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The Education Gap: How Online Learning Is Helping To Close It

Posted by Focus Pacific on May 17th, 2022

The Education Gap: How Online Learning Is Helping To Close It

The education gap is growing wider every day, and it’s not just because of the cost of tuition. Online learning is helping to close the educational achievement gap in a hurry. According to a report from Forrester, online courses have offloaded part of the weight of course enrollment on traditional colleges and universities. In fact, for some students, taking online courses has become an affordable way to get a degree without having to leave their home country or region. And that’s just the beginning. Online programs are expected to continue growing in popularity in the coming years, with many colleges and universities planning on offering more online-only degrees and certificates as well. To keep up with this growth, you need to do something—or else you will see the biggest education Gap since World War II looming over your head.

How Online Learning is Helping To Close The Education Gap.

Online learning is becoming increasingly affordable and accessible. In fact, courses and programs can be streamed live or downloaded on demand, meaning that you can access them at any time from anywhere in the world. This has huge implications for education, as it becomes easier and more affordable for students to learn.

As online learning continues to become more affordable and available, it will have a major impact on the education market. By closing the gap in skills between students from different backgrounds, online learning is helping to close the education gap. Additionally, by making education more inclusive, online learning is helping to make sure that every student can find a voice and learn in an environment that matches their needs.

How to Get started with Online Learning.

Choosing the right online learning platform is critical for students who want to learn. Different platforms have different features and suited different learning needs. You’ll want to consider which platform suits your needs best and how much money you can afford to spend.

Some platforms that may be worth considering include:

– Online courses: This type of platform allows users to access courses from a variety of sources, including video lectures, blogs, and books.

– MOOCs (massive open online courses): These are massive tracts of online content that cover a wide range of topics. They’re often offered by top universities and can provide students with an intense education at a fraction of the cost of traditional classes.

– Coursera: Coursera offers online courses with high-quality content that can be used by college students and professionals around the world. It has several popular courses such as Business Statistics for Dummies and American History X: The Unfinished Revolution.

The Benefits of Online Learning.

The education Gap is widening every day. More and more people are seeking a higher-quality education than they could ever receive in class, thanks to online learning. With the right tools, you can save time and money while learning. For example, online courses have the ability to give you macros for each course so that you can save time and money on your studying. Additionally, online courses offer a variety of high-quality educational experiences that are better than what you would get in class. By taking an online course, you’re getting a better education at a fraction of the cost.

Save Time and Money

One of the biggest benefits of online learning is that it saves time and money. You can take courses at your own pace, which means you can study at your own convenience – no late night classes or long buses necessary! Additionally, many online courses offer discounts or free forms of transportation when taken together with other courses within the same semester or program. This way, you don’t have to spend hours driving to different campuses just to get a quality education – you can simply take as many courses as desired and save up time along the way!

Get a Higher Quality education than You Could Ever Get In Class

If you want to achieve high-quality educational experiences without spending too much money – or even seeing any real benefit – then taking an online course may be the best option for you. By studying through an online course, you’re not only getting great content but also having access to multiple provider platforms (like Google Drive) so thatyou can connect with classmates from around the world easily. Additionally, many providers now offer scholarships and grants that make it possible for students to attend top universities without needing any financial assistance whatsoever!

Conclusion

Online Learning is making education more affordable, inclusive, and affordable for everyone. With a variety of platforms to choose from, there’s sure to be a learning platform that suits your needs. Get started today and see the benefits for yourself!

 

Z. Hao

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Girls are better off at single-sex schools

Posted by Focus Pacific on March 5th, 2022

Girls are better off at single-sex schools

Based on a study, the educational skill for young girls when it comes to single sex schools are better in position and surpasses their opposite.

The examination of the GCSE results of over seven hundred thousand girls educated in the public sector showed that those schools exclusive for girls regularly made higher improvements compared to those in co-ed schools.

Distant from the interruption of boys that prevents them from giving full attention to do better in science and math, girls that study in single-sex schools were probably succeed compared to those who are in studying in co-ed schools.

Throughout the study, administered on behalf of the Good Schools Guide, the researchers investigated thoroughly the results of statistic to show the progress children have made whilst attending a particular school on each female young student who undergone the GCSEs in the public sector.

The researchers discovered over the period of time that all the girls studying in single sex school improved than anticipated compared to those students studying in co-ed schools that didn’t show improvement.

