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Students Around the World Stranded. Or were they?

Students Around the World Stranded. Or were they?Starting in 2020 and ongoing today, international students seeking to come to the United States to study found the welcome door shut tight. In the past years, more than one million international students annually enrolled in American colleges seeking the “camp college” experience. The 2020/21 COVID pandemic choked off travel and virtually shut down international enrollments. These undergraduate students, ranging in age from 18 to 22, primarily from the more “well off” segments of their societies, faced U.S. travel restrictions that crushed their plans to study in the US. From our experience with this international undergrad group they regretted most their lost opportunities of being exposed first-hand to our culture, hospitality, and fr...

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PROOF POINTS: Robert Slavin championed the use of scientific evidence to figure out what works in education

PROOF POINTS: Robert Slavin championed the use of scientific evidence to figure out what works in education Get important education news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox Robert Slavin, a Johns Hopkins School of Education professor, sought to improve the quality of education research and wanted schools to use evidence to guide instruction. Credit: Will Kirk | Johns Hopkins UniversityRobert Slavin’s final lecture, delivered April 10, 2021, marked a career milestone. The American Educational Research Association had bestowed the Johns Hopkins University research professor with its version of a lifetime achievement award “for distinguished contributions to research in education.” Previous recipients included such academic luminaries as Benjamin Bloom, Jean Piaget a...

General Tips for Incoming High School Freshmen

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General Tips for Incoming High School Freshmen

General Tips for Incoming High School FreshmenWhat Should Incoming Freshmen Do to Prepare for High School? As the school year draws to a close, many middle school students are looking forward to their first year of high school and how to prepare. The start of high school is a major milestone that every incoming freshmen student should celebrate. High school is an opportunity to further develop your study skills, challenge yourself with advanced courses, and explore your interests and passions. While the transition to high school is undoubtedly exciting, many students are likely to have questions about how to make the most of the next four years. Keep reading to learn some of our top tips to help incoming freshmen start their high school career off on the right foot. Stay Academically Eng...

College Openings Update: Colleges Accepting Applications for Fall 2021

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College Openings Update: Colleges Accepting Applications for Fall 2021

College Openings Update: Colleges Accepting Applications for Fall 2021These Schools Still Have Space For Students in the Class of 2025 For students who maybe got a late start on the college admissions process, or their goals and interests have changed, trying to apply for admission to the fall term may seem impossible. However, there are 195 colleges and universities in the US and abroad that are still accepting applications after May 1 for the class of 2025. Every year after the May 1 College Decision Day, NACAC compiles a list of all of the colleges and universities with space, housing, and financial aid available for those looking to attend college in the fall. This year’s list is much smaller than last year, which had over 770 colleges at this point. This was due to uncertainty about t...

What You Need to Know About the CDC's New School Guidelines

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What You Need to Know About the CDC's New School Guidelines

What You Need to Know About the CDC's New School Guidelines In a move long awaited by educators, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines on Friday for how to operate schools safely during the pandemic. The recommendations, more detailed than those released by the agency under the Trump administration, attempt to carve a middle path between people who want classrooms to reopen immediately and those teachers and parents who remain reluctant to return to in-person instruction before widespread vaccination. What do the guidelines say about reopening classrooms? With proper mitigation, such as masking, physical distancing and hygiene, elementary schools can operate in person at any level of community virus transmission, the guidelines state. The document ...

Education’s Role in Second Chance Month and National Reentry Week

2May

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Education’s Role in Second Chance Month and National Reentry Week

Education’s Role in Second Chance Month and National Reentry WeekBy:Sean Addie – Director of Correctional EducationDr. Amy Loyd – Acting Assistant Secretary This week we are joining our colleagues at the U.S. Department of Justice, agencies across the federal government, and our partners across the country to mark National Reentry Week and lift up the important work being done to support individuals reentering society from incarceration. The week also bookends Second Chance Month, and here at the Department of Education, we understand the pivotal role that education plays in helping people rejoin and contribute to society. Education can have a transformational impact on an individual’s life –– and education plays a vital role in easing an individual’s reentry from jail or prison back into...

Financial Literacy Education and Paying for College

2May

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Financial Literacy Education and Paying for College

Financial Literacy Education and Paying for CollegePresident Biden issued a proclamation deeming April 2021 as National Financial Capability Month. This communication emphasizes the benefits of financial capability, the value of financial literacy, and the importance of access to financial resources. Understanding personal finance topics such as savings, loans, and investments is seldom a straightforward task, especially in the context of paying for college. Subjects, such as borrowing, can be complex for incoming postsecondary students to fully grasp. With the notable year-over-year rising cost of pursuing higher education, some students may be left with a large amount of debt and regrets about how they chose to finance their college education. According to Teach for America, a recent sur...

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Ultimate Guide to College Grants and Scholarships for Minorities

Ultimate Guide to College Grants and Scholarships for MinoritiesScholarships and grants are a valuable tool for students who need funds to pay for college. These programs typically have criteria that consider your background and interests. One major category of gift awards is minority scholarships and grants. Minorities are groups that have historically faced societal disadvantages or challenges due to factors including: ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and disability. Students whose backgrounds qualify them for these awards can access financial assistance that they don’t need to pay back. Like all scholarships, minority scholarships will usually have additional merit or need based criteria for selection. Minority scholarships are offered by colleges, private organizations ...

