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Most families have given up virtual school, but what about students who are still thriving online?

The Hechinger Report

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. The highest-quality online programs have generally demanded the most resources from school districts, making them the most likely to face closure in the face of budget constraints.

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Top 5 new EdTech tools that you might use in your university

Neo LMS

For instance, Osso VR is a virtual reality technology company founded on the principle of training surgeons with real world skills that can be directly applied when in the operating room. The Kudan Elementary School in downtown Tokyo organized the first robot teacher testing as far back as 2009. They are patient and unbiased.

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How a $40M Investment Aims to ‘Mainstream and Modernize’ Montessori Education

Edsurge

Since 2016, a California company has set out to make Montessori mainstream through building and acquiring a network of schools and technologies, and offering professional development programs to prepare future Montessori teachers and leaders. based company has raised $70 million in venture capital. To date, the Lake Forest, Calif.-based

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David, Goliath, and the Future of the U.S. K-12 OER Movement

Doug Levin

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. I’ve been engaged in thinking deeply about the promise and opportunity afforded the U.S.

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

edWeb.net

Key aspects of the innovative model include the use of data and analytics, as well psychometricians and statisticians, to drive instruction that can be enhanced by the use of digital resources and artificial intelligence, which can complement content and help each student spend more time working in a zone of proximal development.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

Second, given the explosive growth of edtech content and other resources on the market, contract with third-party consultants who can vet the thousands of digital options to find those that match specifically with your school district's educational and pedagogical needs. We've rolled out other programs this way.

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Microsoft to spend $75M to boost computer science

eSchool News

This marks a major expansion of Microsoft’s YouthSpark program, the company’s effort to get young people hooked on computer science and build a larger, more diverse talent pool for the technology industry. With the new investment, nonprofit organizations around the world will receive donations and resources from Microsoft.