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OPINION: How schools can find common ground in an era of education wars

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At the same time, McKinsey & Company estimates that automation and artificial intelligence will displace between 400 and 800 million jobs globally by 2030. And traditional public schools are facing increased competition from charter schools and independent schools.

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What Service-Learning and Global Goals Taught Us About Promoting the Greater Good

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On this county-wide professional development day, while teachers at many schools around Chesterfield watched the clock, thinking about papers that needed to be graded and plans that needed to be written, the staff at Weaver Elementary spent the day immersed in service and learning together.

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Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Gives Away 1 Million Bars To Teachers Across America

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Nutri-Grain is also partnering with actor Mekhi Phifer , whose mother taught for more than 25 years at a Harlem elementary school, to celebrate and thank teachers across the country. Internet Access Required. This stockpile of snacks helps teachers support their students wherever they are this school year.

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Where education systems stumble, grassroots groups step in to raise success rates

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Their goal: for 75,000 Mobile residents to earn new degrees by 2030. Carolyn Akers, CEO of a grassroots education foundation in Mobile, which is part of an effort to help 75,000 Mobile students earn new degrees by 2030. Airbus employees have volunteered as reading buddies for children in elementary, middle and high schools.

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Home visiting in high school: Trying an intervention for toddlers on teenagers

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West Virginia unveiled a campaign this year for 60 percent of adults ages 25 to 64 to have earned a degree or certificate by 2030. Like elementary and middle school home visits, high school home visits are all about relationship building. Related: This program is proven to help moms and babies — so why aren’t we investing in it more ?

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The potential, promise and pitfalls of blended learning in India

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billion population is under 25, will need some three million new primary school teachers by 2030. billion population is under 25, will need three million new primary school teachers by 2030. “I Progress is desperately needed: The UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimates that India, where half of the 1.2

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Change Agents: Tech & Learning?s Most Influential People in EdTech In 2018

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Chatterbox is receiving rave reviews at many schools and top universities across the UK, and Hedayat would love to extend that reach to elementary and high-school classrooms, as well as higher education, across the US. It’s important that everyone who has access to data is trained properly to use and protect it,” Vance says.

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