In today’s digital landscape, social media platforms have become crucial for educational engagement, especially in STEM fields. TikTok, a leading short-form video-sharing app, has gained immense popularity globally. Yet, in the USA, access to TikTok is restricted, hindering students and educators from tapping into its educational value. This piece delves into TikTok’s role in enhancing…
On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education, in consultation with the White House Office of the National Cyber Director and the National Science Foundation, announced the 2024 recipients of the Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award at the NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Ms. Jessica Tickle, of the Center for…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Once students have mastered basic programming patterns in a programming language, they have one more hurdle to clear: learning how to use those patterns to solve problems. In order for students to solve these problems, they need to know which patterns to apply. This is where algorithms and data structures play…
Not only are there growing concerns about the supply of apprenticeships meeting demand; there’s a shortage of another important workforce training tool — internships. There were an estimated 5.7 million fewer high-quality internships last year than learners who wanted to intern, according to the Business-Higher Education Forum, or BHEF. Employers last year provided 2.5 million…
Joey Cook was 17 and a junior in high school when he heard about a way to learn a profession while getting paid: by landing an apprenticeship, a path into the workforce that everyone was suddenly talking about as an alternative to college. “I didn’t want to go get an associate degree. I didn’t want…
Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024’s most-read and most-loved stories. On the 2nd Day of Edtech, our story focuses on critical thinking. Key points: Critical thinking should not be separate from and on top of what teachers are doing in the classroom How to help students build critical success skills 3 lessons…
By Andy Schmitz and Bill DeBaun The most recent nationally representative survey data of school leaders offers a valuable look into how students receive postsecondary advising supports, who provides them, and how (and whether) schools inform their advising with data. The data comes from the RAND Corporation’s American Mathematics Educator Study (AMES), which recently released data from its…
State Financial Aid on the Rise Liam Knox Tue, 12/17/2024 – 03:00 AM Byline(s) Liam Knox State Financial Aid on the Rise Liam Knox Tue, 12/17/2024 – 03:00 AM Byline(s) Liam Knox Inside Higher Ed
Report: U of Wisconsin System Paid Huron $51M From 2019–23 Ryan Quinn Tue, 12/17/2024 – 03:00 AM Byline(s) Ryan Quinn Report: U of Wisconsin System Paid Huron $51M From 2019–23 Ryan Quinn Tue, 12/17/2024 – 03:00 AM Byline(s) Ryan Quinn Inside Higher Ed
Looking Back at 2024 in Higher Ed Katherine Knott Tue, 12/17/2024 – 03:00 AM This year featured high-profile scandals, resignations and protests but also showed the enduring value of colleges and universities. Byline(s) Katherine Knott Jessica Blake Looking Back at 2024 in Higher Ed Katherine Knott Tue, 12/17/2024 – 03:00 AM This year featured high-profile scandals,…