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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

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To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce. But computing power, device adoption, pervasive broadband and exponentially networked collaboration platforms of the past decade have already moved us to a world of information abundance. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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How Do You Prepare Students for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet? Karen Cator Has Some Ideas.

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On the other side of that equation are educators, who often draw from their own learning experiences in K-12 and higher education to inform their instruction. A lot of people say that by 2030, when our current kindergartners are high school graduates, automation will have phased out many career paths that are available today.

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