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Maximizing COVID Relief Funding and Its Effectiveness

edWeb.net

A very wide range of district programs can qualify for the latest funding, including access to school facilities, educational and professional development needs, and the use of technology to sustain and improve the educational environment. billion was for private schools.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

TAL Education Group , which began as a solo tutoring operation in 2003 and has since grown into a publicly-traded empire, boasting $620 million in revenue in 2015 from a network of over 300 brick-and-mortar tutoring centers. Sinovation also funds companies in other technology sectors including robotics and Big Data.) edtech startups.

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Busting Stereotypes: A Homeschool-Public School Partnership That Works

MindShift

The appeal of home schooling has grown over the past decade — between 2003 and 2012, the percentage of students who are homeschooled grew from 2.2 It’s expensive for homeschooling families to provide the music lessons, tutors and other opportunities they’d like their children to access. percent of the student population to 3.4

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Teacher: Know Thyself – School Culture Shift is About the People

techlearning

If perhaps you were to approach this same list of categories with topics like Virtual and Augmented Reality, the Maker Movement, Coding, and/or Robotics… you may find yourself in a different adopter category. The Maker Movement’s Innovator may also be the Robotic’s Laggard, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Accessed 17 Apr.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Ed access to VR growing as low-cost options expand,” says Education Dive. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Mark Guzdial’s Computing Education Blog : “University CS graduation surpasses its 2003 peak, with poor diversity.” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.” “More on the Cost Trap and Inclusive Access” by David Wiley. “If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER: The Cost Trap and Inclusive Access” by David Wiley.