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Here’s What Happened When One University Asked Everyone for Ideas to Reinvent Campus

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That was one of about 24,000 suggestions sent in last week during a two-day online discussion asking students, faculty, staff, alumni and anyone else to make suggestions for what Long Beach State University should look like in the year 2030. Some wondered whether AI would—or should—replace professors by 2030.

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Discovery Education and Leading Corporate and Nonprofit Partners Launch First-of-Its-Kind Initiative Supporting Sustainability

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This first-of-its-kind initiative is focused on empowering over 10 million students by 2030 to serve as ambassadors for sustainability by providing the digital resources K-12 students need to make informed decisions and take responsible actions supporting sustainability. Subaru of America, Inc.,

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SME Education Foundation Expands Manufacturing and Engineering Opportunities to 15K Additional Michigan Students

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million unfilled jobs by 2030. SME PRIME helps address this critical shortage by providing schools with tailored project-based learning programs that meet the needs of local manufacturers. Visit smeef.org and follow the SME Education Foundation on LinkedIn , Twitter , Instagram , and Facebook. Learn more at SME.org.

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Verizon launches free trainings and tools to help educators navigate digital instruction

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What you need to know: As the nation faces a surge in Covid-19 cases, and schools continue to grapple with uncertainty and closures, Verizon is providing additional support and remote learning resources for educators, students and parents. Teacher Training Pathways offers educators a free platform for professional development.

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TRANSFR Raises $12M to Deliver Hands-on Workforce Training Through VR

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The content is delivered via the Quest 2, a $299 VR headset from the Facebook subsidiary, Oculus. Alabama faces a potential shortfall of 199,000 skilled workers by 2026 that, if unaddressed, could reach 243,000 by 2030 according to state data. The core focus of what we do is authenticity,” Rajakumar said.

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Education Looks Eastward: Snapshots from Beijing's Global Education Technology Summit

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Teachers are revered , most families spend about a third of their income on their children’s education, and most students spend at least an hour a day on some kind of online learning. And government leaders have been pushing entrepreneurship, coding and artificial intelligence, setting a goal of leading the world in AI by 2030.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. Working closely with partners, I spent the years from 1993 to 2004 starting and leading a handful of technology startups.

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