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OPINION: Why every high school student needs a work-based experience

The Hechinger Report

The result is that we are losing the energy, intelligence and creativity young people could and should bring to New York’s economic recovery. As one young woman put it in a recent New York Times article , “If it wasn’t for these youth work-force programs, I don’t think I would have realized I wanted to be a mechanical engineer.”.

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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

ED Surge

Unsurprisingly, the United Nations asserts that quality education is not only a fundamental human right but also a crucial catalyst for economic growth and development. This article focuses on one of those organizations, Learning Equality.

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Playing ‘Serious Games,’ Adults Learn to Solve Thorny Real-World Problems

Digital Promise

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. This approach has also facilitated decisions in regional economic development disputes , water allocation disputes in an international river basin and disputes among aboriginal communities, national governments and private industry.

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Why Don’t We Trust Students?

Catlin Tucker

Preparing Students for the Future: Aligning Classroom Learning with Workforce Skills This reflection is not just about improving classroom dynamics but also about preparing students for the future. The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs report highlights the rapidly changing landscape of the workforce.

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South Dakota Teacher of the Year Sees Teaching as a Team Effort

Teaching American History

Established in 1996, this national nonprofit helps schools and school districts implement project-based learning, in which students acquire academic knowledge while completing projects that put that knowledge to work. Project-based learning lends itself to an interdisciplinary approach.

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AI for Learning: Experiments from Three Anthropology Classrooms

Anthropology News

Angela Jenks guided medical anthropology students through an analysis of direct-to-consumer artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) medical apps like Symptomate and DermAssist, teaching them to analyze this emerging technology while situating these apps in their historical, social, and economic contexts. respectively.