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20 Emerging Jobs of the Future

20 Emerging Jobs of the Future

A decade ago, we couldn’t imagine many of the jobs that exist today. Social media director, cloud services engineer and mobile app marketer weren’t even on the horizon.   But the world has changed dramatically and new technologies are opening doors ...

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Emerging Artificial Intelligence

Emerging Artificial Intelligence

Remember HAL from Space Odyssey?  Looks like artificial intelligence is becoming a reality faster than anticipated with far reaching implications for the world of work and life in the next decade. Via Motherboard:  What the heck is deep learning and ...

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Duke Releases New Icons

Duke Releases New Icons

Thanks to Duke University and The Noun Project, we now have icons that communicate and explain the innovations taking place in education.

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Student Engagement Drop A National Failure

Student Engagement Drop A National Failure

From Gallop Poll’s 2013 survey: Student engagement with school and learning is a gold standard that every parent, teacher, and school strives to achieve. If we were doing right by our students and our future, these numbers would be the ...

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Mobile to Triple By 2019

Mobile to Triple By 2019

Mobile internet is fulfilling predictions that the world is going mobile. Ericsson predicts the number of mobile internet subscriptions with a cellular connection will grow from 2.2 billion this year to 6.4 billion by 2019.  While mobile subscriptions is expected ...

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Making Learning Irresistible

Making Learning Irresistible

When David Warlick used the words ‘irresistible’ and ‘learning’ together a few years ago, I instantly knew that’s the experience I want my children to have at school.  As a parent I don’t know exactly what that is but I ...

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1,535 NY Principals Oppose New Tests, Teacher Evaluations

1,535 NY Principals Oppose New Tests, Teacher Evaluations

“Our students, teachers and communities deserve better.”  So say 1,535 New York principals and more than 6,500 teachers, parents, professors, administrators and citizens who signed an open letter to the NY Schools Chief expressing serious concerns with evaluating teachers by ...

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Catholic Scholars Denounce Common Core Program

Catholic Scholars Denounce Common Core Program

With 7,000 schools nation-wide, the Catholic Church is a major player in US education and Common Core backers have a vested interest in bringing Catholic schools on board to the new standards.  Amid a rising flood of concerns being raised ...

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