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The Political Right Is Slamming the Door on College Access

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million in the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center--a big historical change. With the exception of wartime, the United States has never been through a period of declining educational attainment like this ,” says Michael Hicks, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University.

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E-Books and Online Libraries in Modern College Education

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They’ve changed into online treasure hubs to help kids access education. The digital library has introduced an approach connecting students to personalized methods to access their courses. As long as you have access to a screen and internet, you can open millions of books and the whole world’s information.

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Breaking Barriers to a Foundational Early Childhood Education

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However, many young children have limited access to high-quality educational opportunities because of socioeconomic factors and technological barriers. She became passionate about this subject after delving into research on children's development and realizing the underinvestment and lack of services in this area.

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Young Kids in Low-Income Families Get Less Exposure to Math. Can the Right Apps Help?

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For early learners, exposure to math concepts can be at the mercy of their family’s economic status or related factors like whether their parents are college-educated. Researchers sent text reminders to some parents to use the materials they received. The result? Some of it worked really well. So the stakes are high.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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However, Dr Emil Temnyalov , an economist at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia, highlights the effects of socio-economic influences on these scores. While these are the areas of economics commonly in the news, the field is so much broader than this. Stock markets, unemployment, inflation and recession?

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A 5-Step Plan to Improve Professional Learning in Your School

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It could even be something more abstract but equally important, such as steadily increasing student satisfaction with school. Here are the top 10 skills needed for today’s workforce, as identified by the World Economic Forum: 5. Build your knowledge on topics such as SEL, Equity & Access or differentiation in your classrooms.

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New Study Confirms Racial and Ethnic Disparities Develop Before Kindergarten

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The research found achievement at 13%-16% for White kindergartners displayed advanced science or mathematics versus just 3%-4% of Black or Hispanic students. Imagine how exciting it would be for every student, regardless of background, to have access to vast opportunities out the gate, just like their peers, to identify their strengths.