Scores Show 850,000 High School Juniors Are Ready for College. Starting Early Could Save Them Time — and Money. New Report Asks: Why Make Them Wait?

25% of 11th-graders are academically ready for college. Should they enroll?

March 1st, 2019|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College Tuition, College-prep, College/University, Current Events, Education, High School, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Poll: School Safety Is Main Concern for California Voters, but College Affordability Tops List for Parents

The 74 Million - Laura Fay "School safety and college [...]

February 7th, 2019|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College/University, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parenting, Parents, School, School Safety, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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An Overlooked Solution for Diversifying STEM

Inside Higher Ed - Adrianna Kezar and Elizabeth Holcombe "For [...]

February 3rd, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College/University, Current Events, Diversity, Education, Learning, News, STEM, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Four Predictions For Higher Education In 2019

Forbes - James Kvaal "Only two weeks into 2019, and [...]

January 21st, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College Tuition, College/University, Current Events, Education, Higher Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Some colleges start using their long winter breaks to help students plan for jobs

The Hechinger Report - Jon Marcus "Using winter break for [...]

January 21st, 2019|Categories: Academic Performance, Career, Career & Technical Training, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College Tuition, College-prep, College/University, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Texting Nudges Harm Degree Completion

Education Next - Jay P. Greene "When behavioral nudges using [...]

January 20th, 2019|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College Tuition, College-prep, College/University, Current Events, Education, Financial Aid, News, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why I Used to Dread Learning Chinese Until I Went to College

Next Shark - Grace Wang "My teacher was so supportive, [...]

January 16th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Chinese students, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College/University, Cultural studies, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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10 years later, goal of getting more Americans through college is way behind schedule

The Hechinger Report - Jon Marcus "When then-President Barack Obama [...]

January 15th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College Tuition, College-prep, College/University, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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4 keys to supporting college and career readiness

E-School News - Michael Ballone and Michael Bowman "Preparing students [...]

January 8th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Career, Childhood Education, Children, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College Tuition, College-prep, College/University, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School District, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Universities Should Be About Transferable Skills And Continuing Education

Forbes - Alex Adamopoulos "Higher education is judged based on [...]

January 5th, 2019|Categories: Accountability, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College Tuition, College-prep, College/University, Current Events, Education, News, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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