The GSV Big 10: No Jobs at the Philosophy Factory
Roofers over Rhetoric, SuperWorkers to the Rescue, and Victory for Vouchers...
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The Big 10:
Josh Bersin on Dynamic Learning Content | Getting Smart
The Era of the SuperWorker is upon us with AI power SuperCompanies to not just surviving, but thriving. Consistent with our time dividend and multiplication by division themes for AI, the opportunity for personalized dynamic learning changes the game for workers and enterprises alike. This is a must-listen interview between Josh and our good friend Tom Vander Ark.
The humanities should be harder | Slow Boring
While it’s true they aren’t hiring at the Philosophy Factory, the are also not laying anyone off. Many paying attention were stunned by recent data showing Art History majors had half the unemployment rate of computer science majors. The chops developed by a rigorous humanities program have shown to be more timeless including reading comprehension, logic and writing. The argument that humanities students are smarter is annoying, but give them their day in the sun as payback for all the dumb advice they received when everyone was telling them they had to be a coder.
What We Owe Graduates in the Age of the Great Slowdown | RealClear Education
As we’ve gone from $200 billion in student debt to $1.8 billion today, the ROI for students has become a bit fuzzy. On average, the amount owed per student is nearly $40K, which is about the average salary for a liberal arts major…the average starting plumber makes $54K. It’s not a shock that one third of all student debt is delinquent…that’s 5.8 million former students with an anchor around their neck.
On the Politics of University Autonomy | Reason
The pendulum is clearly swinging and while universities have always been the home of the isolated ivory tower, the Barbarians are at the Gate. Independence has become confused with not accountable, and bias was supposed to be balanced. My view is that a bit of counter force will create a healthier overall environment.
☀️ EP. 19 · Rethinking the System: Dr. Lisa Larson & Dr. Naomi Boyer | Edreform in 10
Drs. Lisa Larson and Naomi Boyer from the Education Design Lab join Cris Gulacy-Worrel to discuss creating a K-12 to secondary pipeline that aligns learners and employers. They explore shifting from compliance-based education to learner-driven models and the disruptive impact of a competency-based approach.
Microsoft’s report on 40 at risk jobs | Microsoft
Good to be a dredge operator, massage therapist or a roofer. Bad to be an interpreter, historian or customer service rep. We’ve heard that for all the jobs a revolutionary technology kills, it creates 10 new ones, but they are definitely going to be in vastly different fields. I’m wildly bullish on the positive impact for careers and opportunities enabled by AI. I’m also wildly bullish the productivity enhancement for enterprises through “multiplication through division”. But it’s important to have our eyes wide open to what’s happening at lightning speed.
Bellwether warns of school closures, consolidations ahead | K-12 Dive
In its report, Bellwether estimated that the largest hundred districts are going to lose $5.2 billion to shrinking enrollment. Reasons abound, but demographics is a pretty tough fundamental to fight. Coupled with a growing school choice movement with dollars increasingly following the child and persistent absenteeism and…”Houston, we have a problem.” From a business model perspective, losing an average of $37 million in funding per district spells layoffs and asset sales for these high fixed cost businesses.
Education Department has a backlog of 27,000 complaints about student loans | NBC News
The article is really about how with the Department of Education being decimated and that losing 1,400 employees has caused all these student service issues. Whether you agree or disagree with the Trump Administration’s policy, when they took over, there was a hardly insignificant 16,000 complaints waiting for them. Something we can all agree on is we need an education system that delights by giving people an opportunity to thrive.
10 things to know about Trump’s new school voucher program | The Hechinger Report
There are few things that get the entrenched status quo more riled up than the word “voucher”. First enacted in Milwaukee in the early 1990’s, proponents say that vouchers are a way to give students and families choices. Opponents say it’s robbing the public schools to help rich people (not sure I understand that argument). The reality is the $1,700 voucher in the bill is a rain drop in the ocean but is another push for choice. The American Public is saying, “250 years is long enough, we need changes now.”
🎙️ Ep. 52 · Chris Hoehn-Saric, Co-Founder of Sterling Partners | Ed on the Edge | Dash Media
Listen to my interview with one of the great thinkers and doers in the education industry. Great insights on the state of play for global higher ed and the future of learning.
🎙️ Ep. 52 · Chris Hoehn-Saric, Co-Founder of Sterling Partners | Ed on the Edge
·Entrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape.
