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Duluth, GA, Jan. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), an online child care training provider dedicated exclusively to the early care and education workforce, offersCUR125: Loose Parts: Incorporating Found Objects and Open-Ended Materials into the Classroom as a no-cost trial course to new CCEI users January 1-31, 2020.

AccordingtoLisaDalyandMiriamBeloglovsky,authorsofthebookLoose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children, loose partsarealluring, beautiful, found objects and materials that children can move, manipulate, control, and change while they play. Hereareafewadditionalfeaturesoflooseparts:

Open-ended loose parts, such as items from nature, have multiple outcomes. They can become anything the child wants them to be. Loose parts can be combined with traditional learning materials to promote a wide variety of developmental skills. The versatility of loose parts provides children with endless ways to create. Combining loose part materials will expand the learning possibilities of these experiences.

Theuseofloosepartscansupportchildrenintheirphysical development both in large motor skills (the way they use their arms and legs) and fine motor skills (hands and fingers). Teachers can help children progress in these skills by giving them plentiful opportunities to use different equipment and materials. Providing materials that require a child to practice their pincer grasp or adding tree stumps to your outside area gives children a chance to explore new materials and build on physical skills.

Children prefer materials that give them the opportunity to be creative, be curious and be independent. One of the most effective ways to encourage this is to incorporate materials in your classroom that support children's natural curiosity. In this course, participants will explore theory, implementation and ways to include loose parts into their curriculum in developmentally appropriate ways. After this course, participants will have the tools and strategies to embark on their own loose parts journey that will benefit children's learning on all levels.

ECE professionals will benefit from the content of this course as they deepen their understanding of the benefits of loose parts exploration in early learning environments, says Maria C. Taylor, President and CEO of CCEI. By implementing loose parts exploration in the classroom, teachers will be adding another curriculum and child engagement strategy to their practice. Children will also benefit from these open ended experiences as they strengthen their creativity, problem-solving skills and critical thinking abilities.

CUR125: Loose Parts: Incorporating Found Objects and Open-Ended Materials into the Classroom to is a two-hour, intermediate-level course and grants 0.2 IACET CEU upon successful completion. Current CCEI users with active, unlimited annual subscriptions can register for professional development courses at no additional cost when logged in to their CCEI account. Users without subscriptions can purchase child care training courses as block hours through CCEI online enrollment.

For more information, visit http://www.cceionline.edu or call 1.800.499.9907, prompt 3, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST

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ChildCare Education Institute, a division of Excelligence Learning Corporation, provides high-quality, distance education certificates and child care training programs in an array of child care settings, including preschool centers, family child care, prekindergarten classrooms, nanny care, online daycare training and more. Over 150 English and Spanish child care training courses are available online to meet licensing, recognition program, and Head Start Requirements. CCEI also has online certification programs that provide the coursework requirement for national credentials including the CDA, Director and Early Childhood Credentials. CCEI, a Council for Professional Recognition CDA Gold Standard training provider, is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and is accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).

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You can wager on anything in Las Vegas. Well, almost. I have yet to see the over/under on whether the State Board of Education will pass the next LCAP revision. Thats why I created my own currency, the Fenster redeemable in EdSource swag if we open an online store. For now, Fensters are only worth bragging rights on my annual predictions column.

A year ago, I invited you to fill out your own bet sheet. Its time to bring it out of the safe deposit box and look to the end of the column for how you did.

Meanwhile, lets get to work on 2020. The prediction scale ranges from 1 to 5 Fensters, with 1meaning no chance and 5 meaning highly likely.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is feeling the big squeeze. Grassroots community groups, unions like the California Teachers Association, and city and school officials are pressing him to back their initiative, Schools and Communities First, which likely will qualify for the November ballot. The split-roll initiative would amend Proposition 13s property tax restrictions to increase taxes on commercial and business properties but not on homeowners. About 40 percent of the $12 billion it would generate would go to K-12 and community colleges.

Newsom has acknowledged that K-12 and early ed need more money. Hes for overall tax reform, too. But hes been silent about this initiative, which is polling with under 50 percent support among California voters.

Some possibilities.

The dodge: Hell avoid making a decision.

Likelihood that Newsom will put index fingers to ears and say Next question when asked about it:

The compromise: Some education advocates are calling on Newsom to cut a deal with the Legislature and Prop. 13 reformers to put a different tax plan on the ballot. It will take arduous work to get an agreement.

Likelihood that Newsom will try and succeed in putting an alternative tax on the ballot:

The delay: The California School Boards Association is vowing to put an income tax increase on the 2022 ballot. Newsom could say hell build a consensus for tax reform then, coinciding with his re-election campaign, assuming he chooses to run again.

Likelihood hell say 2022 will be the year for a new tax:

A reluctant yes: This is not mutually exclusive to the delay. And he wont be blamed if the split-roll initiative loses.

Likelihood Newsom will support the split roll but not campaign for it:

There is a tax increase that Newsom is behind, a $15 billion school construction bond to benefit K-12, community colleges, California State University and University of California on the March 3 ballot. Newsom negotiated the terms, which will target more state aid to rural and low-wealth districts, and it will appear as Prop. 13 by quirk of circumstance. Though also flagging in the latest poll, prospects will brighten with the support of Newsom and key business groups.

Likelihood that the construction bond will pass:

With worries about a recession this year dimming, Newsom should have several billion more in Proposition 98 funding for K-12 and community colleges. Last year, he committed nearly all ongoing increases to the Local Control Funding Formula. He then used one-time General Fund spending to provide billions in short-term pension cost relief and invest in early education. Education advocates applauded.

