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    Out the classroom door, but still teaching
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jun 16
    • 3 min

    Out the classroom door, but still teaching

    While there’s little evidence of a “Big Quit” in education there may be a Significant Shift in how teachers see their options, writes...
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    22 weeks of lost learning
    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 25
    • 2 min

    22 weeks of lost learning

    Remote students’ learning losses are worse than educators are willing to acknowledge, writes Thomas Kane, faculty director of Harvard’s...
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    Zoom U was very bad for students
    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 16
    • 2 min

    Zoom U was very bad for students

    College students are not OK, writes Jonathan Malesic, who teaches first-year writing at Southern Methodist University, in a New York...
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    Remote ed was double-whammy for poor students
    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 16
    • 1 min

    Remote ed was double-whammy for poor students

    Remote learning widened achievement gaps in states and districts that kept schools closed the longest, concludes a working paper by...
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    Joanne Jacobs
    • Oct 4, 2018
    • 1 min

    Educational videos don’t have to be boring

    Screen time isn’t necessarily wasted time, writes Mike Petrilli. His 10-year-old son learned about Admiral Yi Sun-sin, who defended Korea...
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    Online colleges target California
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Aug 17, 2018
    • 1 min

    Online colleges target California

    Online colleges are recruiting like crazy in California, reports Gary Robbins in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Penn State, the University...
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    California offers training for ‘stranded workers’
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Aug 6, 2018
    • 1 min

    California offers training for ‘stranded workers’

    California is moving ahead with an online college for “stranded workers,” reports Mikhail Zinshteyn on EdSource. It will offer short-term...
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    Online degree expands college access
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Mar 23, 2018
    • 1 min

    Online degree expands college access

    Georgia Tech’s online master’s in computer science program enabled mid-career workers to earn a degree that would have been out of reach...
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    Why families choose homeschooling
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Nov 24, 2017
    • 1 min

    Why families choose homeschooling

    After doubling from 1999 to 2012, the percentage of homeschool students appears to have leveled off at 3.3 percent, reports Sarah Grady...
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    Is personalization a fad? Curriculum matters
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Nov 7, 2017
    • 1 min

    Is personalization a fad? Curriculum matters

    If students choose what to learn, pursuing their own interests, they’ll be engaged and active learners, say some personalized-learning...
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    Online learning: The smart get smarter
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Nov 6, 2017
    • 1 min

    Online learning: The smart get smarter

    Strong students benefit from online classes, but weak students do not, concludes Brookings’ Susan Dynarski. The convenience of online...
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    ‘Freshman year for free’ is here
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Sep 5, 2017
    • 2 min

    ‘Freshman year for free’ is here

    Free college is a reality — not just a campaign promise — writes Steve Klinsky, founder and CEO of the Modern States Education Alliance,...
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    Learn now, pay later
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jul 19, 2017
    • 2 min

    Learn now, pay later

    Instead of paying for college, students can learn now, pay later at San Francisco’s Make School, reports Emily DeRuy in the San Jose...
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    College of competence: How WGU works
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jul 18, 2017
    • 2 min

    College of competence: How WGU works

    Western Governors University, a national nonprofit, has been providing online, self-paced competency-based education to career-minded...
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    Online credit recovery creates diploma mills
    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 25, 2017
    • 2 min

    Online credit recovery creates diploma mills

    Online “credit-recovery” programs are raising high school graduation rates, writes Zoë Kirsch as part of a Slate series called The Big...
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    Who needs a degree?
    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 2, 2017
    • 2 min

    Who needs a degree?

    The future of college may not include going to class or earning a degree, writes AP’s Maria Danilova. “Education startups are offering...
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    Course choice opens high school options 
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Apr 14, 2017
    • 1 min

    Course choice opens high school options 

    “Course choice,” also known as course access, is expanding options for students whose high schools can’t meet all their learning needs,...
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    Wisconsin governor: Let schools set class time
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Apr 12, 2017
    • 1 min

    Wisconsin governor: Let schools set class time

    Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget plan lets schools set their own days and hours of instruction, reports the Milwaukee...
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    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jan 31, 2017
    • 2 min

    Online classes + coaching help first-gen students 

    Combining online courses with intensive coaching is helping low-income Boston students complete college degrees, writes Jon Marcus on...
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