Getting Student Loans for Your Associate Degree

2May

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Getting Student Loans for Your Associate Degree

Getting Student Loans for Your Associate DegreeNote that the situation for student loans has changed due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and relief efforts from the government, student loan lenders and others. Check out our Student Loan Hero Coronavirus Information Center for additional news and details. * * * Considering getting an associate degree from a community college? Or maybe just want to save some money on your first two years towards a bachelor’s? The good news is that student loans are available, just as they are at four-year schools. The average community college tuition (currently $3,770) is significantly lower than the price for an in-state public university ($10,560, or almost triple) or a private university ($37,650, or almost 10 times more). Tha...

What To Do After Cancelled Board Exams? Begin With Summer Internships

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What To Do After Cancelled Board Exams? Begin With Summer Internships

What To Do After Cancelled Board Exams? Begin With Summer InternshipsLet’s get back to the past for a moment. You were leisurely meandering around the house, taking frequent glances at the TV, waiting for the uncertainty of his 10th board exam to end when suddenly, the headline popped up on the screen – CBSE class 10th exams cancelled! Soon, other boards made the same announcement followed by the postponing of the 12th board exam as well. While most of you are quite happy and relieved about it, there’s this slightly oxymoronic feeling that took over the rest. It is as if you’ve been running a marathon the entire year and right when you were about to sprint across the last 100 meters, everyone is halted. As you already know, the assessment now will be based on your internal marks, and to ...

How Covid-19 Has Made Online Education The New Normal

1May

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How Covid-19 Has Made Online Education The New Normal

How Covid-19 Has Made Online Education The New NormalHistory has shown that with crisis, there comes a hidden opportunity. Covid-19 is not an exception. And its education where we have been witnessing some sweeping changes that will definitely define this decade. 2020 & 2021 – these two years will be remembered as milestones in the field of education, skills, and jobs. Millions of students have embraced online learning and organizations are moving to digital workforce. Education’s age-old three Rs – Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic – are being joined by a fourth: Rethink. It’s time to reimagine and redefine education. We’re living in a world of digital technology and the evolution of online education during this crisis has made it the new norm. Students are now encouraged to learn ne...

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Ultimate Guide to College Grants and Scholarships for Minorities

Ultimate Guide to College Grants and Scholarships for MinoritiesScholarships and grants are a valuable tool for students who need funds to pay for college. These programs typically have criteria that consider your background and interests. One major category of gift awards is minority scholarships and grants. Minorities are groups that have historically faced societal disadvantages or challenges due to factors including: ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and disability. Students whose backgrounds qualify them for these awards can access financial assistance that they don’t need to pay back. Like all scholarships, minority scholarships will usually have additional merit or need based criteria for selection. Minority scholarships are offered by colleges, private organizations ...

5 Productivity Practices That Helped Me Finish My Dissertation

1May

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5 Productivity Practices That Helped Me Finish My Dissertation

5 Productivity Practices That Helped Me Finish My DissertationThe last two years of my doctorate, I had a side hobby of researching and experimenting with productivity tools and teaching others to apply them to their own lives via my blog The Tending Year. I started The Tending Year to manifest personal accountability to accomplish big goals; as a result I learned how to focus my labor so I could accomplish my to-do list in less time and with more intention. I have chronic health issues that affect my energy and ability to focus, and I live with chronic pain that requires me to take breaks from sitting, so I was particularly interested in learning how to write my dissertation in short, focused work sessions. Plus, I genuinely loved my dissertation topic, and I wanted to make the process as...

Why Students Are Logging In to Class From 7,000 Miles Away

1May

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Why Students Are Logging In to Class From 7,000 Miles Away

Why Students Are Logging In to Class From 7,000 Miles Away Faiqa Naqvi, a 15-year-old freshman at a New Jersey public high school, logs in to her all-remote classes each night from Pakistan in a time zone nine hours ahead. Max Rodriguez, who also attends school in New Jersey, joined his Advanced Placement history class for about two months from Guayaquil, Ecuador, a port city on the coast of South America. Max’s schoolmate, Naobe Maradiaga, 16, participated in classes from northern Honduras. In the midst of the pandemic, in a year when almost nothing about school has been normal, administrators and teachers are grappling with a fresh layer of complexity: students accessing virtual classes from outside the United States. Faced with pandemic-related financial strain at home or the health ne...

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Reframing the ‘Lost’ College Visit

Reframing the ‘Lost’ College VisitiStockEditor’s note: A version of this column was first published by the Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools. As we find ourselves in pandemic spring 2.0, college visiting is not possible for the majority of juniors just beginning their college journeys and seniors finalizing enrollment plans. When my mother was alive she would say, “If you can’t fix it, feature it.” Her sound advice reminds me to invert the problem of canceled college tours. Instead of wringing hands over the lost college road trip, we can emphasize the opportunity facing institutions and students. Covid is inviting us to reinvent college discovery and student engagement. The majority of college-goers don’t have the resources for multi-day visiting trips. Indeed, col...