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It’s Time to Reboot Our Thinking About Adult Learners in a Digitally Transformed World

Edsurge

In Coursera’s second quarter 2021 results reported last week, the company reported revenue growth of 38 percent on the strength of global demand for reskilling, and “sustained demand for career-oriented professional certificates targeted at entry-level digital jobs.”

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The Business Benefits of Video Conferencing

ViewSonic Education

2019 Impact of Video Conferencing Report indicates, in 2019, 48% of professionals used teleconferences more often than two years earlier in 2017. . billion in 2028. . Jells reported an annual savings of $11,000 per person per year when workers could work from home 50% of the time. . As Lifesize’s .

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‘Digital skills gap’ threatens innovation

eSchool News

issued a report in March that describes the worldwide digital skills gap in stark detail. The report should serve as a wake-up call for education leaders in the United States and elsewhere to think about how instruction should change to meet employers’ needs more effectively. The world’s major economies stand to lose up to $11.5

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NAEP Scores Show a Long Road to Academic Recovery. Edtech Can Help Shorten It.

Edsurge

Following years of disrupted learning during the pandemic, the recently released Nation’s Report Card shows an overall drop in both reading and math scores, with math scores falling in nearly every state. Recent headlines suggest it will take until 2028 for students to recover from these pandemic-related achievement declines.

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The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade

The Hechinger Report

Full high school projections extend further through 2028 in the WICHE data. million students in 2028. This story about declining school enrollment was written by Jill Barshay and produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Writing a College Essay That Stands Out

Edsurge

Our students also reported feeling immense pressure to craft an essay that stands out. Class of 2028 supplemental essay prompt. The top factors that have surfaced are pressure to write an excellent essay, difficulty explaining themselves and an unfamiliarity with narrative writing. race, gender, sexuality, religion, community, etc.)

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What Students From Rural Communities Think College Leaders Should Know

Edsurge

Betley reports that STARS schools extended more than 11,000 offers of admission to the Class of 2028, which was a 12.9 For example, they visited 1,100 rural high schools in 49 states, with many trips including a dozen or so admissions officers carpooling in minivans. The work is already paying off.

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