They have a greater emphasis on practical training rather than academic work.

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The project will focus on opportunities to create replicable models for bridging the gap between enlisted training and academic coursework, improving the documentation of health care training, and working with other key stakeholders such as state licensure boards.

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We have to move the conversation about teacher quality forward, beyond a narrow debate over merit pay and job protection, to one focused more broadly on how to insure that teachers receive adequate support and training to meet the academic needs of their students and to ascertain their effectiveness in the classroom.

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As you might imagine, the individuals I work with run the gamut from being confused about how to apply their academic training and experience to an appropriate career path to being extremely focused on a specific job, desired employer, and career trajectory.

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Turning soldiers into teachers with no training is like trying to turn teachers into soldiers with no training, she argues, saying plans for the school are based on a shaky academic foundation.

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We can work to improve the current lack of understanding among civilian employers on the portability of military skills sets, and help veterans to earn an academic credential that translates the training received while serving in the military into readily understood civilian terms.

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