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How AI Makes Training Effective Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is significantly changing the way enterprises operate, including Learning and Development (L&D). The Learning and Development industry currently has a global value of more than $350 billion. In cloud-native organizations, with the pace of technological change, distributed working, and shortening skill half-lives, employees must constantly learn new skills. AI-powered learning tools aim to address longstanding issues of inflexibility, irrelevance, and lack of measurable impact. Hyper‑Personalized Learning Experiences The traditional “one-size-fits-all” approach to training is no longer suitable in a diverse workforce environment. AI can analyze an individual’s skills, career aspirations, and…

Join our zero2eight Substack community for more discussion about the latest news in early care and education. Sign up now. In 2024, Mama Freda’s Tiny Tots Child Care opened as Grow Early Learning’s first in-home child care program in North Carolina. The licensed family child care home (FCCH) in Kings Mountain is one of four of its kind across three states that the nonprofit, formerly known as East Coast Migrant Head Start Project, has opened in recent years to serve agricultural workers and their families. The organization started launching home-based child care programs two years ago because of their convenience…

Rethinking Traditional Growth Systems Litmos surveyed employees and HR leaders to understand how growth is being experienced across modern organizations. This report highlights their findings and insights on structural changes in capability visibility and recognition. It also addresses crucial questions leaders are asking today and where organizations are getting stuck. eBook ReleaseFrom Ladder To Lattice: How Employees, HR, And AI Are Redefining Growth At Work Litmos research reveals how top orgs link learning to real performance, make skills visible, and use AI to drive career mobility. Redefining Growth At Work: Standout Stats While many organizations assume that employees are looking…

There’s a Moment Every Parent Remembers The acceptance letters started to come in, and my twins, Shannon and Brennan, were excited. The house was filled with energy and possibility.  And when the financial aid offers followed, I wasn’t panicking. Not because the decision felt easy. Because we had already spent months understanding what those schools would likely cost our family. So when the offers arrived, we weren’t figuring it out for the first time. We were reviewing, comparing, and confirming. That puts you in a very different place as a parent. How I Got There (And Why It Matters) Before…

Jamie Merisotis, Forbes Four years after the debut of ChatGPT, the first class to have the powerful tool of generative AI throughout their entire college career will soon graduate. At the…

As the May 1 college decision deadline approaches, families across the country are feeling the pressure. For the Class of 2026, this moment represents the culmination of months of applications, financial aid forms, campus visits, and tough conversations. But even if you have not made a final decision yet, it is not too late to take control and make a smart, informed choice. This guide walks through what to do before May 1, how to think about deposits and financial aid, and how to build a plan to pay for college without creating long-term financial strain. Why the May 1…

The governor of a state with one of the shortest school years in the country has issued an executive order aimed at blocking any further erosion of instructional time as schools face budget pressures that have previously led some to reduce instructional hours and as the state confronts its below-average math and reading achievement.“We cannot lose any more time,” Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, said at an April 16 news conference announcing the executive order. “We have to protect what we have, and why I’m acting today with this executive order is I’m hearing from district after district that…

An April 9, 2026, memo from Texas Tech University system chancellor Brandon Creighton imposed extraordinary censorship about gender-related issues on campus. It may be the worst restriction on academic freedom ever announced by a university leader in American history. The memo seeks to ban all discussion about “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI),” pronouncing a “strict prohibition on SOGI content in all core and lower-level undergraduate courses,” a ban starting this summer on all programs focused on these issues, and severe limits on all classes: “No system academic course will advocate race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual…

Chiasson & Spenner, Harvard Crimson Harvard is quietly asking donors for $10 million gifts to establish new endowed professorships in a sweeping bid to reshape its faculty under the banner of…

Nationally, graduation rates have rebounded from their dips during the height of the pandemic. But high school math proficiency is much lower.That mismatch means schools are likely sending graduates out into college and the workforce without the math skills they need to succeed, argues a new analysis from the Collaborative for Student Success, a nonprofit advocacy organization.“This is the type of thing that a lot of people intuitively understand,” said Chad Aldeman, an independent education analyst who authored the research.“They know that graduation rates are doing well, maybe hitting highs in their state. There’s also been a lot of coverage…