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What’s the Purpose of K-12 Education in the Age of Automation?
For the past decade, schools have placed significant emphasis on getting students ready for careers. The problem is that it’s not clear what kind of jobs will be available in ten or 20 years. So what should that mean for K-12 teaching?
U.S. Schools Prepare Summer of Learning to Help Kids Catch Up
Although the last place most kids want to spend summer is in a classroom, experts say that after a year of interrupted study, it’s crucial to do at least some sort of learning over the break, even if it’s not in school and is incorporated into traditional camp offerings.
Three Studies for District Leaders to Read as They Plan for Learning Recovery
The research on what works in helping students catch up, without holding them back or putting them in remedial classes where they miss out on regular content, can be complex and confusing. Education Week and has picked out three of the most salient studies for district leaders as they begin to plan for this summer and beyond.
Want to Tackle Learning Loss? First Listen to Your Students
District leaders understandably feel a sense of urgency to do something about “learning loss” in the pandemic. But if leaders really want to address the academic and social impact from disrupted schooling, their urgency needs to focus on improving students’ experience in school. And that means leaders must talk—and really listen—to their students, particularly students of color who are being left behind.
This Is Not a Good Time to Fall Off the College Track. Students Are Doing It Anyway
Fewer than 2 in 5 students scheduled to graduate high school this spring have so far applied for college financial aid—a more than 9 percent drop from this time last year—increasing concerns that students will be unable to continue on to higher education amid a massive economic recession.
How Two Years of Pandemic Disruption Could Shake Up the Debate Over Standardized Testing
COVID-19 and distance learning has impacted standardized testing.
Thanks to COVID-19, High Schoolers’ Job Prospects Are Bleak. Here’s How Schools Can Help
Economic downturns often take a steep toll on those just starting their careers. For students coming of age during and after the coronavirus pandemic, those financial and career-related “scars” could run particularly deep and hit vulnerable students the hardest.
Top U.S. Companies: These Are the Skills Students Need in a Post-Pandemic World
Even with that lingering ambiguity from COVID-19, companies have already begun shifting their priorities and rethinking their expectations for the next generation of employees, who will enter the workforce having experienced all manner of unforeseen shifts in the work people are doing and the techniques for doing it well.
Student Interest in Health-Care Careers Takes Off During Pandemic
Health-care and medical pathways have been among the fastest growing and most popular choices for evolving high school career education programs for much of the last decade, and the pandemic is accelerating demand.