271 - Michael Horn on the Next Chapter

<p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Today, the Getting Smart team is bringing you a podcast with their friend, Michael Horn, a speaker and writer on the future of education.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Michael has spent the last five years leading the higher education consulting practice at Entangled Group. One of their early investments was with Guild Education, a venture-backed startup leading the ‘education as a benefit’ movement. In May, Entangled was acquired by Guild Education and together, they have launched Next Chapter, a new kind of outplacement service to help laid-off workers access the training and job opportunities they really need.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">In this episode, Tom and Michael discuss Guild Education and Next Chapter. Michael shares his thoughts around how education and work are changing in light of the COVID-19 pandemic (and what they’re doing to help); his advice for high school and college students around entrepreneurship and building social capital; micro-credentialing and cooperative learning pathways; and how remote tech work may begin to change in America, especially with regards to rural states.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:10] About today’s episode.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:45] Tom welcomes Michael Horn back to the podcast.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:57] Michael shares how he has explained what is currently happening in America to his children.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[2:41] The 2020 postlude to Michael’s book, <em>Choosing College,</em> that was released in August 2019. Michael also shares the advice that he gives to high school juniors and seniors as they think about their current education pathway considering the COVID-19 pandemic.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, se