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What a College Degree Means to Adult Students. Second Acts, Ep. 3
There's a big difference between being nearly done with college and getting that diploma. In the finale of our Second Acts podcast series, we learn w…
3 years, 8 months ago
Exit Interview: Why This Veteran Teacher is Leaving the Profession
It’s back-to-school season, but not every teacher opted to return. This week, we listen in on a frank conversation between Jennifer Yoo-Brannon, an i…
3 years, 8 months ago
Why State Universities Are Buying Up Online Colleges
Some big state universities have decided to get into online learning with a big splash, by buying an existing online college that already serves thou…
3 years, 8 months ago
How to Keep Returning College Students on Track. Second Acts, Ep. 2
Millions of U.S. adults have attended some college but never finished a degree. What does it take to get them back in class? And once they’re back, h…
3 years, 9 months ago
Inside the Booming World Where Students Buy Custom Term Papers
It’s easier than you might think to pay someone to write a term paper for you. A former homework-for-hire writer, Dave Tomar, shares the details of t…
3 years, 9 months ago
This YouTube Star Says AI Will Become a Creative ‘Collaborator’ With Students
Taryn Southern is a pioneering YouTuber who these days experiments with how cutting edge tech might transform human expression. She’s recorded a pop …
3 years, 9 months ago
Educators Don’t Need to Cope. They Need to Resist.
As an instructional coach, Jennifer Yoo-Brannon’s conversations with educators have gotten increasingly difficult this year. Rather than coping, she …
3 years, 9 months ago
The Many Reasons Students Bail on College. Second Acts, Ep. 1
Bad experiences and feelings of disengagement in middle and high school can haunt students even as they enter college. That, plus a number of other f…
3 years, 10 months ago
Encore: The Tyranny of Letter Grades
What if schools and colleges ditched letter grades and GPAs? That’s the key question in this episode of our Bootstraps podcast series about who gets …
3 years, 10 months ago
How to Help Teachers Tell Their Stories — And Why It Matters
Three educators who were part of EdSurge's first Voices of Change Writing Fellowship share how personal, narrative essay writing can help learners an…
3 years, 10 months ago