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OPINION: Why we must invest in new, innovative workforce training to fill a skills gap

The Hechinger Report

Recent history reminds us that the only way we can build a stronger, more resilient society is by investing in meaningful workforce training and good-paying jobs in the rapidly growing information technology field. Through 2029, growth in the IT sector is expected to rise 11 percent and add over half a million jobs to the U.S.

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Mesa Public Schools and S.A.V.E. Consortium Name CoderZ as Approved Vendor

eSchool News

The requests for proposals covered the following areas: Supplemental educational software for multiple content areas Enrichment and remediation interventions for students. To address these areas, schools can now select appropriate learning solutions from CoderZ’s comprehensive suite of software products. DERRY, N.H. – consortium.

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PROOF POINTS: Rural American students shift away from math and science during high school, study finds

The Hechinger Report

Map: National Center for Education Statistics, Status of Education in Rural America, Exhibit C. More and more jobs require training in science, technology, engineering and math. Their families also tend to be poorer and less educated, particularly so for the students in economically distressed small towns.

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6 ways to bring statistical literacy to any classroom

eSchool News

The field is projected to grow by 35 percent from 2019 to 2029, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Statistics—the science of learning from data—is complex and holistic, and it can be challenging to ensure a class is engaged and applying statistical analysis correctly. Borrow from other educators.

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?Preparing For an Unknown Future

Edsurge

public schools and learning what it means to be a student. Our 4 million kinders will leave public school in 2029 having spent more than 16,000 hours of their lives doing mandatory classroom time, and if they are lucky, they will enter the job market sometime in the 2030s. This is not how the world works, it is how factories work.

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‘We’re aides, not maids.’ How one high-demand job shows education system’s failings

The Hechinger Report

It will take a complete and substantial change in the training system, career pipeline, pay and work conditions of home health aides, experts and advocates say. The need for home health aides is projected to grow by 34 percent between 2019 and 2029. or OIC-DC, trains people to be home health aides. Everyone is struggling.”.

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High school seniors reveal choices in joyous ‘signing day’ ceremony

The Hechinger Report

The class of 2029 — currently in kindergarten — read touching letters of encouragement and advice for the largely low-income, minority upperclassmen, most of them the first in their families to attend college. No more fun times,” declared Nova, who is training to become a nurse and has two younger sons and a baby girl. “We

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