21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."

The data from this online survey of early childhood educators reveals that teachers of young children in general do not feel that current education policy mandates are benefiting children.

The responses I found most intriguing were from CIOs who said that they had already taken steps to provide their faculty with access to big data tools, but now they are itching to expand their own role with these new technologies by utilizing big data analytics to improve IT operations.

In a blog post Friday, Google’s K12 Pre-University Education Outreach officer Marielena Ivory revealed that the tech giant’s annual RISE awards — Roots in Science and Engineering — are now looking for a fresh wave of partners willing to help students become excited about STEM studies.

For now, these courses appear to compete for student attention more with television shows, rather than with brick-and-mortar classrooms.

This means a student from San Francisco State can sign up for a microeconomics course taught at CSU Northridge, while students from that Southern California campus can learn all about U.S. politics from a professor who teaches in San Francisco.

Searches for traditional universities and their online programs are on the rise.

Learning institutions has decided that engaging with students through social media requires more than just a Facebook page and a Twitter account.

"I think it was good to make an investment in early education. The initial investment made sense. We have time to build on it." Gov. Steve Bullock

IBM and other companies recognize the value of investing in early education: so today’s young children will have the skills to become tomorrow’s STEM employees (science, technology, engineering and math.)

Is Inequality Making Us Sick? explores how a strong start for all our kids leads not only to better individual life course outcomes (learning, earning and physical and mental health) but also to a healthier, safer, better educated and more prosperous and equitable America.