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

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, occupations in these fields are projected to grow 8 percent by 2029, more than double the growth rate of non-scientific professions. Many small towns started as market towns or as small manufacturing towns in the industrial era and are now economically struggling. According to the U.S.

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

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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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How AI could transform the way schools test kids

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He and others argue that AI has the potential to shake up the student testing industry , which has evolved little for decades and which critics say too often falls short of evaluating students’ true knowledge. PISA, the influential international test, expects to integrate AI into the design of its 2029 test.

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

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The need for home health aides is projected to grow by 34 percent between 2019 and 2029. The class, at the Opportunities Industrialization Center of D.C., Dashia called all seven District of Columbia-approved home health aide training programs for information. It’s a real problem for society,” Osterman said. For years the U.S.

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Can start-up companies profit off one of the lowest paid professions: home-based child care?

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It’s just like, private information,” said Bennett in response to The Hechinger Report’s request for updated data. To meet that goal they’d have to launch 100,000 new businesses per year from now until 2029. But by 2019, Wonderschool would share neither how many businesses it works with nor its child care directors’ average salary.

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