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

Edsurge

In a world where the largest software vendors like Apple and Google don’t write the apps, we are at a tipping point as the worldwide gap widens between skills delivered by the current educational systems and those required by the digital economy. The job market will continue to segregate into low-skill- low-pay and high-skill-high-pay jobs.

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Learning Revolution Events - AltEdFilmFest - Homeschool+ - Gaming in Ed Call for Proposals - Open Letter from a Highly Creative Child

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update August 5th, 2014 One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. Deadlines Gaming in Ed , September 15th - 19th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: The Call for Proposals for the inaugural Gaming in Ed conference is now open. RSVP at [link].

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OPINION: The pandemic will leave the next generation of Black tech talent behind

The Hechinger Report

Google is not going to hire coders who cannot code. As of 2020, just 6 percent of tech employees at Apple identified as Black — which represented zero progress since 2014. Over six years, from 2014 to 2020, Google increased its percentage of Black tech workers from 1.5 state in terms of educational achievement.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. In 2014, The Economist asserted that “nearly half of American jobs could be automated in a decade or two.”“Before

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

I am a Google Educator Group Leader and Google Certified Innovator in Mexico City.I program in 2014, Courtney returned to her alma mater as the 9th grade African American History/ Human Geography teacher. Dr. Beate W. Nguyen, Principal + Global Scholar-Practitioner, Archdiocese of Los Angeles/St. After completing her M.Ed.

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Learning Revolution Events - Future of Museums Events Are This Week - AltEdFilmFest - Homeschooling - Gaming in Ed

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update July 22nd, 2014 Every individual matters. In association with the 2014 Homeschool+ Conference , Alt Ed Film Fest will showcase seven films, with live broadcast director interviews. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” (National) Education Politics.