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Opinion: In South Florida, Parents Are Building Their Children’s Education a la Carte
Twelve years ago, Christa Jewett left her job as an environmental consultant in South Florida to start a venture that spoke to her heart: offering immersive, hands-on marine science lessons to students of all ages, using local and state parks along the Atlantic Ocean as real-life classrooms. For years, Jewett had to work side jobs […]
National Conference Convenes Education Leaders Around ‘Future-Focused Schools’
Hundreds of education leaders from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., last week for Successful Practices Network’s (SPN) 2024 Future-Focused Schools Conference. The three-day conference discussed a shifting education landscape, changing student and employer needs, and successful strategies being implemented across the nation — including in North Carolina. This shifting landscape includes generative Artificial […]
Was Los Angeles Schools’ $6 Million AI Venture a Disaster Waiting to Happen?
When news broke last month that Ed, the Los Angeles school district’s new, $6 million artificial intelligence chatbot, was in jeopardy — the startup that created it on the verge of collapse — many insiders in the ed tech world wondered the same thing: What took so long? The AI bot, created by Boston-based AllHere […]
Oklahoma’s Largest School Districts Now Led by Black Women, Making State History
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma reached a new milestone on Monday with a new superintendent taking office in Oklahoma City Public Schools. For the first time, Black women are simultaneously leading the state’s two largest school districts, OKCPS and Tulsa Public Schools. Jamie Polk stepped into the OKCPS superintendent role on Monday, succeeding Sean McDaniel. Ebony […]
Opinion: For Youth Job Training Programs to Work, Employers Must Have Skin in the Game
Employers often complain about how difficult it is to find talent for open positions or how education and training programs must better align to workforce needs. Meanwhile, education and training providers bemoan a general lack of clarity from employers on the skills necessary to secure employment. Taken together, this means workforce training programs have fallen […]
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