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Workforce Development Is Changing To Meet The ‘New Normal,’ And Community Colleges Could Be At The Forefront

EdNews Daily

Even before the pandemic, most executives surveyed by McKinsey identified skills shortages at their companies (with more to come), but fewer than half understand how to fill those gaps. The post Workforce Development Is Changing To Meet The ‘New Normal,’ And Community Colleges Could Be At The Forefront first appeared on EdNews Daily.

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In Announcing Winners of Higher Ed Challenge, Ed Dept Looks Ahead to 2030

Edsurge

Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology held its first major event in nearly two years on Thursday, and the main takeaway is that the office is busy planning for the future—2030, to be exact. The company expects 180 crewmembers to graduate by the end of the year, Simi said.

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‘Digital skills gap’ threatens innovation

eSchool News

There are just not enough people with the right digital skills to enable the transformation that companies are seeking,” said Salil Gunashekar , a research leader and associate director at RAND Europe who focuses on science and technology policy. RAND Europe, the European arm of global research firm RAND Corp.,

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Paper™ acquires MajorClarity to Create a Comprehensive Career & College Readiness Platform

eSchool News

Together, the companies will offer a comprehensive CCR platform that will support all students, regardless of their preferred path after high school. 85% of the jobs that will be needed in 2030 didn’t exist in 2018,” said Philip Cutler, Paper co-founder and CEO. “It

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

The Hechinger Report

The toxic and ominous polarization of our politics has arrived in our school board meetings, and educators are getting pummeled by accusations that they are brainwashing children into believing “woke” ideologies. Public education in America is under attack on multiple fronts. School budgets are getting squeezed as Covid stimulus winds down.

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A Bootcamp Down Under: Trilogy Education Extends University Tech Training Globally

Edsurge

As technology companies from Google to Salesforce plant roots in Australia, government and business leaders down under are trying to figure out ways to train students and workers to keep up with a changing workforce. company thinks it can help prepare the country’s future programmers. In the U.S.,

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How Augmented Reality Helps Teachers Reach More Students

Edsurge

This is easy for educators using McGraw Hill AR , a free app created by McGraw Hill in partnership with Verizon for Verizon Innovative Learning , an educational initiative that seeks to help bridge the digital divide with a goal of providing digital skills training to 10 million students by 2030.