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Once Worth $3B, Online Tutoring Giant VIPKid Will End Flagship Program in China

Edsurge

Since August, VIPKid has warned its teachers, who during its heyday numbered 100,000, that the company would experience major upheaval to its operations in China. Others have joined some of the hundreds of tutoring companies that now exist outside of China, in markets such as Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and others.

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The Rise of eSports in Education: Breaking New Ground

The CoolCatTeacher

From 2017-2020, she held an Instructional Coaching Fellowship with Google for Education. And we have 14 states that have teacher-run nonprofits that run the e-sports organizations for their state. So teachers together and the students that we serve are literally the largest e-sports organization in the country.

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When a Pandemic Upends Labor Markets, Will a New Workforce ISA Fund Work?

Edsurge

A self-taught programmer, he found on-and-off work building websites, managing social media and handling e-commerce for dental offices, toy shops and other clients. He was working for a tech company, but this was no tech job. We modeled this knowing that sometimes unexpected life events happen and derail plans,” says Hall.

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Transforming Compton’s Schools into a STEAM Pipeline for Students

edWeb.net

99% of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, but the district’s graduation rate is now over 90%, exceeding the state and national averages. District administrators were able to obtain grants from companies such as Apple and Verizon and leverage their location to build partnerships with Boeing and other firms.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance. Today, over 2.9 Diana Heldfond, CEO & Founder, Parallel Learning Are students learning?

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Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?

The Hechinger Report

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. Not this specific conversation, of course, but ones like it. Credit: Sonya Abrams for The Hechinger Report.

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AI ART Bootcamp for Teachers and Librarians: An Online Course on AI Art-Making Tools, Techniques, and Creativity

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

I only truly started using image-generating AI tools around 2020. If you have any trouble registering for the event, if you need to be invoiced or pay by check, or if you have any questions, please email admin@learningrevolution.com. I have been using AI in one form or another since I began making art on computers in the 1990s.

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