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The Employer-Educator Partnership That Can Fill U.S. Jobs

Harvard Business Review

Middle-skills workers — those with less than a four-year college education but more than a high school diploma — make up more than 60% of U.S. Much of the problem, the authors report, stems from inadequate collaboration between employers and community colleges, which represent employers’ largest potential source of talent.

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s head of education on supporting student, educator wellbeing

Christensen Institute

As schools have reopened and the challenges facing children remain as glaring as ever, education philanthropy has a significant role to play in how schools innovate and tackle many of these issues. And CZI works to change education systems themselves by connecting organizations and community leaders. Working with communities.

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How University Collaborations Can Drive Private Sector Innovation

Idea to Value

The typical goals of this sort of collaboration are better solutions and disrupting economic development — ultimately, it’s an early pipeline of new technologies. The collaborative process can also teach a seasoned team a lot about resiliency, agility, and dynamic thinking. Including Higher Education in Professional Innovation.

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Design Thinking in Education: Shaping Creative Minds for the Future

Tullio Siragusa

Design Thinking in Education: Shaping Creative Minds for the Future In a world characterized by rapid changes and complex challenges, the traditional education model, which primarily focuses on the dissemination of knowledge, is increasingly proving to be insufficient.

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Research is Collaborative

IdeaScale

ESIP is supported by NASA, NOAA, USGS and 110+ member organizations all working together to collaboratively share research, funding opportunities, and to network with one another. ESIP’s mission naturally aligns to this collaboration best practice as their key goal for all of their members is connection.

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Embracing the Future: The Transformation of Education through AI and EdTech — Part 2

Daniel Burrus

In part 1 of this article, we diagnosed a reality of many digital disruptions, especially those pertaining to AI and automation in the education industry: Technology will NOT replace humans, but only give them a greater opportunity to leverage their tactile, human skills to find new roles in the world.

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We hear you: 3 insights learned from our inaugural education readership survey, and how we’re responding

Christensen Institute

These are the critical questions the Christensen Institute’s education team aimed to answer in its inaugural readership survey, conducted February 1-15, and which received 92 responses. Below, we delve into the three key takeaways from your input, and how the education team is responding. Are we having an impact in the field?

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