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Breaking Stories in Higher Ed 1/27/2020

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  • Education Innovation Agenda for 2020 to Be Tackled at SXSW EDU

    This year's keynoters are bound to set the agenda for discussions on education in 2020 in new and provocative ways. That includes sessions with Sir Ken Robinson, whose critical examinations of education have inspired transformation initiatives in schools around the world; Jennifer Eberhardt, the Stanford professor who has pointed out the negative impact of bias in teaching and learning; Mary Murphy, Indiana University professor whose research has called into question how academic motivation and achievement affects "majority" and "minority" students differently; Ted Dintersmith, whose documentary, Most Likely to Succeed, has been screened in thousands of communities; and David Yeager, from the University of Texas at Austin, who will explore his groundbreaking work in the processes of adolescent development.

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  • 3 Trends in State Law that Link Education to Workforce Development

    The Education Commission of the States has released a rundown on state efforts to tie education with workforce development.

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