Joanne Jacobs
Summer jobs aren’t for teens any more
Immigrant adults are taking summer jobs once done by U.S. teenagers, writes Paul Bedard in the Washington Examiner. “Immigrants — legal...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 8, 2018
- 2 min
Will robots replace teachers?
Robots will replace teachers by 2027, predicts Anthony Seldon, a British educator. Can teaching be automated? asks Kristin Houser, senior...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 27, 2017
- 1 min
Fear of tracking undercuts apprenticeship push
America’s history of tracking could doom proposals for youth apprenticeships, writes New America’s Abigail Swisher. Would a robust system...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 17, 2017
- 1 min
Learn ‘agility’ to compete with robots
While schools struggle to teach basic 20th-century skills, 21st-century students will need to compete with robots for work in The Age of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 23, 2017
- 1 min
Training to manage the machines
Manufacturers are working with Michigan community colleges to redesign career technical education, reports Emily DeRuy in The Atlantic....
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 6, 2017
- 2 min
Who will work? Education, automation and jobs
Robots — artificial intelligence technology — will take up to 47 percent of U.S. jobs in the next few decades, predicts a White House...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 24, 2017
- 2 min
College ‘degree premium’ goes flat
Is a college degree the new high school diploma? asks Jeffrey Selingo in the Washington Post. The “degree premium” — the earnings gap...
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