Likelihood that Newsom will reprise last years hits, with at least an additional billion in short-term pension help and tens of millions in increases for child-care and preschool funding:

Likelihood that Newsom will provide hundreds of millions of additional money for special education:

Likelihood that Newsom will funnel significant money to improve the teaching of math and science. This is more of a hope than a prediction, but continuing stagnant test scores and vast achievement gaps, despite the promise of new math standards, demand state attention. I dont know the form it will take and Newsom wont call it categorical funding but it will (or should) happen in the May revision:

Last year, there were high-profile strikes in Los Angeles and Oakland, with a wildcat strike in Sacramento. No big-district walkouts are on the horizon, but tensions are high in many of the states nearly 1,000 school districts. Striking teachers will reinforce the CTAs call for more education funding.

Likelihood of five or more teacher strikes this year:

In an audit last fall, State Auditor Elaine Howle criticized school districts for either not clearly accounting for or misusing state funding targeted for low-income, foster and English learner students. She called for significantly tighter rules for spending and transparency under the Local Control Funding Formula.

Likelihood that Newsom will negotiate a bill to make it significantly easier to track and compare districts supplemental and concentration spending for high-needs students:

In 2019, Newsom negotiated a rewrite of the charter school law that will give school districts more power to reject charter schools without eviscerating the sector, as charter school backers feared. The compromise quieted the charter war in Sacramento, but like the celebrated but short-lived Christmas Truce of 1914, it will ferociously resume on the local front, in battles over the election of school boards and county board of education trustees. As usual, all eyes will be on Los Angeles Unified.

Likelihood that teachers unions and charter school donors will spend record amounts on school board elections in 2020:

Within the next few months, a faculty committee will recommend whether the University of California should stop requiring applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores. Opponents of the college admissions tests, like UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, argue they compound the difficulties that low-income, African-American and Hispanic applicants face in getting into UC.

Likelihood that UC will drop the requirement and study whether the states Smarter Balanced tests can be used as an admissions factor instead:

Early this year, the California State University trustees will decide whether to require applicants to have taken an additional, fourth year of math or a course using quantitative skills, like a lab or computer science. Strong opposition remains, despite plan revisions that would push back the implementation date, exempt high schools that dont offer enough courses and permit less rigorous courses like personal finance.

Likelihood that CSU will adopt the proposal:

Task forces and studies for years have called for reforming Californias complicated system of serving students with disabilities. Newsom took initial steps last year, funding preschool special ed and college grants for special ed teachers. This year, hell announce a multi-year effort to fully remake the system.

Likelihood that special education will be Newsoms top K-12 priority this year:

Who will win Californias presidential primary March 3? It could easily be Pete Sanders, Joe Yang or Elizabeth Klobuchar. In other words, I have no idea. Nonetheless, likelihood that Biden will edge out Warren:

Heres the score for 2019: The late George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, once said, Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing.

Excuse me while I puff out my chest: By my own low expectations, I did great in 2019.

Predictions were rated on the familiar scale of 1 to 5 Fensters.

Charter schools

As predicted, it was a momentous year, with a full rewrite of the states charter school law.

Likelihood that open meetings, public records and conflict of interest requirements will pass (an easy bet).

Likelihood the Legislature would curb the right of charter schools to appeal a charter denial. (Wrong: The ability to appeal to county offices of education was preserved.)

Likelihood the Legislature would eliminate additional appeals to the state board. (Not eliminated but significantly pared back.)

Likelihood that either a moratorium on charter schools or a bill allowing a district to weigh the potential financial impact of charter schools would pass. (Yes: A big win for teachers unions and school districts)

Teachers strikes

Likelihood that Los Angeles Unified and United Teachers Los Angeles would settle before a scheduled strike on Jan. 10. (Easy call; they didnt.)

Likelihood a strike in L.A. Unified would last until the Martin Luther King holiday on Jan. 21. (On the money; they settled a day later)

Likelihood that teachers in a half-dozen or more districts in California also would strike this year. (By our count, L.A. Unified, Oakland Unified, New Haven Unified, West Sonoma County Union High School District and a short wildcat strike in Sacramento City Unified make five.)

School construction

Likelihood of a pre-K to community college construction bond on the 2020 ballot. (Right: Prop. 13 will be on March ballot with CSU, UC thrown in.)

Likelihood the bond will include significant revisions in the state allocation system. (Wrong: Gov. Newsom demanded and got the changes.)

11th-grade testing

Likelihood Gov. Newsom would sign a bill allowing SAT or ACT in place of state Smarter Balanced tests (Wrong: He vetoed it.)

Public Pensions

Likelihood that the California Supreme Court would chip away at grandfathered pension benefits for current workers. (Court skirted the issue in a narrow decision.)

School funding

Likelihood that Newsom will allocate only the minimum amount of funding for K-12 and community colleges under Proposition 98 (Wrong: He went beyond the minimum with more than $3 billion for pension relief and scholarships for new teachers in high-demand subjects.)

Higher taxes

Likelihood that education groups and sponsors of an initiative to raise property taxes on business and commercial properties would negotiate a measure for the 2020 ballot. (It didnt happen in 2019 but its still possible in early 2020 see new predictions.)

Universal preschool

Likelihood that Newsom would lay out a multi-year plan for state-subsidized preschool for all low-income children. (Close enough: funding for 10,000 more slots and money for a master plan.)

Movement on data

Likelihood that in 2019, Newsom and legislative leaders create a timeline and a plan for a statewide data system. (Yes, they did.)

Free community college tuition

Likelihood that Newsom would include enough funding to provide a second year of free tuition to community colleges. (Basically, yes, for taking a full course load.)

