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Education Predictions for an Unpredictable 2021

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Now at the end of 2020, I’d estimate that +95% of all K-12 students took some form of an online class, and most likely this trend will continue into 2021. That was a pretty bold prediction in 2008 when the book was published, but their model for cycles of innovation seems pretty accurate now that we have hindsight.

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Reflecting on Your Leadership Through a Year of Unexpected Firsts

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2020 was, among many things, a year of firsts. While 2020 was a year of many firsts, there are a few things that we can count on to persist in 2021 and beyond. The first time a non-English language movie, Parasite, won Best Picture at the Oscars. We can expect that unexpected change is a constant.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Hechinger Report : “How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.” ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ IoT to Represent More Than Half of Connected Device Landscape by 2021.”