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Maximizing COVID Relief Funding and Its Effectiveness

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After retiring from the Air Force in 2003 he worked for several years in the simulation training development area for the Research Triangle Institute in a wide variety of education, training and analysis efforts and wrote several papers in these areas.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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The “cultivation of students’ entrepreneurship and innovation capabilities and practical skills” was a priority in China’s 5-Year Plan for 2016-2020. Japan, which will host the 2020 Summer Olympics, has made it a priority to boost their citizen’s language skills. Wonder Workshop , which develops robot toys that teach kids how to code.

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To Build Voice Recognition for Early Literacy, Soapbox Labs Gives Kids a Voice

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In 2003, a team of Harvard University researchers concluded a survey and mapped out the idiosyncrasies in the pronunciation of common English words across the globe. They include the MIT Media Lab, which is using the system for an educational robotics project, and Lingumi, a developer of an English learning app for young children.