Exit Betsy DeVos

Likelihood that DeVos will quit in 2019. (Often belittled in the press, largely ignored by the president, she persists.)

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China Online Education Group (NYSE:COE) and Learning Tree International (OTCMKTS:LTRE) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for China Online Education Group and Learning Tree International, as reported by MarketBeat.

Risk and Volatility

China Online Education Group has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Learning Tree International has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares China Online Education Group and Learning Tree Internationals net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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Earnings and Valuation

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Summary

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About China Online Education Group

China Online Education Group, through its subsidiaries, provides online English language education services to students in the People's Republic of China and the Philippines. It operates online and mobile education platforms that enable students to take live interactive English lessons with international foreign teachers. The company's flagship courses include Classic English and Classic English Junior for the development of English communication skills. It also offers American Academy and Small Class courses; 51 Talk New Concept English course; and various specialty courses, such as Business English, IELTS Speaking, Free-talk, Interview English, Travel English, and Daily English for situation-based English education and test preparation needs. China Online Education Group was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About Learning Tree International

Learning Tree International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, markets, and delivers a library of instructor-led classroom courses for professional development needs of information technology (IT) professionals and managers worldwide. It offers education and training courses across a range of technical and management disciplines, such as operating systems, databases, computer networks, cyber and network security, Web development, programming languages, software engineering, open source applications, project management, business skills, leadership, and professional development. The company also provides courses through its proprietary live online learning platform, Learning Tree AnyWare that allow individuals at any location to participate online in instructor-led classes conducted live in its Education Centers, at customer locations, or at other facilities; and workforce optimization solutions to support an IT organization's life-cycle of workforce development needs. As of September 29, 2018, its library of instructor-led courses comprised 299 instructor-led course titles, including 181 multi-day IT course titles, 82 multi-day management course titles, and 36 one-day course titles. The company markets and sells its course offerings through direct and electronic mail, telemarketing, and field sales channels. It serves national and multinational companies, government organizations, and small and medium-size companies. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. Learning Tree International, Inc. is a subsidiary of The Kevin Ross Gruneich Legacy Trust.

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The Sioux nickname was retired in 2012 after a decades-long fight over the name.

The nickname change was a defining part of the decade for UND, a part of an era filled with change and some contention.

By the time June 2012 came and went North Dakotans voted that it was time to move on from the Fighting Sioux name and onto something new. It wouldnt be the end of the fight, though.

In July 2015, a committee tasked with finding UNDs next nickname eliminated the option for the school to play without a nickname. The decision sparked ire and drew protests. Former UND President Robert Kelley said he would reconsider the decision amid public uproar but, ultimately, didn't include it in the vote.

Later that year the five names -- the Fighting Hawks, Nodaks, North Stars, Roughriders and Sundogs -- were put out for a vote, with Fighting Hawks ultimately winning and a new logo being unveiled in June 2016.

But the transition hasnt been easy.

The nickname change was painful for many on campus and continues to be a sore spot for some donors, UND Alumni Association & Foundation CEO DeAnna Carlson Zink said in a recent interview reflecting on the decade.

Thoughts on the topic are wide and varying, she said, noting she doesnt want to speak for all alumni on the subject.

I think weve come quite a good way, she said. We have some alumni who have embraced the new name fully and some that probably never will embrace it. Then we have those in between that understand why we are where we are and yet love the history of the Fighting Sioux nickname.

Carlson Zink said, as the foundations development officers are out on the road, they dont hear as much about the nickname change as they did a few years ago, but theyre always open to having the discussion, if need be.

Its not a s big of a topic as it was at the start of the decade, she said. Its really kind of quieted down.

Mark Kennedy era lasts just three years: Former UND President Mark Kennedys time came and went quickly for the university. Kennedy, who began the position on July 1, 2016, had a tenure filled with controversy and some success. The former president dealt with severe budget cuts during his first legislative session in 2017. Later that year he would also help introduce a new strategic plan for the university, which it continues to use even after his departure earlier this spring.

Kennedy is now the president of the University of Colorado system.

Kennedy was a polarizing figure for many in the community. High-profile donor Kris Engelstad McGarry, trustee of the Engelstad Family Foundation, publicly stated the Engelstad Foundation would not give any direct funds to the university so long as Kennedy was president. The two had a public feud in 2018. Others, meanwhile, praised him for his work on UNDs strategic plan.

Former UND President Mark Kennedy answers questions during a 2016 meeting with the Grand Forks Herald Editorial Board. Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald

Masses of faculty removed amid budget cuts: Amid declining state revenues, UND saw significant cuts during the past decade.

Between 2014 and 2017, the university had shed about 600 workers, the Herald reported in 2017.

Falling state revenues ahead of the 2017 legislative session led to a systemwide cut of about $212 million for the 2017-19 biennium -- a 25% drop in appropriated dollars from an adjusted total of general fund spending through the previous two-year budget period.

UND's portion was about $32 million, a cut that led to an across-campus budget contraction of 12%.

UND institutes new strategic plan: UND added a new strategic plan in 2017. The five-year, UND plan will help steer the university over the next few years.

The goals include providing a strong undergraduate liberal arts foundation, increasing graduation and retention rates, delivering a variety of enrollment opportunities for students, becoming a high-level research institution, becoming more inclusive, meeting the educational needs for veterans and military personnel and engaging alumni.

UND cuts womens hockey, swimming programs: In March 2017, amid a sizable drop in state funding, UND cut its womens hockey program and its mens and womens swimming and diving teams.

