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College ‘Deserts’ Disproportionately Deter Black and Hispanic Students from Higher Ed

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The results are particularly important at a time when more colleges are struggling to remain open , says Riley Acton, an assistant professor of economics at Miami University in Ohio and one of the researchers who worked on the new study. “If I said, ‘This is bananas. This is not how it works.’”

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Three lessons from rigorous research on education technology

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The researchers at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab ( J-PAL ), an organization inside the economics department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scoured academic journals, the internet and evaluation databases and found only 113 studies on using technology in schools that were scientifically rigorous.

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Government Funds Shielded Colleges From Extinction. In 2022, the Stakes Will Change.

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How will institutions work creatively with industry to develop new pathways to employment or find breakthrough means of promoting social and economic mobility? How will institutions find means to deliver student support and instruction on par with student expectations?

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As Schools Prioritize Digital Literacy, My Students Are Being Left Behind

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To right the ship, families, schools and future employers must work together to prioritize a meaningful investment and evidence-based approach in developing a diverse and technically skilled workforce who can thrive in a rapidly changing economic landscape.

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Researchers Have Identified the Starkest Cases of School District Segregation

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This large economic and racial divide between two adjacent districts in Michigan shows that school segregation persists in the 21st century. But some district pairs revealed far higher levels of economic segregation, like Frankenmuth and Saginaw, whose poverty rates differ by about 45 percentage points. Its poverty rate is 50 percent.

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What Parents and Child Care Providers Want Their Elected Leaders to Know

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The throughline across all of them,” Carman notes, “is that families need more economic stability.” Educated, experienced, passionate teachers aren't able to stay in this field because they literally can't afford to,” wrote a center-based teacher in Wyoming. Their responses can be distilled into a few ideas.

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Why Some Investors Say Edtech ‘Doom and Gloom’ is Overhyped

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And with universities and schools being given extra funds by the federal government, they'll likely invest in more edtech resources, he says. There are two main reasons for optimism in the education technology sector specifically: the sustainability and evolution of business models and an abundance of talent. Just in the U.S.,

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