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It’s budget season: How are you preparing for the fiscal cliff?

eSchool News

The imminent end of ESSER funding has pushed school districts to a critical juncture, compelling them to confront budget deficits for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year before the “fiscal cliff” hits in 2025-2026. Consider how to strengthen educator recruitment and combat turnover. Where are you now? Where do you want to go?

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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? Funds they have come to rely on for staffing and technology will end in September if not allotted. (If For many districts, the relief funding was significant.

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Higher Ed Is Investing in Student Success Tech. Is It a ‘New Golden Age’ or Just Vague Talk?

Edsurge

Can Technology Transform Colleges—Or Do They Have A Responsibility To Take The Lead? Under these considerations, the impact of technology on teaching and learning hasn’t been lost on university leaders, researchers say. Tambellini predicts that the solutions for large institutions will mostly be ready by 2026.

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How to program greater diversity among Mississippi’s computer science grads

The Hechinger Report

Makenzie believes that since the world is constantly changing, she needs to know how to fix things, like cars with advanced electronic technology. The field of computer and information technology is expected to grow by 13 percent from 2016 to 2026, among the fastest of any occupation, according to the U.S.

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

The Hechinger Report

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. The demand for skills has increased and the effect of technology during the recession was to kill off the high school jobs.

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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?’ We’re really excited to help scale this technology further,” said Bittner, founding partner at Firework. “As The core focus of what we do is authenticity,” Rajakumar said.

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Blockchain Misconceptions and the Future of Education

Doug Levin

Blockchain technology may seem magical, but it is not magic. 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.

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