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Passionate About Second Language Acquisition: Meet Inkeri, English Teacher at 51Talk

EdNews Daily

The company’s mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable, and through an online platform. After completing undergraduate school in 2001, I began my teaching career as a substitute teacher at various Oregon districts. What were two things that excited you about working with the company? About Inkeri Martin.

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Engaging New Virtual Field Trips from Discovery Education and Partners Welcome Students and Teachers Back to School

eSchool News

Debuting this September, these unique VFTs connect classroom learning to the people, places, and ideas shaping the world we live in. From meeting a forestry expert to a supply chain expert, students explore the actions they can take to build greater self-reliance and a healthier planet.

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Helping Teachers Reach Every Student

EdNews Daily

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. Another challenge we solve in the classroom is that students need more individualized instruction than their K-3 teachers have time to provide. By Kenna McHugh. Smith flew up to Washington to help with the presentation.

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Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 with a New Virtual Field Trip hosted by NBC’s Jenna Bush Hager from 9/11 Day and Discovery Education

eSchool News

Developed for students born after September 11, 2001, this experience highlights ways people in the United States came together during and after the terrorist attacks. During this event, students will meet Jenna Bush Hager, co-host of NBC’s Today with Hoda & Jenna , in a town-hall-style session at the 9/11 Tribute Museum.

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Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

The Hechinger Report

Startups and established tech companies are providing a crash course in entrepreneurship, sending engineers and designers into public schools to mentor students. Working in the gig economy as a contractor with a ride-share company precludes the kinds of deep relationships that lead to professional advancement.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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Herbert Simon, a pioneer in artificial intelligence and learning engineering who died in 2001, is immersed in his office at Carnegie Mellon University. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought. A substantial part of the nation’s resources are being devoted to higher education,” Simon said.

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How to reorientate education from knowledge acquisition to knowledge & skill mastery

100mentors

This post will focus on the importance of reorienting education from knowledge acquisition to skill mastery, making what students learn at school more relevant to their lives outside the classroom, consequently increasing student motivation to learn and willingness to actively engage in lessons.

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