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OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages

The Hechinger Report

A startling 3 million skilled trades jobs will sit unfilled by 2028. percent statewide dropout rate, according to 2020-21 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education data, and special needs students fare particularly well at voc-tech schools. So does the U.S. percent , even lower than the overall 1.5

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OPINION: Why school shutdowns are a disaster for science classes

The Hechinger Report

For many of these students and others coming from low-income backgrounds, science knowledge gaps exist even prior to kindergarten entry but become gravely amplified in primary and secondary schools. Unsurprisingly, such foundational STEM disparities extend far beyond secondary school education. In the U.S.,

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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