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Why Patients Deserve Cannabis-Educated Healthcare Professionals

Business and Tech

Now is the time for clinicians to be educated on the endocannabinoid system and the therapeutic use of cannabis. percent reported receiving no education in medical school or residency on medical marijuana.” . TheAnswerPage also has tailored cannabis courses for multiple U.S. Cannabis consumption has become mainstream.

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3 education innovations to watch in 2024 (hint: it’s not just about skills and AI)

Christensen Institute

Despite these growing proof points, efforts to improve education lean on mental models, theories of change, and investment strategies that routinely ignore the social side of opportunity. I think that’s because in most conversations about education innovation today, skills are the “what”, and tech-enabled efficiency is the “how.”

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In exchange for right to strike in Mass., offer educational choices

Christensen Institute

If public school teachers are to get the right to strike, families should get publicly funded educational choices in the form of education savings accounts (ESAs). It’s time to move beyond the public education monopoly of school districts in Massachusetts so that teachers can strike and families will have a viable alternative.

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5 education innovation trends worth watching in 2023

Christensen Institute

2022 marked a confusing year in the world of education innovation. Together, these made many “new” approaches to education feel too overwhelming to even entertain. Together, these made many “new” approaches to education feel too overwhelming to even entertain. Click To Tweet . Rebooting career services. That’s not surprising.

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Which new developments in K–12 education will prove disruptive?

Christensen Institute

This is an interesting time to be involved in K–12 education. It’s a challenging time, for sure, given the learning loss, mental health crisis, and educator burnout that have come in the aftermath of COVID-19. Or will we be looking back in a decade or two astounded by how much K–12 education has been completely transformed?

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How four market-creating innovations are improving education and employment in Brazil

Christensen Institute

In our recently published paper titled Leveraging Market-Creating Innovations to Solve Brazil’s Education Paradox , we describe how Brazil currently spends more money on education than its Latin American peers, however much of the outcome of its education system is subpar to theirs in comparison. Thankfully there is hope.

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3 must-read blogs on education innovation this year

Christensen Institute

Applying innovation theory lenses to the trends, patterns, news bites, and field data gathered over the course of 2022, here are our education researchers’ favorite blogs that either they or their colleagues have written this year, and the reasoning behind their picks. Robert Markle, research project manager, education.

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