"This was a difficult decision," former UND Athletic Director Brian Faison said at the time. "It's a sad day when opportunities for our student-athletes are reduced. The university is going through campus-wide, state-mandated budget cuts. As a part of the university, we needed to do what is in the long-term, best interests of the university, as well as the best interests of the athletic department."

The elimination of the womens hockey program sent shock waves through the region, the Herald reported.

UND had a dozen Olympians in the teams history, including prominent Grand Forks natives and twin sisters Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux.

A discrimination lawsuit about the elimination of the womens hockey program was filed against the North Dakota University System in 2018 and dismissed in 2019.

Monique Lamoureux is greeted by girls hockey players in Grand Forks at the Ralph Engelstad Arena as she and her twin sister, Jocelyne, celebrate with the community after arriving back with gold medals from the recent Olympics. photo by Eric Hylden/Forum News Service

Enrollment hits an all-time high, then drops: Enrollment hit an all-time high at UND in 2012 with more than 15,200 students. Since then, enrollment has been declining slightly, following a nationwide trend.

UNDs fall 2019 enrollment was about 13,580, which is down from fall 2018.

Meloney Linder, UND vice president for marketing and communications, previously told the Herald that the university was not surprised by the slight drop in enrollment. Two years ago the university changed the number of required credits for students to take, from 125 to 120. Linder said university officials knew that would impact the number of enrolled students at UND and had budgeted for the change.

Online enrollment climbs: While on-campus enrollment has taken a hit over the past few years, UND is doing well in its online enrollment.

Online enrollment has changed the higher education landscape, Jeff Holm, UNDs vice provost for online education and strategic planning, said in a Herald interview in June 2019.

No longer can you be content to compete for students and draw students and attract students from your local region, Holm said.

UND leads the region for online-exclusive students with more than 3,500 students enrolled in online-only courses throughout the country. Thousands of on-campus students are also taking online classes.

Campus construction: In an effort to reduce the universitys deferred maintenance mountain, several campus buildings have been torn down in the past decade.

UNDs long-standing student union was torn down in 2019. Students voted near the end of 2018 to build a new $80 million Memorial Union.

Much of University Avenue also was rebuilt in 2019 with new crosswalks and other areas being constructed

Additionally, the university, thanks to help from the North Dakota Legislature, built a new School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

A rendering, provided by UND, illustrates what the new Memorial Union would look like.

Fundraising hits an all-time high: Donations to the UND Alumni Association & Foundation reached an all-time high in 2019, amid much change and controversy at the university.

The foundation raised $67.7 million at the end of the 2019 fiscal year.

The record is nearly twice the amount brought in the previous year. The previous record was $49.9 million set in fiscal year 2011.

Of that money, $20 million was donated by Werner and Colleen Nistler for a new business school.

The couple donated the lead gift of $20 million toward the construction of the new building on the UND campus. The project is estimated to cost $70 million. The North Dakota Legislature earlier this year voted to match the Nistlers' $20 million donation if the university was able to raise the additional money.

Werner Nistler earned an accounting degree from UND in 1968. He is founder and chairman of Touchmark, which owns 14 full-service senior living communities in 10 states and one Canadian province. Colleen Nistler is the vice chairperson. The company is based in Oregon. The couple live in the Portland area.

DeAnna Carlson Zink, UND Alumni Association & Foundation CEOEric Hylden / Forum News Service

New UND president Andrew Armacost named: With the departure of Kennedy in the spring of 2019, it was time for the State Board of Higher Education to find the next president of the university.

The State Board of Higher Education chose Andrew Armacost on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Armacost, former dean of the faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy, will be the 13th leader of the university.

Nick Hacker, chair of the State Board of Higher Education, selected Armacost because of his deep passion for service and love for students.

As you listened and read about him (you learned he) is someone who is a real, true servant leader, Hacker said. I really look forward to seeing his leadership style here.

The boards decision was praised across campus.

Armacost will begin his duties on June 1. His annual salary is $369,800.

Newly named UND president Andrew Armacost answers questions Tuesday, Dec. 3, following the announcement at UND's Energy and Environmental Research Center in Grand Forks. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald

Defining the Decade schedule

Editor's note: This is the seventh in a series of headlining stories from the past decade.

Already online: Herald reporter Ann Bailey recaps the top agriculture stories of the decade, including the recent historic losses as farmers left massive numbers of crops in the fields due to adverse weather.

Already online: Herald journalist Pamela Knudson highlights the issues the Grand Forks school district has faced in the past 10 years, including a revitalization in arts facilities and a look at school building needs.

Already online: Grand Forks business writer Adam Kurtz tabulates the area's top financial and economic moments and noting the positive impacts created by Grand Sky.

Already online: Herald photographer Eric Hylden shares the top photos of decade, and Brad Dokken takes aim at the top 10 stories in the outdoors.

Already online: Herald reporter Hannah Shirley turns the key on crime and courts, highlighting the impacts of opioids and gun violence

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 1: Community editor Sydney Mook chooses the UND stories of the decade, and the Herald's sports department kicks off its top 10 stories.

THURSDAY, Jan. 2: Grand Forks reporter Joe Bowen looks at the top issues for Grand Forks.

FRIDAY, Jan. 3: Reporter Sam Easter puts the spotlight on East Grand Forks, including the closing of Whitey's.

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An extensive analysis of the Online Education Market strategy of the leading companies in the precision of import/export consumption, supply and demand figures, cost, price, revenue and gross margins. The report starts by an introduction about the company profiling and a comprehensive review about the strategy concept and the tools that can be used to assess and analyze strategy. It also analyzes the companys strategy in the light of Porters Value Chain, Porters Five Forces, SWOT analysis, and recommendation on Balanced Scorecard for supply chain analysis considering few players like The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Think & Learn Private Limited, Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning, Tamil Virtual Academy, Medvarsity Online Limited etc.

