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The Impact of Creativity on College and Career Readiness

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Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways? Creativity builds advocacy skills that employers want, such as communication, collaboration and critical thinking. What creative skills are employers looking for?

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

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Lessons like these promote mathematical investigations within community-oriented contexts and require deep analysis. They offer an invitation to analyze how mathematics can be applied to promote civic engagement, advocacy, policy change and increased access to resources.

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As states adopt science of reading, one group calls for better teacher training, curriculum

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Meanwhile, just nine states require that districts adopt high-quality reading curriculum, NCTQ’s analysis found. Other advocacy groups have laid out different priorities for reading instruction. NCTQ’s analysis does not address third-grade retention policies that have been adopted in 13 states.

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For-profit beauty school settles class-action lawsuit

The Hechinger Report

The lawsuit , which was brought on behalf of current and former students by the nonprofit legal and advocacy organization Student Defense, accused La’ James of delaying financial aid payments and causing them financial hardship in violation of the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act. Yet the median annual pay for a cosmetologist is $35,000.

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Computer science claims slight victory in high schools

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The new statistics come from the 2021 State of Computer Science Education: Accelerating Action Through Advocacy , released by Code.org, the Computer Science Teachers Association, and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance. For the first time, a slim majority of all U.S.

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PROOF POINTS: New poll points to college and career benefits of Greek life despite criticism

The Hechinger Report

A new Gallup poll, commissioned by two advocacy organizations, finds that fraternity and sorority members were more likely to say they formed relationships with mentors and professors, were extremely active in extracurricular activities and worked in internships where they could apply what they were learning in their college classes.

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Colleges Are Missing Out on Students Who Start — But Don’t Finish — Their Applications

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Separate from the research by Odle and Magouirk, Common App conducted an internal analysis using National Student Clearinghouse records to track what happened to non-submitters beyond its own platform, said Mark Freeman, vice president of data analytics and research at Common App. It is so opaque,” McKibben said of the college price tag.

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