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Why it matters that Americans are comparatively bad at math

The Hechinger Report

He was speaking during a break in a city program for promising local high school students to study calculus for five hours a day throughout the summer at Northeastern University. Among the students who decide to study STEM in college, more than a third end up changing their majors , according to the U.S. Tran also loves math.

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The changing geography of work: a new report

Bryan Alexander

McKinsey just published a new report, “The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow” ( summary ; longer document ), looking ahead to 2030 after new technologies have had some impact. The report isn’t happy with this, and asks us to make policy changes now.

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The changing geography of work: a new report

Bryan Alexander

McKinsey just published a new report, “The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow” ( summary ; longer document ), looking ahead to 2030 after new technologies have had some impact. The report isn’t happy with this, and asks us to make policy changes now.

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Impatient for workers, businesses help students take college shortcuts

The Hechinger Report

They also practice skills in the hot fields of 3D printing and robotics. “We Researchers at the Georgetown Center predict that by 2030 only 30 percent of jobs will be available to workers with just a high school education. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The State Policy Network has a plan to counter union activism with anti-union PR. ” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “The U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, which oversees the country’s higher ed accrediting bodies, voted Thursday to have a subcommittee study oversight questions involved in for-profit colleges seeking to reclassify as nonprofit entities.” Economy by 2030.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Finds Unlikely Culprit in School Shootings: Obama Discipline Policies.” The** Department of Education** has selected the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education to manage its #GoOpen campaign. Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section.