In Levar Dobbins’ eighth grade classroom, a dozen students were learning about workforce trends.
“What do you think the future job market will look like?” Dobbins asked the class, at Piedmont GLOBAL Academy, a majority-Hispanic middle school in southeastern Dallas.
“A whole bunch of robots,” one boy suggested.
“More social media platforms,” a girl said.
Dobbins then led his students in a discussion about how current events like the pandemic are shaping the nation’s workforce, and why Dallas’ economy is booming (a fact that surprised some students).
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