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My article is about how some colleges are requiring students to be vaccinated if they want to study in person during the fall semester. Colleges like Rutgers and Cornell university were among one of the first to announce that this will be a requirement. This connected to education because it shows that this is what is happening with schools and students who want in-person access. It is important for us to be aware about this because the rules are changing and because college is in most of our futures.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/04/07/coronavirus-college-university-vaccine-mandate-fall-semester/7107778002/

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Even pre-pandemic, the decline of traditional education was already underway. With exorbitant costs and a focus on standardized test scores, the industrial education model has become increasingly disconnected from the needs of both students and employers. Worse, little attention goes toward encouraging the skills and mentality needed for lifelong learning.

As the cofounder of an education startup, I don't think it has to be this way. A recent Harvard study showed that students actually learn more when education is built on "active learning," which promotes working collaboratively on projects. And now, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the disruption of education as kids and young adults have been forced to learn from home. In the collective reckoning on what learning should look like going forward, I've found that the social media platform TikTok offers some surprising insights.

Over the last few years, TikTok has become one of the largest learning platforms in the world: It's available in over 150 markets and is one of the most downloaded apps in 40-plus countries. On the app, which is available in 75 languages, creators make a variety of short-form videos on everything from cooking hacks to dance moves to crafts and math skills. The hashtag #LearnOnTikTok currently has more than seven billion views.

Why has TikTok become such a popular learning platform? It embodies the following trends:

Creators are empowered: Traditional education has been focused on institutions that limit and control access to teachers, regulating their relationship with their students. In contrast, TikTok is designed to make it easy for anyone to be a video creator, to share information, and to find an audience.

It also empowers teachers of all kinds by giving them a platform independent from their institutions and a new way to meet their students where they are. For instance, @Iamthatenglishteacher began posting TikTok grammar lessons to help her middle-school students overcome common mistakes. She now has 1.5 million followers.
Influence is the new accreditation: The top creators on TikTok aren't there because of the school they went to or the certificate they have. It's their skills and ability to embody what they are teaching in a compelling way that gives them their authority and influence. It's a trend across the learning sector: People are looking for demonstrated mastery or recognition versus traditional institutional credentials.

Learning is fun, and learners are actively engaged: Entrepreneur Seth Godin famously said that the focus of modern education can be summed up with one question: "Will this be on the test?" He believes that what's missing at the core of this mentality is "enrollment"-this is the idea that students are there because they want to be. TikTok captures this concept: It's fun, engaging, and people are showing up by choice, sparked by a love of the subject matter and not for a certificate or course credit.

The future of learning will be social: TikTok is a powerful tool for education because it is both a learning platform and a social network. People find their friends, scroll through content, and along the way find new groups with shared interests. TikTok's 500 million active users now put it ahead of better-known social sites such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, and Snapchat.

But while TikTok illuminates many of the trends defining the future of learning, it also has its clear limitations. The maximum video length it supports is 60 seconds, which makes a full education or deeper skills training impossible on the platform.

TikTok also doesn't provide live connection or accountability-two essential components that were also missing from the first generation of online learning. When online classes got their start, they mostly provided access to educational content, but struggled with follow-through: On average, only 4% of people will complete an online class, mostly because online classes lack a community. And it's the community that provides the accountability and peer pressure that helps keep people going.

Still, TikTok is valuable for educators right now because it provides exposure. But it's not a sustainable revenue source.

"TikTok lets me capture and share these profound moments that showcase my work," says Rachel Weinstock, a TikTok creator, coach, educator, and activist who offers cohort-based courses and coaching (where she makes her revenue). "TikTok is the surface area tool-letting me spread my message-but it doesn't offer an income source. Increasingly, I use it to invite users into my paid and deeper programs."

Educators and creators such as Rachel need more than TikTok can offer. A business-in-a-box solution could make it easy to build educational experiences that create sustainable income streams without needing millions of followers.

This becomes possible when educational content goes deeper than what a platform like TikTok offers while still retaining some of that social, engaging ethos that people naturally gravitate to. In a live, online, cohort-based course, for instance, groups learn together; they give and receive feedback and are held accountable. Compared to the previous generation of solo, self-paced online learning, this model can create a true sense of belonging.

These are the educational experiences that work best for the teacher and learner and which can bring us into a golden age of learning-one that is accessible from anywhere, led by passionate creators and educators, and grounded in a connected community.
Candice Faktor is the cofounder of Disco, a platform for creators to build and monetize live cohort-based courses and learning communities.

