In 1995, the Administración Nacional de Educación Pública (ANEP), or the National Administration of Public Education, began an ambitious expansion of the public preschool system in Uruguay, making public preschool practically universal by 1999. The aim of this expansion was, in part, to reduce high-grade repetition and dropout rates for students in both primary and […]
Augmented Learning and Teaching the Skills of the 21st Century
In part one of this two-part series on technological automation and 21st century learning, we discussed how robotics, software, and machine learning are replacing human jobs at an unprecedented pace. The automation of blue and white collar jobs over the next few decades requires a different approach to skill building beyond STEM training, and focuses […]