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How Augmented Reality Fosters Student Curiosity and Collaboration

Edsurge

Throughout her educational journey, she has spanned various roles, including teaching elementary math, instructing web communications for career and technical education students and serving as an edtech consultant and speaker. AR sparks curiosity in students so that they are asking, “How does that work?”

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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. Airbus employees have volunteered as reading buddies for children in elementary, middle and high schools.

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Uncertified teachers filling holes in schools across the South

The Hechinger Report

By 2030, as many as 16 million K-12 students in the region may be taught by an unprepared or inexperienced teacher, the Southern Regional Education Board projects. But Texas’ second-largest district had to fill elementary classrooms and core subjects in middle and high schools. 11, 2022, in Athens, Ala. 11, 2022, in Athens, Ala.

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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. And traditional public schools are facing increased competition from charter schools and independent schools.

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COLUMN: The world is waking up to education’s essential role in climate solutions

The Hechinger Report

Aruch outlines a broad group of mindsets and competencies that ideally are part of high-quality climate education: civic and political engagement; social and environmental justice; innovation and entrepreneurship; networks and communication — telling stories and building alliances; and systems thinking, understanding how all of this is connected.

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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. Like elementary and middle school home visits, high school home visits are all about relationship building. Related: This program is proven to help moms and babies — so why aren’t we investing in it more ?

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3 Things Great Teachers Do

The CoolCatTeacher

The Kids Discover online platform lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners at three different lexiles. Joe: Well, I’m excited, because I look out at the world, and we have – UNESCO says, by 2030, we have a teacher shortage of 25.8 Where teaching is today.

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