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Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

eSchool News

Key points: Very soon, districts must closely examine the edtech they use and compare it with budget realities How to ensure edtech ROI? If funds are allotted, however, districts can request an extension to use them through March of 2026 in some cases). For many districts, the relief funding was significant.

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What America can learn from Canada’s new ‘$10 a Day’ child care system

The Hechinger Report

As American child care experts call for more federal investment to salvage a struggling industry, Canada’s experience may hold the most relevant lessons on how to make universal child care palatable to politicians and how to design a program to meet the needs of a diverse, geographically sprawling nation.

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TRANSFR Raises $12M to Deliver Hands-on Workforce Training Through VR

Edsurge

When [students] take off the headset, they will be asked by the employer, ‘Can you show me how to use this tool or use this machine or do this process or procedure?’ Alabama faces a potential shortfall of 199,000 skilled workers by 2026 that, if unaddressed, could reach 243,000 by 2030 according to state data.

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Is college enrollment among older adults increasing? Depends who you ask

The Hechinger Report

Between 2015 and 2026, enrollment is projected to increase 11 percent. With this influx of the adult-student population, states and institutions need to strategize how to best support these students both academically and financially,” the Education Commission of the States wrote in a 2016 report. “In

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After the Pandemic, Higher Education Can’t Afford to Go Back to ‘Normal’

Edsurge

To further complicate matters, statisticians have long warned of the pending “ 2025 cliff ,” which represents the abrupt reduction of potential first-time, full-time freshmen projected to arrive in 2025 to 2026 due to the drop in birth rates between the years 2008 and 2011. gross domestic product.

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Blockchain Misconceptions and the Future of Education

Doug Levin

I’ve read and discussed both the KnowledgeWorks Foundation report, Learning on the Block , and Learning is Earning 2026 , the latter of which was introduced by Jane McGonigal on the keynote stage at SXSWedu. In the crypto-currency world, these incentives are financial (albeit largely speculative).

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Jobs in cybersecurity are exploding: Why are women locked out?

The Hechinger Report

To detect and ultimately thwart the cyber criminals, who are masquerading as legitimate business owners, the Throckmortons must solve a series of increasingly difficult challenges beginning with figuring out how to log into one of the gang member’s social media accounts by cracking a password reset form. will grow 28 percent by 2026.

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