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Ed Dept resource examines how schools can use ARP funds to address learning loss
To assist schools in supporting students in the return to in-person learning, the U.S. Department of Education released a new resource, "Strategies for Using American Rescue Plan Funding to Address the Impact of Lost Instructional Time," examining evidence-based strategies for addressing pandemic-related learning loss using their share of the $122 billion in American Rescue Plan funds earmarked for K-12 education.
Liberal arts colleges must be partners in workforce development
We can use the power of the liberal arts to broaden workforce development. Liberal arts skills are really innovation skills, and must not be overlooked in the latest federal and state workforce development and education initiatives, writes Sonia Cardenas, acting dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs and professor of political science at Trinity College.
Supporting Tweens and Teens During a Challenging Life Stage
Middle and high school teachers can take simple steps to help students feel confident of success in their studies as they begin to transition into adulthood.
Biden administration ends waiver limiting audits of students applying for financial aid
Weeks after relaxing its audit of college students relying on federal grants and loans to pay for this academic year, the Education Department said it will resume the process for the following term.
Nearly 200,000 fewer transfer students enrolled in college last year, report finds
Colleges and universities lost about 191,500 transfer students in the 2020-21 academic year — representing a loss almost three times greater than the previous year's decline of 69,300 students, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
A school year like no other: The class of 2021 played ‘the hand we were dealt’
As they finished high school during one of the most tumultuous years in this nation’s history, three Colorado students navigated mental health struggles, family pressures and big questions about their post-graduation plans.
It's time to close apprenticeship's long-overlooked equity gaps
To fully realize the apprenticeship model’s potential, we must create a more purposeful approach to inclusive apprenticeship — one that seeks to right historic wrongs in workforce opportunity, writes Eric Seleznow and Latitia McCaine.
How Math and English Teachers Encourage Civic Engagement
There are appealing, thought-provoking opportunities outside of social studies for teaching students how to be involved citizens.
Op-Ed: Here’s everything I missed as a COVID-era student. Will any of it ever come back?
Sidhi Dhanda, a rising sophomore at Hopkinton High School in Hopkinton, MA, shares what it's like to navigate high school during COVID-19.