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TikTok is a thriving learning community-and may be the future of education

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Even pre-pandemic, the decline of traditional education was already underway. With exorbitant costs and a focus on standardized test scores, the industrial education model has become increasingly disconnected from the needs of both students and employers. Worse, little attention goes toward encouraging the skills and mentality needed for lifelong learning.

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it was about how the johnson & johnson vaccine was causing rare blood clots in recipents and how they put it on pause to see why it was causing these blood clots.
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The article I chose is about Joe Biden’s new budget proposal that will significantly increase the spending budget for k-12 education in the future. In this plan, the Education Departments budget will grow by about 41%, the Title I funding will almost double, and IDEA, a federal program that supports students with disabilities will increase from $13 billion to $15.5 billion. This connects to education because this budget increase could help students all throughout the US get a better education, and have a more successful future. This is important to know because a lot of people are going to be helped by it, and will help to allow schools to get new resources for their students to work with.

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It was about students' mental health on how online school is going and 57% of kids are not doing as good as if they were in school. How does it connect to education? Well it's a big part when kids are falling behind in school because they are not getting the metal they need to succeed.Why is it important for us to be aware of the happenings in your article?because us as kids are affected by this everyday covid hit and almost everyone grades drop this year.

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It was about students' mental health on how online school is going and 57% of kids are not doing as good as if they were in school. How does it connect to education? Well it's a big part when kids are falling behind in school because they are not getting the metal they need to succeed.Why is it important for us to be aware of the happenings in your article?because us as kids are affected by this everyday covid hit and almost everyone grades drop this year.

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this article is about that we are at a critical moment of the pandemic.

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Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising, predominantly among younger people who haven't yet gotten a shot. Some experts worry this might only be the start of what's to come in the next weeks. Michigan is already in the middle of a violent surge.'s causing a surge in cases and it's causing more severe disease, which means that even younger people, people in their 30s, 40s and 50s are getting very sick and being hospitalized from this. Florida has the highest number of cases of the variant, followed by Michigan, Minnesota and Massachusetts, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here's why: It takes about two weeks after the Pfizer and Moderna second doses and about two weeks after the Johnson & Johnson vaccine before people are immune. https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/04/us/michigan-rising-covid-cases/index.html

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Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising, predominantly among younger people who haven't yet gotten a shot. Some experts worry this might only be the start of what's to come in the next weeks. Michigan is already in the middle of a violent surge.'s causing a surge in cases and it's causing more severe disease, which means that even younger people, people in their 30s, 40s and 50s are getting very sick and being hospitalized from this. Florida has the highest number of cases of the variant, followed by Michigan, Minnesota and Massachusetts, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here's why: It takes about two weeks after the Pfizer and Moderna second doses and about two weeks after the Johnson & Johnson vaccine before people are immune. https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/04/us/michigan-rising-covid-cases/index.html

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This article is about schools in england awaiting re opening, they talk about how they will run the schools so kids have a change to get there full variety of education and stay on track. They say attendance to scheassure the school will remain open and safe because kids are lower risk to being diagnosed with this virus, however they are high risk of spreading it so if the teachers follow all guidelines they would be fine. Government advisors say schools have not been drivers for infections so far. this much can be seen from the impact of the second national lockdown in england in november when infection levels fell despite schools opening.

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CDC and FDA recommend US pause use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine over blood clot concerns. telling us what is going wrong with the vaccine. So we can notice that how the j&j shot is giving people blood clots and certain stuff that could make people pass away it takes a year to make a vaccine not 24 hours not 6 months. It takes a year to make a vaccine so they can do more tests and make sure there is nothing wrong with the vaccine.

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The article was about how the USA hit a record of 4.6 million vaccines administered in one day. Also, the amount of covid cases is about the same as it was at this time last year. This connects to education because with so many people getting vaccines, we might be seeing a change of rules for schools. More students might be allowed to come in at a time, or vaccines could be required for students if they want to come in. It’s important to be aware so you can know current news about the virus and stay involved. Also, to think about the vaccine, if you want to get it or not.

-Grace Esposito

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This article highlights the impact of the app Tiktok, and how it’s helping to bridge the gap between good teachers and interested students. It touches on the fact that even before the coronavirus, traditional education standards have recently been challenged by newer generations. Tiktok has only accelerated these changes and given people willing to share their knowledge a platform to do so. This connects to education because Tiktok being an app available internationally in many different languages, means that information can reach people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to access it. It’s important to be aware of this topic because the spread of how useful this app is will bring new attention to it, and attract more teachers/students.
-sophia coppola

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Plant based foods. Western companies are stretching out to Asia and making plant based food products that Asian consumers would enjoy. It connects to Education because as technology advances we are learning healthier ways to produce food with all the necessary proteins.

-Alainah Faltz