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Youth-Created 360? Films at the United Nations General Assembly

Digital Promise

Their immersive stories will be screened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on September 24 and 25, days on which heads of state and government from around the world will gather to comprehensively review progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 SDGs. Watch the MY World 360?

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

Edsurge

According to Dell Technologies and the Institute for the Future, 85 percent of the jobs in 2030 don’t exist yet. From 2015 to 2019, entrepreneurs created 11 times the number of education unicorns compared to 2005 to 2014. The job market will continue to segregate into low-skill- low-pay and high-skill-high-pay jobs.

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A Bootcamp Down Under: Trilogy Education Extends University Tech Training Globally

Edsurge

Started in 2015, the New York City-based startup works with more than 40 institutions to set up programs primarily in coding, web development and UX/UI. Trilogy Education Services announced today that it is expanding its services to help Monash University in Melbourne, Australia launch a bootcamp-style tech training program.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027), you will probably have these attributes: easy to get along with people, you have a deep sense of curiosity, and you like to learn new things. Zodiac animal: Goat In Chinese culture, the goat represents ''filial piety, purity, and kindness'. If you were born in the Goat year (e.g.,1931,

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The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade

The Hechinger Report

But in order to predict high school graduates, WICHE’s statisticians also projected student enrollments for first grade through 2020 to 12th grade through 2030. The projections for all 12 grades end after 2020, but before that, between 2015 and 2020, the total number of students falls by only 1.4 birthrate hit a 30-year low.

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Uncertified teachers filling holes in schools across the South

The Hechinger Report

By 2030, as many as 16 million K-12 students in the region may be taught by an unprepared or inexperienced teacher, the Southern Regional Education Board projects. In 2015, the state loosened teacher certification requirements under a program called Districts of Innovation. 11, 2022, in Athens, Ala. Credit: AP Photo/Vasha Hunt.

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General Assembly to Be Acquired By Swiss HR Firm for $412.5 Million

Edsurge

The rise of automation also creates a critical need to re-skill workers, with as many as 375 million employees globally needing to transition to new roles by 2030. million in venture capital—the last of it in a $70 million Series D round in 2015. The company had raised $119.5

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