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Without changes in education, the future of work will leave more people behind

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The health care industry is expected to add the most jobs by 2026, and, together with the social assistance sector, will account for 4 million new jobs — one-third of all new positions, according to the BLS estimates. Some of the fastest-growing occupations today are in industries that started to boom only recently.

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

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

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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.

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

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The company works with education, government and industry partners to design and deliver simulated training in middle-skill jobs—those requiring more education than a high school diploma but less than a four-year college degree. He was previously the founder and CEO of LearnBop, a math instructional program, that was acquired by K12 Inc.,

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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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College Uncovered, Season 2, Episode 4

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We’ll tell you what schools are doing to stay alive, what happens to students when they shut down and how to check on the financial health of colleges. So how do you know whether your school might close? We’ll tell you how to find out. I think at least 20, 25 schools will close, and that doesn’t count the mergers.

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Out of poverty, into the middle class

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Leave this field empty if you're human: Lowell’s amped-up program goes a step beyond typical enrichment offerings, with coursework intended to prepare kids for continuing education and jobs in local and state industries that are actively hiring and projected to grow. Her eyes light up when she speaks about the food she loves.

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