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Opening Doors Through Online Learning

Technological advances make it possible for students to receive or augment their education through course completion at an online university. With the growth we’re now accustomed to in Internet technology today, e-learning is fast becoming a part of most college programs. Benefits of such instruction include individu...

one year ago by Jesse Langley

EdTech

Recareering and Its Effect On Education

It is never too late to seek out the right career path, as long as other circumstances in one’s life are ripe for change. Recareering can be beneficial in a host of situations, like suffering a sudden job loss through layoff, or if career advancement seems dim in someone’s current field. But recareering can also he...

one year ago by Jesse Langley

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Online Learning: Expanding Access by Cutting Costs

The rising costs of college tuition have hit students and their families square in the wallets, with many families fretting about whether they’ll be able to afford to send their children to college when they graduate from high school. Among the reasons for the increasing costs of a college education is administrative...

one year ago by Jesse Langley

EdTech

Review: Reassessing the High Stakes of SAT

SAT Wars, the latest, critical look at the dominant college admissions test in America, was released against a backdrop of growing change. Once viewed as unimpeachable by practically all competitive entrance universities, questions as to the value of fairly predicting future student performance by the Scholastic Aptitu...

one year ago by Jesse Langley

Learning

Steve Jobs: The Unsung Hero of American Education

Despite his untimely death in October of this year, Steve Jobs left behind an influence on American education that will live on indefinitely. Although Jobs is largely remembered for the impact his innovations had on communication and public access to technology, it is rarely noted that Jobs played a fundamental role in...

one year ago by Jesse Langley

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Foundation for Excellence in Education

The Foundation for Excellence in Education is igniting a movement of reform, state by state, to transform education for the 21st century economy. Excellence in Action, the organization’s flagship initiative, is working with lawmakers and policymakers to advance education reform across America. Learn more at www.Exce...

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Online Learning: Giving College-Bound Students More Tools

Getting technology and online learning options integrated into the classroom is an important priority for primary and secondary education. And it's important beyond the obvious need for students to be able to compete in a global marketplace after graduation. The growing trend toward graduating high school seniors choos...

one year ago by Jesse Langley

Learning

Changing Education Perspectives

Changing the ways in which we view the education process tends to take time. There's almost always a lag between finding definitive proof that new technologies and methods are efficacious in a learning environment and their actual implementation. And that's a shame, especially in our current education quandary where ev...

one year ago by Jesse Langley