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Climate Change Took a Heavy Toll on the U.S. Last Year. What’s the Cost to Education?

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They found that standardized test scores dropped across grade levels following the storms, and that elementary students scored progressively worse on tests for each of the three years following Hurricane Matthew. One of those researchers is Cassandra R.

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Canceled classes, sweltering classrooms: How extreme heat impairs learning

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Given the extent of the work, though, it will take until 2027 before all schools are air conditioned, she wrote. Cat Wade, a parent in Baltimore, spent recent afternoons bringing her two young sons to work with her after their elementary school closed early due to heat.

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OPINION: Let’s use the pandemic as a dress-rehearsal for much-needed digital transformation

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Investment in AI in education greatly increased from 2019 to 202 0, and I expect most education technology products will incorporate some form of artificial intelligence by 2027; ideally this will lead to better user-centered products. Tools powered by artificial intelligence will also help.

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Shop class is grounded, high school aviation classes are taking flight

The Hechinger Report

By 2026, the industry will need to add an estimated 24,000 airline pilots and by 2027 it might be short as many as 40,000 mechanics. After a slew of retirements, the aviation industry faces worker shortages in virtually every specialty — from airline pilots and drone pilots to mechanics and aeronautical engineers.

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The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade

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What does the declining birthrate mean for elementary, middle and high schools across the country? percent enrollment drop cascades through the whole elementary-to-high-school system as these first graders age and progress into higher grades. According to one set of projections, it could mean 8.5 “Nobody is talking about this.”

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Girls Who Code Goes to Capitol Hill: Can Congress Help Solve the Gender Gap in Tech?

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You can’t just put a computer lab or have a computer science class in a middle or elementary school and think everything is going to change. It’s a trend the nonprofit examines in a new report , “The State of Girls in K-12 Computer Science Classrooms,” that was released in conjunction with Wednesday’s gathering. Nationally, girls make up 37.5

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Children'

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“In my book,” she told Bloomberg, “there’s no reason why children in elementary schools can’t be launching their own businesses.” Are monetization strategies what we want elementary school students to be concerned with? “ Robots will replace teachers by 2027.”