employment, libraries and other social service programs play a pivotal role in reducing the Digital Learning Gap. Different Flavors of Digital Inclusion Programming.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 14, 2020
So Joffe created eLearn.fyi , a database of more than 300 online learning tools, including a civics curriculum founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and engineering lessons on how to build a robotic arm. “I realized that there was an opportunity sitting right in front of me,” she said. – DELECE SMITH-BARROW.
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