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AI education is critical for an equitable tomorrow

eSchool News

trillion by 2030. A strong background in STEM is key to embracing AI – both as a career path and as a tool for business transformation. According to a 2020 report , only 47 percent of high schools in America teach Computer Science courses. However, only an adept STEM student is most suited to pick up advanced AI skills.

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The 2020 Learning Revolution daily online conference starts today!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The 2020 Learning Revolution daily online conference starts today! with Steve Hargadon || Automata for STEM Workshop No 1 - EU project (follow up from overview of the project) with Joel Josephson - Project partner || Build Your Own Virtual Library Learning Commons: Session 1 of 3 with Anita Brooks Kirkland, Chair | Professor David V.

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How Role Models May Inspire Exploration of Computer Science Pathways

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The Bureau of Labor and Statistics projects that the market for computer science occupations will grow 13 percent between 2020 and 2030. This gap between interest and access is a missed opportunity for the nation’s economy as U.S. employers increasingly seek job candidates with skills or a background in computer science.

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Education can be the great equalizer, but it isn’t yet

The Hechinger Report

In a noble attempt to level the education playing field, in October a Maryland state panel, known as the Kirwan Commission, voted to recommend a new funding formula that calls for spending to increase by $4 billion per year by 2030. Related: Here’s the information you need to help you make the better choice in 2020.

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The Clock Is Ticking for This Edtech Buyer to Find a Deal

Edsurge

To describe the market opportunity, he references UNESCO estimates that the world will need to serve close to a billion new learners, and add close to 45 million new teachers, by 2030. But the clock is ticking to find this asset—specifically, by April 2020. Still, that’s not stemming investors’ enthusiasm for SPACs.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. More than 80 percent of the edtech startups created in the past five years will not survive through 2020.

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

The Hechinger Report

Further down the road, this means that ever more Black and Latino students will be shut out from the high-paying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers that will make up a growing share of the job market. They’ll be less prepared to do well in college STEM courses and less hirable by tech companies upon graduation.

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