Common Core Raises Questions on Future of Ed-Tech Spending (Education Week) – Educational professionals predict that ed-tech spending will increase, and that technology that will improve learning efficacy and personalized learning efficiency will be the new norm.
Driverless Cars Could be Good for Environment (Poughkeepsie Journal) – Proponents of driverless cars argue that these new vehicles will be better for the environment because less people will need to own vehicles and there will be less of a need for parking lots.
Employers: ‘I Can’t Find Enough Talent’ (Cincinnati.com) – Companies are working with colleges to train students to have the skills they will need to work for them.
High School ACT Tests Will Now Include STEM Scores, ‘Career Readiness’ Reports (Michigan Live) – The ACT test is adding a report of how ready a student is to enter into a STEM discipline.
States Spending the Most on Education (USA Today) – The US Census Bureau reports that public school spending per student has fallen nationwide for the third year in a row to $10,608 per student.
