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Supply and demand: Getting low-income kids into better jobs by getting them into better schools

The Hechinger Report

As more and more jobs require some education beyond high school, Pedro Martinez, who joined the San Antonio Independent School District as its superintendent in 2015 urges all students to consider earning a college or post-secondary credential. Gifts to CAST schools since 2015 have totaled $10 million, including a $3.6

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.” Pearson is Not a Platform.

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Why the Education Expenses are Rising and How to Deal with it?

Evelyn Learning

Bill Gates dropped out of college at the age of 20 and made a revolutionizing company, “Microsoft”. Today’s generation is inclining more toward becoming social media influencers, stock market traders, etc. But, tertiary and post secondary education are subsidized to a certain extent”.

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Virtual Reality and Learning Mini-Conference on March 29th: Accepted Sessions (and Keynotes) Announcement!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participants are encouraged to use #library2022 and #virtualrealitylearning on their social media posts about the event. Catherine Devine ( cmdevine ) Director, Business Strategy – Libraries and Museums, Microsoft Worldwide Education Catherine leads strategy for Libraries and Museums globally within Microsoft’s Education division.

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Next Week - "Virtual Reality and Learning" Mini-Conference on Tuesday, March 29th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participants are encouraged to use #library2022 and #virtualrealitylearning on their social media posts about the event. Catherine Devine ( cmdevine ) Director, Business Strategy – Libraries and Museums, Microsoft Worldwide Education Catherine leads strategy for Libraries and Museums globally within Microsoft’s Education division.

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Schedule Announced for Virtual Reality and Learning Mini-Conference on March 29th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participants are encouraged to use #library2022 and #virtualrealitylearning on their social media posts about the event. Catherine Devine ( cmdevine ) Director, Business Strategy – Libraries and Museums, Microsoft Worldwide Education Catherine leads strategy for Libraries and Museums globally within Microsoft’s Education division.

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In 2003, before the existence of YouTube, she founded ProjectExplorer.org, a free multimedia website designed to educate primary and secondary school students about global issues and world cultures and histories. She is co-author of Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids (Wiley, 2015).