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Canada treats its adjunct professors better than the U.S. does – and it pays off for students 

The Hechinger Report

But it’s also not fair to the students who are relying on them to be focused on the classroom and to keep them going.” There are now two decades of research saying that having more exposure to part-time faculty who lack the most support leads to more dropouts, lower graduation rates, lower GPAs and difficulty finding a major.”

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How Can Technology Help Improve Teaching Efficacy in a Classroom?

Kitaboo on EdTech

With EdTech gaining ground, educational institutions, including schools and higher education institutions are increasingly leveraging the advances in technology to support their classrooms. These technologies can also be leveraged to customize learning resources through assessments, interactive quizzes, and other adaptive learning programs.

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How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S.

eSchool News

One that affirms and celebrates their identities and helps them learn about and understand others? Thanks to computer-driven translation, AI, and advanced classroom tools, we stand to put every student on a path to success with the English language and beyond. Today’s technology presents us with answers.

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Top e-learning trends to keep an eye on in 2020

Neo LMS

If e-learning came to life as a method to augment face-to-face learning, it is now an approach to education that is bigger than the traditional method it was meant to support. Flipping the classroom has neve been easier. What’s more, the adoption of interactive videos is creating rippling effects in the e-learning industry.

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Five Things You Don’t Know About Cloud Computing and Education

Edsurge

Driving student success in the classroom and beyond Ivy Tech can now predict with 84 percent accuracy which students are at risk of dropping out within the first two weeks of enrollment. The ultimate goal of education is to help students grow and succeed, both in the classroom and in the workforce.

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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund Partners with Discovery Education

eSchool News

As part of the partnership with the Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund, and for the first time ever, Discovery Education will collaborate with local organizations in Lebanon to provide access to high-quality digital learning resources aligned to the Lebanese curriculum for students in Grade 8 – 12.

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Teachable Moments: What We Learn When We Teach

Edsurge

First up is Christina Romero, a digital learning coach with Santa Fe Public Schools in New Mexico. I've been classrooms now for many weeks at a time just watching teachers and how they struggle with classrooms with diverse learners across a vast spectrum of skill levels.

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