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

The Hechinger Report

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

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

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“With a mix of in-person, hybrid and virtual classrooms and online learning, teachers’ jobs are even more challenging. 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.

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

The Hechinger Report

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. Thomas Lasley II, CEO of Learn to Earn Dayton. It’s stronger than a suggestion.

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

The Hechinger Report

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. The teachers also learned that there are a handful of family members in the household, including Johnathan, his mother, a sister and an infant relative. He knows a lot about posting on YouTube, too.

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The potential, promise and pitfalls of blended learning in India

The Hechinger Report

The setting seems highly unlikely for an innovation like blended learning to take root. billion population is under 25, will need some three million new primary school teachers by 2030. So why is there so much optimism about blended learning as a solution? India has also had long had a problem with keeping girls in school.

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

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Each of these leaders is working in thoughtful and creative ways on the frontlines of some of today’s most pressing issues—from the way we think about learning, AI, and innovation to gun control, refugees, and student privacy. Chatterbox is offering a special discount for Tech & Learning readers.

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