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In Japan, plummeting university enrollment forecasts what’s ahead for the U.S.

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It’s projected to further decline to 880,000 by 2040, according to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It’s projected to further decline to 880,000 by 2040. The number of 18-year-olds here has dropped by nearly half in just three decades, from more than 2 million in 1990 to 1.1 million now.

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Teacher Layoffs Are Coming as Pandemic Relief Money for Schools Dries Up

ED Surge

Overall public school enrollment is expected to continue its incremental decline through 2040, notes education consulting firm McKinsey & Company, with urban districts bearing the brunt of it.

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Experts predicted dozens of colleges would close in 2023 – and they were right

The Hechinger Report

By 2035, those numbers are expected to rise to 534 colleges expecting a 25 percent decline and 227 colleges expecting a 50 percent decline; by 2040, a total of 566 colleges are expected to see a 25 percent decline and 247 are expected to see a 50 percent decline, according to EAB’s analysis.

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The Wolves That Became Dogs: A New Model for Rapid Domestication

Anthropology.net

Biological Sciences , 292 (2040). Kulwicki, R., Spence, L., & Capaldi, A. Rapid evolution of prehistoric dogs from wolves by natural and sexual selection emerges from an agent-based model. Proceedings.

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Notes from the UNI Education Summit

Dangerously Irrelevant

2020 = 125,000; 2040 = 185,000+. 2020 = 75,000; 2040 = 110,000+. 2020 = 11,000; 2040 = 13,000. African-American population (including African refugees). Asian / Pacific Islander population. Native-American population will stay fairly stable (but they’re incredibly diverse; numerous tribal affiliations). Microplurality.

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OPINION: Why school boards can and must be leaders in tackling climate change

The Hechinger Report

Related: One state mandates teaching climate change in almost all subjects – even PE That doesn’t mean these changes will be easy or easily affordable.

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OPINION: Earth Day is over, but there’s a lot more schools can do to address climate change

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Salt Lake City adopted a climate action plan that commits to 100 percent renewable energy by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2040, with electric buses and solar panels replacing fossil fuel driven technology — an ambitious agenda driven by student activism. million it will save in energy costs each year.