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Fostering and Measuring Skills: Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Giorgio Bertini

This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills|personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences that are valued in the labor market, in school, and in … Continue reading →

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What Kids Need to Learn to Succeed in 2050

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Giorgio Bertini

The art of reinvention will be the most critical skill of this century umankind is facing unprecedented revolutions, all our old stories are crumbling, and no new story has so far emerged to replace them. How can we prepare ourselves … Continue reading →

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Low Skilled Humans Need Not Apply: The Employment Future For A Child Born Today

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

In this article I am going to discuss the labor market and education opportunities a child born in 2015 could have when they are 16–20 by looking at how technology will disrupt the majority of jobs young people can only … Continue reading →

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