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Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators

Waterford

While it can be hard to keep up with every trend in educational technology, the mindset you have when it comes to classroom tech matters just as much as which ones you use. By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access.

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After the Pandemic, Higher Education Can’t Afford to Go Back to ‘Normal’

Edsurge

As educators, we craft learning experiences based on the pedagogical foundations set by those who came before us. In higher education, the student persistence and retention strategies used by institutions all over the world are built on the seminal works of great theorists such as John H. million persons under the age of 18.

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When elite college prep lowers your grade

The Hechinger Report

The French two-year program of extra tutoring and mentoring, called a cordée de la réussite or “team for success” in French, was run by École Normale Supérieure (ENS) of Paris, which is one of the most prestigious and selective schools of higher education in the country. For example, she did not have access to students’ grades.

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One state offers lessons in how to cope with the college enrollment crisis

The Hechinger Report

The university has done this by luring out-of-staters with in-state tuition prices and by breaking with long-standing attitudes through which higher education sometimes alienates rather than embraces prospective applicants. At UMaine, by comparison, the dean of engineering personally took her on a tour. Department of Education.

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After her university closes its achievement gap, chancellor says, “The shocker is, why aren’t we all doing this?”

The Hechinger Report

Across the country the disparities racially and with Pell-eligible students and first-generation students are an abomination, and educators should not sleep at night until it changes.”. By comparison, the national four-year graduation rate for public universities is 37 percent.).

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What happens when suspensions get suspended?

The Hechinger Report

From 2011-12 to 2021-22, as suspensions for willful defiance fell from 4,500 to near zero, suspensions across all categories fell too, to 1,633, a more than 90 percent drop, according to state data. Educators were also encouraged to implement an approach called positive behavioral interventions and supports. Suspended for…what?

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Most colleges enroll students who aren’t prepared for higher education

The Hechinger Report

The numbers reveal a glaring gap in the nation’s education system: A high school diploma, no matter how recently earned, doesn’t guarantee that students are prepared for college courses. Higher education institutions across the country are forced to spend time, money and energy to solve this disconnect. One of those is Maryland.