Remove technology-and-hiring
article thumbnail

Higher Ed Should Pay Attention to the Corporate World’s Growing Use of Skills Data

ED Surge

Employers these days are moving to skills-based hiring — looking for signs that candidates have specific abilities rather than just checking for a college degree as a default qualification. And government leaders are also pushing the trend: many state governors , for instance, have adopted skills-based hiring for state positions, and the U.S.

article thumbnail

What Would It Take to Attract Gen Z to Teaching?

ED Surge

Using extensive student survey data from ACT, a nonprofit assessment organization, along with state-level educator data and interviews with Gen Z teacher candidates and newly hired teachers, the researchers gained insight into Gen Z’s perceptions and motivations around teaching and identified opportunities to attract more of them into the field.

Teaching 336
educators

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Most School Districts Still Lack Data-Privacy Personnel

ED Surge

Districts might have been theoretically interested in hiring a Chief Privacy Officer whose job is to keep student data from being abused by doing things like setting up privacy policies, training staff on privacy matters and making sure that data is collected and used safely. But most didn’t have the resources or will to create the role.

Schooling 274
article thumbnail

Artificial Intelligence in Education: Anecdotal Evidence

Ask a Tech Teacher

In 2019, a year before Brown Wright was hired, less than 20 percent of students were proficient on the school’s reading assessments, the principal said. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Here are a few articles you may find interesting: Digital Assistants in the Classroom.

article thumbnail

Unlocking Skills: What Learners and Employers Need to Know About Microcredentials

ED Surge

Digital badges, microcredentials and digital credentials… What sets them apart, or are they synonymous? Essentially, these credentials share a few attributes: They are skill-specific and emphasize industry-relevant competencies. Yet, there is clear value in digital credentials within higher education and job-embedded professional learning.

EdTech 214
article thumbnail

The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

ED Surge

Five years ago, I published a book on the future of university credentials, making some predictions about what seemed likely to come next in the market for degrees and emerging forms of alternative college credentials. To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016.

article thumbnail

Creative Options for Remote Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

Many parents are choosing to opt-out of traditional schooling, but the question of how to create a well-rounded curriculum or who to hire for this task is often the barrier that prevents at-home learning. One of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors has some ideas you may not have thought of: How to Make Remote Learning Work For Your Children.