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Pearson’s Former Product Chief Reflects on the 4 Megatrends Shaping Global Education

Edsurge

Yet at the same time, I was also dismayed by the enormous challenges many learners face just trying to gain access to affordable, basic, high-quality education. This is why over the next several years we will see a massive increase in online learning. But only if it can redefine its underlying value proposition.

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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. Internet Access Required. . “Teachers have their students’ backs, and now our ‘Got Your Back’ bins have theirs,” said Sarah Reinecke , Senior Marketing Director.

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How do schools train for a workplace that doesn’t exist yet?

The Hechinger Report

As many as 800 million people worldwide could be displaced and need to find new jobs by 2030. We’ve all heard the dire predictions about the coming robot apocalypse. Automation threatens 47 percent of jobs. Middle-class families will be hit the hardest. Chris Burns has heard these sorts of predictions, too.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Having to shift to online learning because of the pandemic “has definitely affected our motivation,” said Emmanuella Agyemang, a 16-year-old junior at University Heights High School in the Bronx who plans to go to college and wants to be a journalist. Access to talent is their number-one competitive priority.”.

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Why is it so hard for workers to find new jobs?

The Hechinger Report

In a way, that’s not surprising, given concerns about the safety of in-person instruction, the quality of online learning and the lack of clarity around whether jobs will recover from the economic crisis, and if so, which ones. Even with free tuition, though, it can still be difficult for workers to pivot back into higher education.

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Doctors prescribe more Big Bird, less brainless “screen time” for young kids

The Hechinger Report

Peg+Cat and other PBS shows, not to mention decades of studies of Sesame Street, show that young kids actually learn more than peers who do not have access to these research-based educational programs, especially when adults are also engaged around the media. New experiments on The Adventures of SuperWhy !,

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How Library Closures Hurt Adult Learners as Kids Doubled Down on Digital Reading

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Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures.

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