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A Student Improved a Classroom Tech Solution—So the Company Hired Him

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“I know because I was once one of those students. That was in 2016. He had learned some coding and development on his own through freeCodeCamp.org , and he had polished some of those skills doing work for a small WordPress related company. Student feedback is a bit trickier to come by, however.

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Student Engagement Platform ClearScholar Raises $1.25M in Seed Round

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How do you engage university students, hear their concerns, and give them both the information that they need and want? But one company thinks it has figured it out, and it’s been rewarded with a few extra dollar signs to prove it. After 17 years at Harrison, Konesco had seen enough students disengaged from the campus.

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What’s It Like Tutoring for VIPKID, the Chinese Company That Just Raised $200 Million?

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Mabry is one of the 20,000 educators working for VIPKID , China’s largest online English tutoring company. The Beijing-based company has now raised a total of $325 million.). Tutoring has become big business for VIPKID, which currently claims more than 200,000 paying students from 32 countries (mostly China).

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Are You Ready To Teach Online From Home Across Cultures?

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I have been with the company since November 2016. There are days when I meet new students, and there are days when I teach my regular students, and there is always something new to learn about each student. The beauty of teaching online is meeting new people and learning about their culture.

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Illinois’ Geneva School District 304 Renews Longterm Partnership with Discovery Education Supporting Science Education

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Each day, Geneva CUSD 304’s teachers, administrators, and staff seek to educate the nearly 5,500 students they serve within an environment that encourages the desire to learn and meets the unique academic, personal, physical, and social needs of each child. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

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How Do We Get More Girls Into STEM? Build Confidence (and Robots)

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In fact, a recent study found that investors may even prefer companies with more women in the workforce. Although many organizations and companies are making strides toward solutions for this society-wide concern, improvements just aren’t coming fast enough. We need more female STEM mentors and role models!

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Redesigning the Learning Experience

Tom Murray

Quite often, a student’s hard metal desk is separated by a packet of worksheets on one side, with a dynamic learning tool on the other. Is this really what we’re proud of in 2016? Typically used on Samsung Galaxy devices, STEM Fuse integrates a hands-on, interactive student engagement tool focused on providing real-world projects.

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