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K–12 Teachers Use Virtual and Augmented Reality Platforms to Teach Coding

EdTech Magazine

Since 1990, jobs in science, technology, engineering and math have grown by 79 percent , and are expected to grow an additional 13 percent by 2027 , according to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey. . Coding skills are in high demand and will soon become a necessary skill for nearly all industries. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Can Mentorships Get More Girls Into STEM Subjects?

Edsurge

Most of the tech leads in my office are men, and we have one head female software developer. She teaches digital design, shows students how to use different software programs and helps them conceptualize their ideas. That’s about it.” All that might change, if she has anything to say about it.

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The new labor market: No bachelor’s required?

The Hechinger Report

In a report on the “emerging degree reset” released earlier this year, the labor analytics firm Burning Glass found that just 9 percent of Accenture’s “computer support specialist” listings required a bachelor’s in 2021, down from 46 percent in 2017. The trend toward degree inflation, the report concluded, has been reversed.

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Don’t say there’s a lack of STEM talent in the South

The Hechinger Report

STEM jobs will grow 13 percent from 2017 to 2027 , as opposed to 9 percent for non-STEM work. This story on STEM fields was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. million to 17.3 million from 1990 to 2018 (a 79 percent increase).

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

Edsurge

I wanted to make these reports,” she told a room full of girls and women in tech on Wednesday at an event in Washington, D.C. “I 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. I wanted to do these things.”

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

As education reporter Mikhail Zinshteyn wrote in The Atlantic earlier this year, a loud chorus of researchers in education and labor markets question the notion that workers are unqualified for the growing sophistication of tech jobs. According to the latest jobs report , unemployment in the US is at 4.6%, the lowest since 2007.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Children'

Hack Education

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , the occupations that will add the most new jobs in the next decade are personal care aides (754,000 new jobs), food service workers (579,900 new jobs), registered nurses (437,000 new jobs), home health aides (425,600 new jobs), software developers (253,400 new jobs), and janitors and cleaners (233,000).