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Even interested students wonder: Is college a worthwhile investment?
More than half of high school students who’ve shown some interest in college — 53% — wonder if it is a worthwhile investment, according to a survey released Thursday by Modern Campus, a higher ed software provider, and Ruffalo Noel Levitz, an enrollment, student success and fundraising consultant.
‘Never seen it this bad’: America faces catastrophic teacher shortage
Rural school districts in Texas are switching to four-day weeks this fall due to lack of staff. Florida is asking veterans with no teaching background to enter classrooms. Arizona is allowing college students to step in and instruct children. The teacher shortage in America has hit crisis levels — and school officials everywhere are scrambling to ensure that, as students return to classrooms, someone will be there to educate them.
Leveling the Playing Field for Social Capital
One emerging higher ed trend is a slate of educational technology interventions that promise to bolster students’ social capital. A recent paper from the Christensen Institute discusses that landscape and says the tools can help campus administrators measure and understand the extent of their students’ social capital and expand them for the neediest students.
California plans to double school counselors amid shortage
California announced plans to add 10,000 counselors to its public schools over the next few years, in a move that would double the number of school counselors at a time when mental health is considered fragile among the nation’s youth.
Nashville program addresses the need for Spanish language learning
Voces de Nashville trains Latinas to teach Spanish to the local population, creating a more bilingual community.
How Universities Are Offering New Ways to Help Freshmen Upended by Pandemic
Some schools are providing extra help for incoming first-year students amid concerns the pandemic left high schoolers unprepared for higher studies.
Educators’ Poor Morale Matters, Even If They Don’t Quit. Here’s Why
Steiner, Schwartz, Diliberti: Low morale in today’s educators may dissuade tomorrow’s from entering the field. Stressed-out teachers are often absent.
Social and emotional learning may be the latest buzzword, but it’s really just good teaching
SEL has been and always will be central to good teaching, no matter what it is called, writes veteran educator Hayley Lindner.
Nondegree pathways interest employers and Gen Z — but they still view them as too risky
Employers and high school students both believe in the value of nondegree career pathways, but both groups still view those options as too risky to fully rely on them, according to a new report from Jobs for the Future, a nonprofit focused on workforce and education systems.