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Summary

Indian online education market

Online education or e-learning refers to a learning system based primarily on formalised teaching with the help of electronic resources such as computers and internet services. Improvement in internet connectivity and digitization are facilitating the growth of the online education market in India. This type of education is delivered in various ways, which include online courses, massive open online courses (MOOCs), hybrid or blended courses and certification courses among others.

Corporate tie-ups help in the co-creation of industry certified content, which has helped to increase the acceptance of online education among the target user base. Currently, students and professionals (especially IT) are the chief patrons taking up various online education courses. Improved internet connectivity and digital payment options, coupled with the introduction of new learning methodologies such as blended learning and flipped learning is driving the growth of the online education market in India.

Market segmentation

The online education market in India is segmented by category into primary and secondary supplemental education, test preparation, reskilling and online certifications, higher education, and language and casual learning. Test preparation market is expected to be the largest growing segment due to the increase in the number of students opting for competitive exams such as engineering medical exams, and also due to rise in the number of exams for working professionals such as bank probationary officer (PO), union public service commission (UPSC), common admission test (CAT) and graduate management admission test (GMAT) among others. It is segmented by type into vocational education, learning management system (LMS) and virtual schools.

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Key growth factors

Lower infrastructure cost coupled with larger student base leverages economies of scale and lower cost. Online skill enhancement courses are far cheaper than offline alternatives, due to the availability of several free courses. (MOOCs) provide free online courses to different universities, such as Harvard University, Berkeley University of California, Boston University and so on, on key subjects such as computer science, data science, business and management, which are available for anyone to enrol themselves

Increase in disposable income is egging the young population to enhance their skills for higher growth. The young population with high aspirations but lower income is a good target market for online education. Further, the acceptability of online channels is also higher in the younger demographic

Threats and key players

Familiarity with offline education system poses a major barrier for online education. Online education is still considered a second class citizen in the education system, and thus, its recognition is limited to institutions of service. Limited availability of internet in remote locations act as a barrier to growth

The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Think & Learn Private Limited, Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning, Tamil Virtual Academy, Medvarsity Online Limited, Vedantu Innovations Private Limited, AEON Learning Private Limited, are some of the major players operating in the online education market in India

What is covered in the report?

1. Overview of the online education market

2. Historical, current and forecasted market size data for the online education market (2016 to 2023)

3. Qualitative analysis of the online education market and its segments, by category (primary and secondary supplemental education, test preparation, reskilling and online certifications, higher education and language and casual learning) and by type (vocational education, learning management system, virtual schools)

4. Qualitative analysis of the major drivers and challenges affecting the market

5. Analysis of the competitive landscape and profiles of major players operating in the market

6. Key recent developments associated with the online education market in India

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2. Strategize marketing, market entry, market expansion and other business plans by understanding the factors driving growth in the market

3. Be informed regarding the key developments in the online education market in India

4. Understand major competitors business strategies and market dynamics and respond accordingly to benefit from the market

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Chapter 1: Executive Summary

Chapter 2: Socio-economic indicators

Chapter 3: Introduction

3.1. Online education market definition and structure

Chapter 4: Online education market in India overview

4.1. Online education market size and growth forecast value-wise

4.2. Online education market- user base and growth forecast

Chapter 5: Online education market in India segmentation

5.1. Category-wise

5.1.1. Primary and secondary supplemental education market size and growth forecast value-wise

5.1.2. Test preparation market size and growth forecast value-wise

5.1.3. Reskilling and online certifications market size and growth

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College Gazette, an online higher education magazine, has recognized Montana State University on its list of the top 10 public universities on the rise across the nation.

To compile the list, College Gazette chose schools that have made measurable strides over the past 20 years in a variety of areas, including their programs, student and alumni accomplishments, faculty accolades and research programs and expenditures.

In its write-up about MSU, College Gazette lauded MSU for a number of strengths, including impressive student scholarship, enrollment growth, notable research on the Yellowstone ecosystem, high research expenditures and new buildings on campus.

First, College Gazette wrote that MSU is a top producer of Goldwater Scholars, as well as a significant number of Rhodes and Truman Scholars. In April, four MSU undergraduates won the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, the nations premier scholarship for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering.

Their scholarships pushed MSUs total number of Goldwater Scholars to 74; MSU is now tied for ninth in the nation for Goldwater recipients, ahead of Cornell University and Yale University, and ranks third among universities in the western U.S. behind Stanford and Caltech.

The online publication also discussed MSUs enrollment growth. The universitys enrollment and graduation and retention rates all are among the highest the university has seen in a generation. This falls enrollment of 16,766 students was the second highest in university history, and MSU is graduating more students in less time than at any point in modern history, allowing those graduates to begin their careers sooner and with less college debt.

Strong research expenditures also made the list. For the fiscal year that ended in June, MSUs research and contract expenditures from state, private and federal funding sources totaled $138.8 million. That marks a 9.5% increase over the previous years expenditures and the sixth year in a row that MSU research expenditures have topped $100 million.

The record year of expenditures came as MSU was again classified as R1 in the Carnegie Classification for very high research activity, making it one of only 131 universities nationwide in that category and the only one in the five-state region of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and North and South Dakota and one of only two nationally also classified as Very High Undergraduate enrollment.

Additionally, on March 26-28, more than 4,000 university students from across the U.S. will visit MSU for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. MSU has named the 2019-20 academic year the Year of Undergraduate Research to celebrate scientific discovery and creative activity on campus, in the Bozeman community and across Montana.

