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Why Every School Needs an AI Policy Right Now (Part 1)

The CoolCatTeacher

from 2023 to 2030. Grand View Research ) Statistics shared on Forbes Advisor are staggering: 64% of businesses expect AI to increase productivity, AI will have an estimated 21% net increase on US GDP by 2030, and 25% of companies are turning to AI to address the labor shortage issue. AI is expected to see an annual growth rate of 37.3%

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How Can Colleges Close the Latino Graduation Gap?

Edsurge

million Latinos earn a degree by 2030. That’s according to the think tank Excelencia in Education, which focuses on research and policy on Latino achievement in higher education. If colleges and universities want to close the graduation gap for their Latino students, their target goal is clear: help another 6.2

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To Improve Education, We Need to Look at the Last 50 Years, Not Just the Last 18 Months

Edsurge

To evolve our education system and improve student outcomes for good, we need to reevaluate our policy-making decisions from the last 50-plus years—not just the last 18 months—while also looking forward to what students need to learn to be successful in the future. Why on Earth should we go back to pre-COVID education policies and systems?

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The Digital Transformation of Healthcare Education

EdTech4Beginners

The World Health Organization predicts a worldwide shortfall of 15 million healthcare workers by 2030. Social distancing policies forced many schools to transition towards online instruction almost overnight rapidly. This acceleration into high-tech is driven mainly by necessity.

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‘Digital skills gap’ threatens innovation

eSchool News

“There are just not enough people with the right digital skills to enable the transformation that companies are seeking,” said Salil Gunashekar , a research leader and associate director at RAND Europe who focuses on science and technology policy. RAND Europe, the European arm of global research firm RAND Corp.,

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Colleges sign on for a 15-step program to “erase equity gaps” in completion

The Hechinger Report

These efforts are two of the 15 recommendations in a project called the Moon Shot for Equity, a plan that seeks to eliminate college graduation equity gaps by 2030. The Moon Shot program is specifically designed to close gaps for Black, Latino, Native American, first generation and other historically underserved students by 2030.

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Live Interview on Thursday, Jan. 20 - Barnet Berry on Teaching 2030

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Thursday, January 20th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Barnett Berry on new book, Teaching 2030: What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools--Now and in the Future. "In