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OPINION: Colleges have to do a better job helping students navigate what comes next

The Hechinger Report

While some progress has been made since then, institutions can still do a better job connecting their educational and economic mobility missions; recent research indicates that college graduates are having a hard time putting their degrees to work. Raise awareness of realistic careers. Make coursework-career connections a campuswide priority.

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What’s school without grade levels?

The Hechinger Report

One recent spring afternoon, about a dozen Northern Cass students working on laptops made themselves comfortable in a large classroom with mobile furniture, beanbag pillows and a plush blue couch. Still, it has been hard enough to schedule just one weekly seminar, he said. We’ve decoupled the curriculum from those grade levels.

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Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses. Or Is There?

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Going on the Offensive: Cyber Security Strategies for Schools

edWeb.net

Many schools still rely on the once-a-year cyber security seminar or focus on too narrowly on a specific issue, like not posting student info online. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

A must-read on Trump University from Ars Technica : “Trump University and the art of the get-rich seminar.” Winnie is a new mobile app that, according to Techcrunch , “helps parents find family-friendly places, share their experiences.” And now, onward, with 5 more months of presidential campaigning.