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Welcome (TO THE FUTURE)
From the Editor When I was asked by the publisher to do some editing on this new publication, I was flattered, and frankly, a bit surprised. After all, it is a collection of stories about the future of education. And as I write this column, I know I have significantly...
Inflation, Recession, and Global Warfare … (Degree or No Degree?)
By Robert Iskander As high school seniors and community college students start their new academic year this fall, anxiety is high from what they are hearing on the news: Over 5 million Ukrainian refugees are looking for jobs; meanwhile, global companies are laying off...
(There’s a Hole) in the Bottom of the Sea
Many of you who have had small children probably remember the children’s song, There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea. It starts out very simply, but with each verse, it becomes more complicated. In education, there is a hole in the bottom of the sea, and through...
(With AI) There is No Limit to What We Can Accomplish
“A student is not a container you have to fill, but a torch you have to light up." — Albert Einstein Education has challenges, some of which were brought on by the pandemic, and some that were brought on because education has been painfully slow to change and...
The Transformation of the Classroom: (Crazy Today, Obvious Tomorrow)
By Steve GrubbsMany schools have a human cadaver lab for their biology majors; but because of the expense, many schools cannot afford one. That is why we worked with Fisk University, an HBCU in Nashville, Tennessee, to develop a cadaver lab that could work for them...
The Real State of Children’s Privacy
By Claire QuinnFor over 20 years, the United States Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) has been the gold standard in privacy protections globally. However, it covers children 12 or under with no protections for teenage children between the ages of 13 and...
Scaling Pockets of Achievement to a System of Excellence for All With Evidence Infrastructure
What started with projected images printed on glass plates in 1870 has evolved, improved, and advanced to the education technology (EdTech) teachers and students rely on every day. Schools, districts, and society expect a lot from our technology now, from leveling the...
A 360-Degree View of Data is Key to Supporting Learners: (Here is Why)
It takes a village to support the whole child, and to set that child up for success in life. That village includes school administration and staff, community partners and families. But most villages cannot support the whole child today. Why? Because each stakeholder...
ILLINOIS’ SHILOH CUSD #1 ADDS NEW EDTECH TOOL TO MORE DEEPLY ENGAGE STUDENTS IN SCIENCE
Illinois’ Shiloh CUSD #1 today announced an expansion of its partnership with Discovery Education that adds a new, cutting-edge resource to the district’s middle school and high school science curriculum. In this new phase of collaboration, Discovery Education’s Pivot...
Teaching Disruptive Technologies to Prepare Students for the Future
By Jude Ross Recently I have been rethinking the idea of how we teach students to prepare them for the future. When I ask questions surrounding what they need in order to succeed professionally and personally over the next 20 years, I muse over the upcoming “Fourth...
What Future Business Needs from Schools: Bridging workforce needs to a K-12 environment
By Stuart Patton In the last century and into the early part of this century, the key role of education was to provide the future workforce with a clear knowledge and understanding of what skills the workforce would require. At the time, this was relatively easy to...
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