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Why Our Trauma-Informed Teaching Must Be More Culturally Responsive
Understanding trauma can help us better address complex behavioral issues in the communities we care about, whether those communities are our tribal nations or classrooms, writes Arizona educator Helen Thomas.
Getting More Students Through — Not Just To — College
A proposed College Completion Fund is designed to provide services for people who may benefit from extra support as they pursue a postsecondary degree, including students from low-income families, students with disabilities, those who are the first in their families to attend college, and racial minorities.
To Achieve Educational Justice, We Need More Black Teachers
While Black students account for 15 percent of all public schools students in the U.S., Black teachers make up just 7 percent of the teacher workforce. Worse, teachers who identify as Black men make up less than 2 percent of the workforce. To reach proportional parity between Black teachers and students, we would need 280,000 more Black teachers in our public schools.
New Effort Adds College Credit to Apprenticeship Programs
A pilot partnership among colleges, companies and the American Council on Education aims to help people pursue both college and on-the-job training. The Apprenticeship Pathways project takes apprenticeships—experiences that companies design that pay people wages to learn while they work—and translates them into free college credits.
It’s Time to Blur the Boundaries Between High School, College and Work
The “blurring” of secondary and postsecondary education could point to a new way forward: a model that is neither high school nor community college but a combination of the two that saves students time and money, while offering them new kinds of guided support and preparation for careers, writes JFF's Joel Vargas.
We Know How to Diversify STEM Fields. The Challenge Is Spreading What Works.
Only about 2 percent of U.S. Ph.D.s in science and tech disciplines are going to African Americans each year. Freeman Hrabowski III, president of University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is working hard to change that.
How Are Final Exams Changing During the Pandemic?
The academic year is winding down at schools and colleges, and some instructors are rethinking their usual approach to final exams to fit this unprecedented time.
Mapping Out a ‘Credential As You Go’ Movement For Higher Education
A new initiative called “Credential As You Go” aims to shift this status quo by making it easier for students and workers to earn recognition for their learning—in increments smaller than the colossal college degree.
Systemic Change Means Rethinking College and Career Prep. We’ve Done It Before.
We must re-examine whether our efforts are actually preparing students for the world in which they will live and, equally important, whether we are preparing them to make adult decisions that are environmentally sustainable and socially responsible, writes Doron Markus and Chris Link