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To Improve Education, We Need to Look at the Last 50 Years, Not Just the Last 18 Months

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The pandemic has accelerated existing trends in remote work, e-commerce and automation. As a result, more than one in 16 workers—25 percent more than before the pandemic—will need to find a new job by 2030. Students entering kindergarten today will graduate high school in 2034. Several efforts are underway.

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

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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. According to Dell Technologies and the Institute for the Future, 85 percent of the jobs in 2030 don’t exist yet.

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

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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. And kids double down on digital reading—all in this Edtech Reports Recap. 2,200), U.S. 1,182) and Australia (1,040) in December 2020.

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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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Of all the issues and trends in edtech these days, she says automation is one of the most pressing—and one that all educators should be thinking about. 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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