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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. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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India tries coding camps, craft centers and all-girls schools to fight illiteracy

The Hechinger Report

billion people, India is second only to China in population, and will account for 25 percent of the world’s labor pool by 2030. In 2003, the Prerna Girls School began providing a low-cost option that has served over 5,000 girls from impoverished families. “A small project can have a global impact,’’ Daube said. With over 1.3

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