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The child care system is facing collapse. Could unionizing help bring the industry back from the brink?

The Hechinger Report

I even bought a new computer so if theirs aren’t working, they have another one to use,” said Sanders, a licensed child care provider who has worked in the industry for more than 30 years. The public health crisis has added new urgency to a push to unionize the industry, which has long struggled with low pay and poor working conditions.

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Facebook Donates $15M to Code.org to Diversify Computer Science Education

Edsurge

Looking to diversify its portfolio of charities and its workforce at the same time, Facebook has pledged $15 million over the next five years to Code.org , a nonprofit working to expand the availability of computer science (CS) education. If the funnel of employees is all white men, what do you think the industry will look like?"

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A Sideways Look at the Future of Higher Education

Edsurge

Digital tech has changed other knowledge industries much faster than higher ed, but seismic shifts are still coming to colleges. Once upon a time, the music industry meant gramophones, Victrolas and record players, and large companies called labels controlled what got recorded, the talent that recorded it and the sale of the recordings.

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Do Online Degrees Lead to Jobs as Reliably as Traditional Ones?

Edsurge

Think of the giant digital companies formed by founders who met in a dorm (most notably, Facebook and Microsoft). But are those who study at all-online programs making the same connections—or are they finding other ways to connect to the job market after earning their diploma?

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Predictions for 2021: An Acceleration of 2020?

Edsurge

In response to layoffs and demand spikes, companies across every industry made updates to their technology and processes. That meant an acceleration of digitization and automation—efforts that longtime education industry watchers knew would happen, but which occurred faster than many anticipated.

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An overview of Immersive Learning by Dr. Manoj Varghese.

Linways Technologies

Artificial Intelligence is a technology that emerged to make miracles in the industrial, medical, and information technology field. He added that the traditional method we have been using for studying is print media audio and video which uses only one or two senses for learning. Audience Responses.

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

eSchool News

Research and Impact Framework : Launching impact studies to measure trends and progression of sustainability attitudes. About Honeywell Honeywell ( www.honeywell.com ) delivers industry-specific solutions that include aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings and industry; and performance materials globally.