Archives February 2017

The American Education System

American EducationTotal revenue of $75.7 million surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $74.5 million by 1.6{2380121acd0bb8938f6b1bd82d511d7d34c00ba040ae6abd3ac5ecb0f9347821}. Revenues however decreased 9.9{2380121acd0bb8938f6b1bd82d511d7d34c00ba040ae6abd3ac5ecb0f9347821} yr over 12 months owing to declining revenues at both American Public University System and Hondros College of Nursing.

As Macho and Michelle talk about her academic progress, they add new targets to her digital profile utilizing software program referred to as the Summit Learning Platform. Designed in partnership with Facebook—founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, have been working with Summit since 2014—the software gives college students with a daily overview of their tasks and progress, which are marked in opposition to their yearly customized academic targets. It does so by centralizing each pupil’s varied objectives, assignments, drafts, exams, self-reflections, grades, and suggestions from their lecturers—betting that such a direct and continuous suggestions loop promotes scholar possession over their very own learning. The platform additionally aims … Read more

Students Ready For The World

Global EducationThe United States spends 7.three {2380121acd0bb8938f6b1bd82d511d7d34c00ba040ae6abd3ac5ecb0f9347821} of its gross domestic product on training from pre-kindergarten by means of the college level, according to the report, by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The World Development Report 2018: ‘Learning to Realize Education’s Promise’ argues that with out learning, training will fail to deliver on its promise to eradicate extreme poverty and create shared alternative and prosperity for all. Even after a number of years in class, millions of children cannot read, write or do basic math. This studying disaster is widening social gaps as an alternative of narrowing them. Young students who are already deprived by poverty, battle, gender or incapacity reach young maturity with out even the most fundamental life expertise.

The Study Group was established beneath the auspices of the Centre for International Policy Studies on the University of Ottawa and the Munk School of Global Affairs on … Read more