AI: How to add some AI skills to your tool kit
Even those who don’t work in tech could benefit from learning how to use artificial intelligence in their line of work. Source: 3 steps to land a lucrative A.I. job,…
Education, finance: Financial illiteracy at core of education loan debt problems
Poor financial decision making is likely at the core of excessive education debts, as students make decisions that do not make economic sense.
Demographics: The demographics driving school closings
Lynchburg is about to embark on what school superintendent Crystal Edwards admits will be a “tough conversation” — whether to close schools and, if so, which ones. A consultant’s report…
What could possibly go wrong? Don’t pay off your education loan debts?
The above individual notes he did, in fact, pay off his own education loans and did not give permission to Newsweek to quote his above tweet (where I learned of…
Demographics, Education: WVU cutting staff
West Virginia University will close a dozen programs and lay off staff: …university officials say the shortfall, which officials say could rise to $75 million in five years, is largely…
St. Cloud State University enrollment down by 38% over ten years
Colleges and universities across the U.S. are struggling with declines in student enrollment, but St. Cloud State University in central Minnesota has been hit harder than many others. Over the…
Demographics: More colleges closing
And it is all downhill after 2025: “Number one, it is the admission cliff, and that is the impending decline . We’ll be graduating our lowest high school classes by…
Business, Demographics: Economists advocate more immigration to halt wage growth
“More immigration would help meet today’s excess demand for labor, which over time would limit wage and price growth,” wrote Gordon Hanson, an urban policy professor at Harvard and Matthew…
Demographics: Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, school enrollments remain in free fall
Public school enrollment continues to fall post-pandemic (spectrumnews1.com) Enrollment has been dropping since 2014, and accelerated in the pandemic, but has not seen a recovery.
Demographics: Arizona’s 2nd largest school district shrinking it’s way to 3rd largest
CUSD says it has a plan to address enrollment decline | News | chandlernews.com We know that we are in a community that has a low birth rate,” Berry said.…
Demographics, Education: University enrollments soon to decline too
This blog has documented the rapid rise of elementary school closures, which is now extending to middle and high school as well. Here in the U.S. this is just about…
Demographics: School district closing 16 elementary schools now planning for middle school closures
Source: Jeffco middle school data help explain coming school closure decisions – Chalkbeat Colorado Over the past 20 years, the school age population in the district has declined by about…
Science oops: “Fake scientific papers are alarmingly common”
Could be that 1 in 3 papers are hired works from “paper mills” that fabricate data and plagiarize from elsewhere: Journals are awash in a rising tide of scientific manuscripts…
Climate, Education: “Portland schools without” air conditioning
Teachers tell KGW they have been documenting their temperature gauge for the past week and have seen it reach 83 to 87 degrees inside the classroom. Source: Portland schools without…
Demographics: Oregon school enrollments in decline, schools want more money
Oregon has a fertility rate of 1.39 and a net out migration in recent years. No amount of school funding will magically create more kids.