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How do schools train for a workplace that doesn’t exist yet?

The Hechinger Report

As many as 800 million people worldwide could be displaced and need to find new jobs by 2030. He’s also seen just how fast changes are happening in his own industry, information technology. Burns’ industry, though, is one that’ll experience some of the biggest whiplash. Middle-class families will be hit the hardest.

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Look Here: Predicting 2020 Requires 20/20 Vision

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If trends continue unabated, by 2030 we may be looking at nearly 50 percent of school-aged children walking away from traditional public education in this country. There’s an inverse growth model happening at the same time: School-choice, blended and flipped learning and a heavy dose of consumerization. Let that sink in a minute.

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Pearson’s Former Product Chief Reflects on the 4 Megatrends Shaping Global Education

Edsurge

You might be interested to find that teaching, health and hospitality services, and food preparation top the list of critical professions in 2030—along with the more obvious ones like software engineering, data science, and cyber security. This is why over the next several years we will see a massive increase in online learning.

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Why is it so hard for workers to find new jobs?

The Hechinger Report

Saeed Shareef badly wanted to get out of the restaurant industry. In a way, that’s not surprising, given concerns about the safety of in-person instruction, the quality of online learning and the lack of clarity around whether jobs will recover from the economic crisis, and if so, which ones. This story also appeared in Wired.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Having to shift to online learning because of the pandemic “has definitely affected our motivation,” said Emmanuella Agyemang, a 16-year-old junior at University Heights High School in the Bronx who plans to go to college and wants to be a journalist. Yet only 13 percent of city residents have bachelor’s degrees or higher.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

A new report from the Network for Public Education : “ Online Learning : What Every Parent Should Know.” You’ll never guess… The UK Higher Education Policy Institute predicts , “ University place demand to grow by 300,000 by 2030.” ” “Where did venture capitalists go to college ?”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via Education Week : “For Online Schools , Unique Challenges in Serving Transgender Students.” ” “Whatever happened to the promise of online learning ?” “How can online learning help Canadian colleges meet the challenges ahead?” ” asks WonkHE.