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Minecraft: A Movie and beyond

Living Geography

One of the projects I've been working on for over a year now is connected with Minecraft for an educational project. At each epoch of time (2040 and beyond) the player has a limited number of actions they can take, each with differing costs and implications.

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

The Hechinger Report

It’s projected to further decline to 880,000 by 2040, according to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Formerly part of the Nakajima Aircraft Company, the building houses classrooms and the Institute for Educational Research and Service. million now. million now.

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Notes from the UNI Education Summit

Dangerously Irrelevant

Notes from the UNI Education Summit in Cedar Falls, Iowa a couple of weeks ago… Website. I’m glad there are so many educators here; I always feel safer in a room of teachers! He said, “You’ve had a wonderful education. The city department of education sent me out as a substitute. 2020 = 125,000; 2040 = 185,000+.

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

ED Surge

In many cases, that means educator layoffs are coming. San Diego’s school board decided in early March to eliminate about 430 positions , roughly half of which will be educators , to contend with a $94 million budget shortfall.

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

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. David Attis, managing director of research at the education consulting company EAB. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

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

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We have an opportunity like no other time in history to help reshape an educational environment so that it encompasses clean water and healthy air as well as job opportunities and safe places to work, live and play. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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

The Hechinger Report

Related: OPINION: Jump in, the water is rising — it’s time to educate students for a sustainable future. Department of Education or any state education agencies make clear to the school boards and superintendents that are guiding these generational infrastructure investments the stark ramifications of their decisions.