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Why Esports in Schools is a Good Thing

ViewSonic Education

A 2003 analysis of 15 cases of school shooters found all but two suffered from social rejection. Esports in Schools Fosters STEM Learning. Esports and STEM go hand-in-hand. In 2018, for example, Riot Games director of collegiate esports said that nearly two-thirds of their League of Legends players were majoring in STEM fields.

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CUE 2015 Student Showcase highlights students projects, Two Bit Circus STEAM Carnival

eSchool News

CUE is once again proud to feature innovative student curricular projects from schools and districts at its Student Showcase, held in conjunction with the CUE 2015 Annual Conference in Palm Springs, March 19-21, 2015 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Featured CUE News STEM Top News' to 12:00 p.m.

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New Markets Venture Partners Adds $30 Million, Former Gates Foundation Executive to Edtech Fund

Edsurge

The four focus areas include career credentialing, digital and adaptive learning platforms, STEM and computer science instructional tools and data analytic services for schools. New Markets has supported 43 companies since its launch in 2003; edtech startups make more than 90 percent of its deals in the past five years, Palmer adds.

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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

One of last year’s winners reported back, “I have been participating in the Speak Up survey ever since it started [in 2003]. After winning the $500 prize last year, I purchased an XYZ 3D printer to integrate STEM into my classroom. Since 2003, more than 3.7 The online Speak Up 2014 survey s close on December 19 th.

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

Four-year institutions charged , on average, $26,120 in tuition, board and other fees in 2015-16, compared with $5,504 in 1985-86. trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, compared with less than $250 billion in 2003. Outstanding student loan debt now tops $1.5

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. acquisition by LinkedIn in 2015 shows that billion-dollar exits are not limited to companies in higher education.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

Enuma $4 million (A) 2015 TAL Education, Softbank Ventures Korea Epic! million (Seed) 2015 Sinovation Ventures Ready4 $8 million (A) 2016 TAL Education, Yongjin Group, ZhenFund Securly $3 million (Seed) 2013 Sinovation Ventures, ZhenFund Swing Education $7.8 Authess $2.2 million (A) 2016 Sinovation Ventures EnglishCentral $1.3

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