Finally, College Gazette wrote that MSU has added a number of facilities to its campus recently, including the impressive 40,000-square-foot Animal Biosciences Building. In recent years MSU has also added new residence halls and academic facilities, including Jabs Hall, home of the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, and Norm Asbjornson Hall, home to classrooms, laboratories, the Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering and Honors College. MSUs new 25,000-square-foot, privately funded American Indian Hall is under construction and is slated to open in 2021.

Other universities included on College Gazettes list are Utah State University, Boise State University and Kansas State University.

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Its been a tumultuous decade for Michigans K-12 education system.

From controversy over the Common Core standards, to funding issues, to expansion of charter schools and preschool programs, K-12 education has seen a number of changes.

Below are nine trends that helped define the past 10 years.

1. K-12 enrollment is falling.

In 2018-19, Michigans public schools had 1.45 million enrolled in grades K-12 compared to 1.58 million in 2009-10, a 8% drop and a continuation of a trend that began in fall 2003.

As a result of the states falling birth rate, Michigans public school enrollment hasnt been this low since the 1950s, according to U.S. Census data.

In 1950, Michigan had 1.3 million residents age 5 to 17 enrolled in school. By 1960, the Baby Boom pushed public-school enrollment to 1.6 million. Michigans public-school enrollment peaked at 2,182,885 in fall 1971.

Between 1975 to 2000, Michigan roughly averaged about 135,000 births a year. That meant the public school population was fairly stable into the early 2000s. When the number of births began to drop in 2001, school enrollment numbers soon followed. By 2018, the states K-12 enrollment had dropped 16% in 15 years.

And the end to that downturn is nowhere in sight. Since 2014, when this years kindergartners were born, the number of Michigan births has dropped another 4%, which means at least four more years of progressively smaller kindergartner classes coming in as larger cohorts of high schoolers graduate out.

2. Charter school enrollment is increasing.

Michigan opened its first charter schools in fall 1994, but there was a cap on the number for years. That changed in 2011, when then-Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill lifting the cap, allowing for charter-school expansion.

In 2010-11, Michigan had 111,344 students in about 255 charter schools, about 8% of the public school population. In 2018-19, charter schools had 147,239 in 370 schools, about 10% of total public-school enrollment.

Charters remain controversial: Supporters say they provide much-needed options in public education. They say charters can be more innovative since their teachers arent unionized, and charters are uniquely positioned to offer specialized curriculums and serve niche populations.

Detractors say charter expansion doesnt make fiscal sense at a time when a declining birth rate means more schools are competing for fewer students every year.

Below is an interactive map that shows where charter students are enrolled, based on the county where their charter school is located. Michigan has 38 counties with no charter schools; those counties are shaded in gray.

Cyber schools can distort the number in northern Michigan; for instance, online programs in Manistee and Wexford counties enroll students from across the state.

Incidentally, if you click on a county, you compare charter enrollment in 2009-10 compared to 2018-19.

3. More children are in preschool.

Snyder also put more money into Michigans Great Start preschool program, doubling the number of slots available.

The Great Start Readiness Program provides free preschool to 4-year-olds from low- and moderate-income families. A family of four qualifies for the program if their income is under $78,000 a year.

In 2010-11, the state provided funding for about 30,000 half-day pre-K students. In 2019-20, it was about 64,000 half-day or 32,000 full-day slots.

4. Michigans high school graduation rate has improved amid stiffer high school graduation requirements.

The states high school graduation rate steadily improved over the decade: About 81% of those scheduled to graduate in 2018 graduated on time compared to 76% in 2010.

What makes that especially impressive: The trend occurred as Michigan implemented much stiffer high school graduation requirements.

For decades, Michigan school districts could largely set their own requirements for graduation. That changed with the Class of 2011, the first group that graduated under the Michigan Merit Curriculum, which standardized high school graduation requirements across the state.

Michigan students now must take four years each of math and English language arts, three years each of science and social studies, two years of a foreign language, and a year of physical education or health.

5. Whiplash over curriculum and testing changes.

The Michigan Merit Curriculum hasnt been the only the change imposed on Michigans K-12 educators over the past decade.

The state adopted Common Core standards in 2010, only to see years of controversy over that change. There also was the switch from the MEAP, or the Michigan Educational Assessment Program, to the online M-STEP, as the states standardized test for grades 3-8. The change from using the ACT to the SAT to assess high school juniors.

Yet another big reform is being implemented in fall 2020: This years third-graders will not transition to the fourth grade with some exemptions if they read a grade level behind on the states English language arts (ELA) assessment.

The state estimates are that more than 5,000 third graders statewide or 5 percent could be subject to retention.

6. The good news: Academic outcomes seen to be improving.

For all the hand-wringing about academic outcomes, they have improved over the past decade.

As previously mentioned, the percentage of students graduating high school within four years has increased from 76% for the Class of 2010 to 81% for the Class of 2018.

Also up: The percentage of high school juniors testing as fully college ready has increased from 16% for the Class of 2011, which took the ACT in spring 2010, to 34% for the Class of 2020, which took the SAT in spring 2019.

Meanwhile, Michigan fourth- and eighth-graders are scoring slightly higher on the National Assessment of Academic Progress, which is administered every two years to a representative sampling of students. The chart below compares the scores for the 2009 NAEP to the 2017 test.

Michigan's scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests

7. Controversy over K-12 school financing.

Under a Republican governor and Legislature for most of the decade, K-12 educators have been vocal about their concerns that K-12 funding has lagged inflation while Republicans has pushed spending concerns such as the cost of health-care and retirement.