The research recommends that students who are having difficulty in academics from the beginning of secondary schools acquire higher advantages from studying in single sex or exclusive school for girls.

C. Lopez

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Get your life organized

Posted by Focus Pacific on February 3rd, 2022

Get your life organized

Marie Herras

 

Your desk is a mess and your room is cluttered with books and paper and the like. But that’s not it—you’re in a tizzy and you have a few hundred things to finish!

Maybe it’s time to take a break and start organizing your life.

Being in a mess all the time isn’t good for you or for your friends and family. It would start affecting your work, your social life and your wellbeing—and you wouldn’t want any of those to happen.

So what do you do? Here are five ways to get the clutter out of your mind for a stress-free environment:

Grab an organizer/journal.

In it, write all the things you need to finish and when you need to finish it. Make a list of priorities and a box beside each of them so you could check whatever you have already done. Always remember to this everyday without fail, so you wouldn’t have to forget any requirements you need to finish.

Set up a work/study playlist.

According to a few studies, music helps you get going and moving—so make a playlist filled with all the songs that soothe or relax, so you could listen to them during stressful times in order to avoid panic attacks during rush hours.

Set up an alarm every day.

The term “better late than never” is wrong. You should never be late if you want to achieve anything in your life. So, set up an alarm in the morning so you could wake up on time—and an alarm at night so you know when your body has had enough and it is time to give yourself a break.

Avoid a messy workplace

A messy desktop or table would only confuse your mind. Find a few boxes and set them up on your table so you could differ what is important to what is trash—plus, you’ll never go crazy looking for another file ever again.

Relax.

It’s bad to stress yourself out. Once in a while, give yourself a break—visit a friend or go to party, or maybe go shopping or eat out. Do anything that would make you feel happy and rejuvenated in order for you to get going again the next day.

  Image source: http://www.valeriea.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/things-organized-neatly-clipboard.jpg

 

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Single-sex schools in decline

Posted by Focus Pacific on January 1st, 2022

Single-sex schools in decline

People that support single sex schools assert that classrooms that set apart from the rest or from each other take away interruptions and permits boys and girls, who grow at moderately various ages, to study in particular gender ways. The separation strategy is considered a path to obtain quality education and help women to acquire equality in status, rights, and opportunities. Competition, application and various measure of growth are significant problems that must be resolved in every school.

Exclusive schools for girls are becoming more numerous than schools for boys. Most of these single sex schools may be children of those who successfully complete an academic degree or course of training or directly searching for high education they are seeking. However, more parents choose coed schools as a way to merge young children and allowing them learn from each other. Studying inside the classroom together with opposite sex helps them to return to a normal condition when it comes to influencing their opposite sexes.

The challenge to all educational institutions is to discover ways to develop education regardless of who‘s studying in the classroom. The surroundings in which students study greatly influence their personal achievements and strong belief that something will happen in the future. Whatever system a school implements, it is important to build significant set of circumstances that makes it possible maintain their interaction, coordination and common respect.

C. Quan

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Science in a suitcase: Testing for illicit drugs in Southeast Asia

Posted by Focus Pacific on December 26th, 2021

Science in a suitcase: Testing for illicit drugs in Southeast Asia

The production and activity of methamphetamines and heroin, combined with the illegal dealing of antecedent chemicals needed to create illegal drugs, present a crucial danger to the countries building the Greater Mekong Sub-region. While law enforcement authorities transacting with these problems have normally lacked the right resources in order to rapidly and efficiently recognizes grasp substances, this has begun to become different by the help of UNODC’s Global SMART Programme.

The program Synthetic Monitoring: Analyses, Reporting and Trends – UNODC partners with police and customs organizations in the district to get them ready on the field drug-testing equipment so as to immediately recognize illegal drugs. The equipment permits law enforcement authorities to run particular site evaluation for illegal substances which includes narcotics like opium and heroin and psychotropic substances like amphetamines. UNODC also supplies antecedent examination equipment that helps distinguish the chemicals in the drug production.

UNODC introduced the Global SMART Program few years ago to increase the power of the members and authorities of the state in in East and Southeast Asia to produce, organize, examine and report synthetic substance and antecedent information, and to seek this evidence-based knowledge to the rules and program design and execution. Eleven countries in the region are already given assistance from UNODC through the Global SMART Programme which includes Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

B. Jeong

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