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Moving forward: Challenges in Education
For the better part of a year, the vast majority of education news has related to the pandemic: what schools are and aren’t doing, anger from parents, battles between teachers and policymakers, the effect on students and more. Researchers are accumulating an impressive amount of data which will be analyzed for decades to come. AllContinue reading “Moving forward: Challenges in Education”
Lessons that COULD be learned from a year in a pandemic
For better or worse the past year has been a giant natural experiment in education. Some schools have been closed for in-person learning for more than a year while others have opened in some form. Some have provided the neediest students back on campus while leaving the more “self-sufficient” students to make do with ZOOMContinue reading “Lessons that COULD be learned from a year in a pandemic”
Community college: the hardest sector in Education
Community colleges were founded with the intention to provide college skills for student in preparation of transfer to four year post-secondary institutions. Over the past century community colleges have evolved to play a vital role in the higher education landscape (Dougherty, 1998). Community colleges are not just transfer institutions anymore. Their purpose is multifold: transfer,Continue reading “Community college: the hardest sector in Education”
