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K–12 Educators Embrace Ingenuity and Adaptation to Prepare Students for the Future

EdTech Magazine

K–12 Educators Embrace Ingenuity and Adaptation to Prepare Students for the Future. The extent of change that we’ll see from robotics, artificial intelligence and the like is both incredible and unsettling. It’s also close to home for educators, who are tasked with preparing the next generation of professionals.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

Edsurge

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Maia Sharpley’s career in education includes serving in executive positions with the New York City Department of Education, Kaplan and Charter Schools USA. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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How Do You Prepare Students for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet? Karen Cator Has Some Ideas.

Edsurge

There is a lot of talk these days about robots replacing humans in the workforce, but those conversations remain largely abstract. On the other side of that equation are educators, who often draw from their own learning experiences in K-12 and higher education to inform their instruction.

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How do schools train for a workplace that doesn’t exist yet?

The Hechinger Report

This story is part of our Map to the Middle Class project , where we ask readers what they want us to investigate about educational pathways to financial stability. We’ve all heard the dire predictions about the coming robot apocalypse. As many as 800 million people worldwide could be displaced and need to find new jobs by 2030.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Education Politics. “Former Lobbyist With For-Profit Colleges Quits Education Department ,” ProPublica reports. That’s Taylor Hansen who was a lobbyist for Career Education Colleges and Universities. ” That’s the Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and TG. .”

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The changing geography of work: a new report

Bryan Alexander

McKinsey just published a new report, “The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow” ( summary ; longer document ), looking ahead to 2030 after new technologies have had some impact. Let me identify what I see as the key bits for the future of higher education and technology. Roughly 11.5

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Impatient for workers, businesses help students take college shortcuts

The Hechinger Report

They also practice skills in the hot fields of 3D printing and robotics. “We Samaniego created the website Blue Agua as a class project to raise money for access to water for people who don’t have it. There’s advising for those who decide to go further in their educations. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report.

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