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Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated

EdTech Magazine

Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated. At the same time, major companies are recognizing the potential of a generation that will be looking for jobs as the market for jobs in these fields changes — and offers new options to workers and employers. . “It eli.zimmerman_9856. education system.

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

And career preparation here isn’t just a buzzword but more like a guiding principle: When the end-of-day bell sounds, some children transition from students to employees of the district, and earn $10 an hour for working on a variety of projects for local technology companies. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report.

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To attract more students to STEM fields in college, advocates urge starting in sixth grade

The Hechinger Report

The various programs take different approaches to include students in STEM education and make it more accessible, but they seem to agree on one thing: starting with students early. Though the STEM workforce has grown exponentially over the last several decades, opportunities have not been distributed evenly.

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What U.S. Companies Should Know About Asia's Edtech Market

Edsurge

After a summer of market research and competitor analysis, the company eventually signed off on a collaboration with a Chinese partner, TAL Education. company that has eyed Asia as the next big market. But their story is not a blueprint that will make sense for every company. ThinkCERCA is definitely not the first U.S.

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AI Is Changing the Workforce. At This District, It’s Changing the Curriculum Too.

Edsurge

By Deloitte’s most recent count , 37 percent of organizations have deployed AI solutions (up 270 percent from 2016) and a majority predict it will “substantially transform” their companies by 2023. The shift may also mean transforming their workforce. “As The nature of job roles and the skills that are most needed are evolving.”

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Internships matter more than ever — but not everyone can get one

The Hechinger Report

And it partners with external organizations such as LifeSci NYC, a public-private initiative to support the STEM industry in New York, to place students in paid summer or academic-year internships. where participants visited Amazon and Verizon offices, attended technical workshops and listened to speakers from the F.B.I. and the U.S.

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Pathways to jobs of the future opening via summer STEM programs

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Teranderose Russell for The Hechinger Report. All that changed this summer, when Davis found herself sequencing numbers, learning about graduate programs and visiting companies that benefit from the research she and 19 other students have been doing at Muhlenberg College. Photo: Teranderose Russell for The Hechinger Report.

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