In 2010-11, the states minimum foundation grant was $7,146 per student compared to $7,811 in 2018-19, a 9.3% increase during a time span when the inflation rate was 16%. The minimum grant for this year increased to $8,111, the biggest dollar increase since 2001.

Including all funding sources, Michigans public schools spent $10,002 per student on operations in 2018-19, up 8% from $9,261 per student in 2010-11.

As funding has lagged inflation, schools have moved more non-instructional staff to third-party contractors, required staff to pay more for health care and retirement, and salaries have stagnated.

In 2010-11, the average salary for a Michigan teacher was $61,530. In 2017-18, the most recent number available, it was $61,908.

8. Teacher shortage has become a problem.

With stagnating salaries, rollbacks in benefits and more pressure to improve academic outcomes, long-time teachers are leaving the profession and fewer people are going into teaching, creating shortages in some areas.

Six out of 10 Michigan school districts started this school year without enough full-time teachers to fill their classrooms, according to a survey of Michigan school superintendents conducted by the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators.

The survey, conducted the second week of September, found 518 classrooms in 178 school districts that did not have a full-time, certified teacher.

One reason: As Baby Boomers retire from teaching, there are fewer people to replace them. Enrollment in teacher prep programs at Michigan universities dropped 66 percent over seven years between 2009 and 2016, according to a report by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan.

The CRC report notes that teacher turnover those leaving the field permanently, or just for better opportunities in a different district is higher in Michigan than the rest of the country.

The share of the workforce that moved from one school to another increased from 9.5 percent in 2004-05 to 11.4 percent in 2016-17, more than 40 percent greater than the national figure (8.1 percent). Turnover is especially high in the states urban districts (24 percent) and among charter schools (37 percent), the report said.

9. The percentage of Michigan adults with a college degree has increased.

About 30% of Michigan adults age 25 and older had at least a bachelors degree in 2018, according to U.S. Census estimates. Thats up from 25% in 2010.

Driving that trend is younger adults. An estimated 28% of adults age 25 to 34 and 29% of those age 35 to 44 had a bachelors in 2010 compared to 34% and 35% respectively in 2018.

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Many children in The T&D Region continue to live in poverty and fail to meet state education standards, according to data from the latest Kids Count study.

Considering a broad range of issues affecting children, including health care and education, Kids Count ranked South Carolina 39th in the nation in the well-being of its children. The state fell one spot from last years ranking.

While the nationwide report was released in June, Childrens Trust of South Carolina released its latest annual Kids Count child well-being county data in late fall.

The study ranks the states 46 counties on several indicators of child well-being across four domains: economic well-being, education, health and family and community.

Childrens Trust reported that a lack of significant improvements in poverty and education have hindered the states progress in improving child well-being.

This year we still continue to see about 70 percent of kids not meeting math and reading proficiency standards, which is very high. It really comes down to looking at our policies and seeing how we can ensure that a kid that lives in Bamberg is getting the same education as a kid that lives in Lexington County, said Dr. Aditi Srivastav Bussells, Childrens Trusts research and community impact manager.

That really requires us looking at how our schools are being supported. Are we able to recruit and retain a good workforce? Are there policies in place that can really help meet the needs of different types of students? Bussells said.

With data taken from the beginning of the 2015-16 school year, the latest county profiles indicate that 61 percent of third-graders in Orangeburg and Calhoun counties tested below state standards in math, while 49 percent of Bamberg County third-graders tested below the standards. The state average was 44 percent.

About 73 percent of Orangeburg County third-graders tested below state English/language arts standards. About 60 percent tested below state standards in Calhoun County and 66 percent in Bamberg County.

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The state average stood at 55 percent.

In other education statistics, 84 percent of Orangeburg County eighth-graders tested below state standards in math. About 78 percent attested below state standards in Calhoun County and 67 percent tested below state standards in Bamberg County.

The state average was 63 percent.

About 79 percent of eighth-graders tested below state English/language arts standards in Orangeburg County, 72 percent were below state standards in Calhoun County and 69 were below the state standards in Bamberg County.

Bussells said the area of childhood poverty has remained pretty much unchanged over the last several years across the state.

About a quarter of kids in South Carolina are in poverty, and then anywhere from 12 to 15 percent are in concentrated poverty over the last several years, which is even higher poverty, she said.

Bussells added, We have to ensure that parents have economic opportunities to provide for their families, and that also means that they have opportunities for continuing education or alternative kinds of options to pursue their education so that they can make more money to support their children and families.

Opportunities for affordable housing and full-time jobs are also key, she said.

About 35 percent of Orangeburg County children live in households with incomes below the poverty level.

In Bamberg County, 36 percent live below the poverty level. In Calhoun County, 25 percent fall in the same category.

Poverty is something that you cant solve overnight and theres so many factors that go into it. Its about supporting the entire family because the parents well-being is so closely linked with childrens well-being. And I say parents, but we also know there are often grandparents and other kin that are supporting, Bussells said.

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Starting Jan. 1, obtaining a concealed carry handgun permit in Tennessee becomes easier.

Per a 2019 law passed by the state legislature, Tennesseans will now be able to take an online course in order to receive a carry permit, a significantly faster, cheaper alternative to the state's existing process that will requireno hands-on training.

The state's current carry permit which allows foropen and concealed carrying will remain the same, but is now being called an "enhanced permit." That includes taking a day-long in-person course and paying a $100 application fee.

The permit will costjust $65, but will only allow for concealed, and not open,carry. The new permit also doesn't allow for carrying a firearm on higher education campuses, which is approved under the enhanced permit.

Two vendors so far Tier One Tactics and Clarksville Guns and Archery Tennessee Carry Permit Online School have been approved to teach the 90-minute course, which both are offering online.

