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Feed: Top Blog Posts. Author: Howard M Wiener. In a recent NY Times feature article, Noam Scheiber provided a pretty thorough picture of the mid-to-longer term economic challenges we’re facing and some of the alternative policies that the Biden administration may pursue to address them.  The most important forces driving things boil down to a few: Manufacturing that has a high labor component is almost universally cheaper to do outside of the US, where the workforce is paid less (and where worker protections may not be as comprehensive.) Automation is increasingly being applied to wring manufacturing jobs out of the ... Read More

Feed: Events. Author: . Mark your calendars. The Google Cloud Government and Education Summit is less than two weeks away – November 3-4. Reserve your spot for the online learning event at no cost.Organizations around the world are in great need of more workers who have robust IT skills and cloud expertise. The needs in the US alone are staggering. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the number of people employed in information technology positions will grow by 13 percent over the next 10 years – faster than any other occupation – with 667,000 new jobs created to ... Read More

Feed: Top Blog Posts. Author: Howard M Wiener. In a recent NY Times feature article, Noam Scheiber provided a pretty thorough picture of the mid-to-longer term economic challenges we’re facing and some of the alternative policies that the Biden administration may pursue to address them.  The most important forces driving things boil down to a few: Manufacturing that has a high labor component is almost universally cheaper to do outside of the US, where the workforce is paid less (and where worker protections may not be as comprehensive.) Automation is increasingly being applied to wring manufacturing jobs out of the ... Read More

Feed: Top Blog Posts. Author: Howard M Wiener. In a recent NY Times feature article, Noam Scheiber provided a pretty thorough picture of the mid-to-longer term economic challenges we’re facing and some of the alternative policies that the Biden administration may pursue to address them.  The most important forces driving things boil down to a few: Manufacturing that has a high labor component is almost universally cheaper to do outside of the US, where the workforce is paid less (and where worker protections may not be as comprehensive.) Automation is increasingly being applied to wring manufacturing jobs out of the ... Read More

Feed: Events. Author: . Editor’s Note: Mark your calendars. TheGoogle Cloud Government and Education Summit is less than a month away – November 3-4. Reserve your spot today at no cost.We’ve seen public sector organizations embrace a new ethos over the last 18 months – finding new avenues and methods to experiment, hire fast, and weave technology into how you deliver your products and services. And at this year’s Summit, we’ll show how you’ve embraced technology to digitally transform by helping teams accomplish more at greater scale, empowering your organizations with data and information, and building human connections with technology ... Read More

Feed: AWS Public Sector Blog. Author: Kim Majerus. Kathryn Finney, chief executive officer and founder of Genius Guild, inspires IMAGINE attendees to innovate in the face of the seemingly impossible. The 2021 IMAGINE Education conference brought together education leaders and executives from across the country and around the world in an all-day event to discuss the future of education. It was my honor to deliver the keynote address to highlight some of the ways that the education community in the public sector is transforming the very essence of learning with the cloud. I was joined by Kathryn Finney, the chief ... Read More

Feed: AWS Public Sector Blog. Author: AWS Public Sector Blog Team. This is a guest post by Scott Beslow, lead software engineer and Sebastian Garaycoa, data scientist at Discovery Education. The team at Discovery Education collaborated closely with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance its K12 learning platform with machine learning (ML) capabilities. Discovery Education (DE) provides standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K12 classrooms. Through its award-winning digital textbooks, multimedia resources, and professional learning network, Discovery Education transforms teaching and learning, creates immersive STEM experiences, and helps improves academic achievement. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5 ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Katharine Bierce. Salesforce.org wanted to understand how higher education is evolving around the world. Together with Ipsos and the Chronicle of Higher Education, Salesforce.org surveyed more than 2,000 students and staff across 10 countries to better understand their needs amidst the tumult of the pandemic. The second edition of the Connected Student Report highlights what’s top of mind for students—and how staff and higher education institutions can foster student success.  Here are our top five takeaways for higher education institutions across disciplines, including data literacy. Data skills educators, dig into the analytics with our Trends in ... Read More

Feed: SingleStore Blog. Author: . Over the past year, the pandemic has drastically altered the educational landscape. 55 million K-12 students in the United States suddenly found themselves in online or hybrid learning environments. Educators needed new ways of managing their classrooms, keeping students engaged, and tracking their performance. Some school districts took an ad hoc approach to the software needed to support digital learning. Educators had to learn and log in to multiple applications, adding complexity and inefficiency to an already harrowing time. These solutions also often fell under general-purpose categories and were not always well-suited for the education market. GoGuardian ... Read More

Feed: AWS Public Sector Blog. Author: Steven Brady. September 8, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details. The Barnes Foundation, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit cultural and educational organization, is home to a legendary art collection including some of the world’s most important impressionist, post-impressionist, and modern paintings, alongside objects and art from diverse cultures and time periods. At the core of its mission is the advancement of education and art appreciation. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported that 90 percent of arts and cultural institutions around the world closed their doors ... Read More