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OPINION: Why school shutdowns are a disaster for science classes

The Hechinger Report

Such closures have a disastrous impact on education in STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and math. Even before the pandemic, STEM achievement gaps in K-12 schools were significant. Unsurprisingly, such foundational STEM disparities extend far beyond secondary school education.

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Cae Announces Multiyear Partnership with Project Lead The Way 

eSchool News

(CAE), a leader in designing innovative performance tasks for measurement and instruction of higher order skills and for subject area assessments, today announced a multiyear collaboration with Project Lead The Way (PLTW), the nation’s leading provider of PreK-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula.

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‘Digital skills gap’ threatens innovation

eSchool News

trillion in potential growth by 2028 if the digital skills gap isn’t addressed. Bureau of Labor Statistics says the demand for software developers will grow 22 percent through 2030. The world’s major economies stand to lose up to $11.5

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Ten jobs that are safe from robots

The Hechinger Report

“The notion that we can train someone in 2018 for job requirements in 2028 isn’t realistic.”. The notion that we can train someone in 2018 for job requirements in 2028 isn’t realistic,” Fuller said. Fuller, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School.

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Remote learning hurt high school grad rates–ditching exit exams helped

eSchool News

Members of the class of 2028 were in fourth grade in March 2020 and are currently high school freshmen. And while the policies that affected high school graduation rates stemmed from the emergency response to the pandemic, Balfanz says there are still lessons that can be learned from how they played out.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

I have set a Calendar reminder for 2028. But these claims about a shortage of technical workers are debatable, and there’s plenty of data to indicate otherwise : wages in STEM fields have remained flat, for example, and many who graduate with certain STEM degrees cannot find work in their field.

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