The application fees for both the enhanced and concealedpermit options do not include course costs.

While legislation approving the new system was easily approved in the House, it faced bipartisan criticism in the Senate this spring when it passed 18-11. Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, was among four Republicans who did not cast votes.

Six Republicans joined the chamber's five Democrats in voting against the bill, which was opposednot only by Moms Demand Action, a gun control lobbying group, but by theTennessee Firearms Association.

The bill was sponsored in the House by Rep. Andy Holt, R-Dresden, and in the Senate by Sen. John Stevens, R-Huntington.

Those applying for the new concealed carry permit must be 21, pass a background check from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and provide a certificate showing they completed a state-approved training course no more than a year before applying.

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The internet is going to look, and work, a little different starting today. Thats because Californians have new rights over how their personal information is gathered, stored and sold by any company operating in the state as of Jan. 1, thanks to the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA.

As businesses scramble to get in compliance with the law, youve probably seen a rash of pop-up notifications and emails about privacy policy updates. You also may have noticed the small-print do not sell my information buttons that have started appearing at the bottom of websites.

But what are these new rights? How can you actually exercise them? And will any of this make a difference in how you use the internet?

Three new rights are at the heart of the CCPA, the strongest consumer data privacy law in the nation: the right to know, the right to delete, and the right to opt out.

The right to know means that you can ask a company to produce a copy of all the personal information it has gathered on you over the years, and let you know the categories (although not the specific names) of businesses it gathered that information from or sold that information to.

This also means that companies have to notify you typically in their privacy policy which categories of personal information they collect, and let you know if theyre selling it to third parties.

The right to delete means that companies must delete all the information they have on you when you ask, and if they had shared your information with another company they hired to perform a service, they must tell that company to delete it, too. Companies can still keep data they deem necessary for some uses, such as completing an ongoing transaction or detecting security breaches, but by and large theyre required to zero you out if you request it.

Companies subject to the law (which include most companies with websites and customers in California, including The Times) have to provide at least an email address and a toll-free phone number where you can submit these requests, which you should be able to find in their privacy policies.

A separate law passed in California this year will require any companies that act as data brokers these are companies that never interact directly with consumers, but who amass and sell data from other sources to register with the state by Jan. 31. The attorney general will then post that list of data brokers online, and you can go through and make information or deletion requests there, too.

But a knotty problem lies at the heart of both of these new rights: How can companies make sure that theyre deleting or sharing the right persons information?

Despite the eerie accuracy of some hyper-targeted ads and the (correct) feeling that youre being watched at all times online, the sophisticated system of tracking and sharing your personal data is not perfect. Technical challenges baked into the architecture of the internet make it difficult for many companies to verify, with complete accuracy, who is on the other side of the screen at any given moment.

Thanks to this fundamental fuzziness, even Facebook, the company that probably knows the most about you, is telling users that it might need to ask for a photo of a government ID before it can comply with a right-to-know or right-to-delete request. This extra level of verification is intended to prevent situations where one David Lopez gets sent the comprehensive profile of a different David Lopez or even worse, someone impersonating David Lopez gets their hands on his most personal information.

And this information is personal. The law concerns information that is specific enough that it could be clearly linked to you or your household. That includes things like your name, address, IP address, device ID number, social security number, email address, purchasing history, face or fingerprint image, browsing or search history, physical location, employment or education information, audio or video recordings, and even descriptions of your physical characteristics.

The third right to opt out seems like it should be straightforward, but it comes with a lot of caveats and technicalities.

For starters, it entitles users to opt out of having their data sold on to third parties, but it does not allow them to opt out of having their data collected and used in the first place.

If you click one of the many do not sell my personal information buttons that will soon be on every website you visit (though you might need to scroll down to the bottom to find them), the company operating the website is obligated to earmark your personal information as a chunk of data that it cant package and sell to a marketing firm or data broker. But it can still keep collecting data every time you visit for its own uses which includes selling targeted advertising.

Alastair Mactaggart, the San Francisco real estate developer who led the initial effort to have this privacy law passed as a ballot measure in 2018, has always maintained the law wasnt intended to abolish targeted advertising. Having an ad follow you around the internet may be one of the more viscerally uncanny experiences of the data economy, but the set of rapid transactions between sellers and buyers that produces those ads is kosher under the CCPA, since each business along the pipeline is only using the personal information to deliver a service (the ad), not selling the information on to a third party.

This system stands in contrast to Europes more stringent privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, which requires that companies ask users to opt into having their data collected in the first place. Under that system, users have the ability to cut off the data stream that fuels the targeted ad economy at the source.

Under the California system, it might be difficult to notice much of a difference in the browsing experience even for the most active exercisers of these new rights. If you request that every website you visit delete your personal information and opt out of having your information sold whenever you can, theres a chance that youll see less and less specific advertising as time goes on.

But the laws transparency provisions are set to give users an unprecedented look into how their personal information is shared and monetized across the internet. And the laws main backers, including Mactaggart and California state Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) are preparing a new ballot measure for 2020 that will beef up the regulations surrounding more sensitive personal information, such as location, health status and sexual orientation, create a GDPR-style opt-in system for users under 16, and fund a new standalone state agency to enforce these rules.

Already, a number of large businesses are changing their privacy policies for all U.S. users to match Californias requirements.

So California where much of the digital world we all live in today was first invented may yet lead the rest of the country toward a more privacy-oriented internet.

Are you having difficulty with a request to delete your personal information, or a request to know what information companies have gathered on you? If companies have complied with your requests, are you surprised by what youve found? Please let me know: sam.dean@latimes.com

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