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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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