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Buried Under a Mountain of Student Debt: But Do You Really Need a College Degree?

Educators know that college may not be for everyone. There are all kinds of aptitudes, skills, talents, and abilities—and above all, motivations and interests. Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are all college dropouts. Sadly though, it’s politically incorrect to acknowledge that people are different and that there are many ways to fulfill your potential, find a rewarding occupation and earn a good living. Our young people have been blinded to the many possibilities that exist and we educators are too paralyzed by political correctness to give them sound and realistic advice.

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Online Education During the Coronavirus Pandemic: How Well Is It Working?

“Some teachers were already using technology with their classes and students had district-issued devices, but for the younger elementary classes that were not using online tools, the transition was very difficult.  The teachers were not given very much warning.  Had they known that when they left school on Friday, March 13th, they would be teaching from home for the rest of the year, they would have prepared students and taught them how to use these tools with appropriately paced lessons. But this is what teachers do,  we do not compete with one another; we help each other and support each other because we all want the best for the kids.” 

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Italy’s Education Minister Resigns: the “Elephant in the Room” Is Now Exposed

Mr. Fioramonti’s move not only represents the last headache for the Italian government, hurriedly established by the Democratic Party and the populist Five Stars Movement at the end of the summer, it was also the umpteenth, dramatic wake-up call for the sector of public education, severely wounded by major spending cuts over the last few decades. The Minister had already announced in advance his intention to leave office unless the Government allocated at least 3 billion euros to the school sector. And because this target—that Mr. Fioramonti defined as the “waterline”—wasn’t met, that threat eventually became a reality.

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Columbus Day: It Takes a Village to Make It Happen, but What Is It Really About?

The Parade itself is merely the climax to a weekend of activities. The entire month of September is a blur of frenetic movement…The tremendous crowd of supporters waving their Italian and American flags will not be thinking of the Columbus Citizens Foundation’s mission, which entails a lot more than organizing this astounding Parade every year. The Columbus Day Parade is not only about a visionary’s hope of a free world, but about a community of immigrants, its role in building America, and the transmission of its heritage.

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United Nation’s Secretary-General cautions, “We are facing a learning crisis.”

Aside from its accessibility and inclusivity, education is fighting to stay relevant as the world experiences its fourth industrial revolution. The Secretary-General recognized this issue in his message as well, calling it a “learning crisis.” The UN chief explained that “schools are not equipping young people with the skills they need to navigate the technological revolution,” stressing that, “Students need not just to learn, but to learn how to learn.”

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Katia Passerini: An Italian Woman at the Top of a University Career in the US

How a student from Rome arrived in the United States to finish a thesis and in her forties  found herself at the top of her university career in America: in this interview Katia Passerini explains the organization of the American academic system based on the connection with the job market, while "the difficulty of the Italian system lies in transferring the important amount of knowledge into a practical and professional outlet ".

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Speaking the Language of Business: A New Degree at Montclair State Univ.

For a country like Italy, which according to ICE figures brings as much as 8.9% of its export market overseas towards the United States, the creation of these innovative educational programs is a brilliant validation of international appeal. Beyond that, they simply represent an effective hands-on way for adventurous individuals to integrate cultural, educational, economic, and societal factors across borders. In this interview Prof. Enza Antenos tells us all about it.

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