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Meet NEO at BETT 2020 in London!

Neo LMS

Anyone who is a teacher, school leader, learning designer, librarian or is involved in some way or another in creating and delivering education to students of all ages needs to stay on top of all aspects that are currently shaping up the industry. Going to BETT 2020? Meet NEO at BETT 2020! The best way to do this?

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A Look Back at 2020 Teaching What It Means for 2021

The CoolCatTeacher

Yes, 2020 has been a year like no other, and today’s guest, Pamela Livingston Guadet, interviewed a wide variety of school tech directors to hear their stories of triage teaching during the COVID-19 emergency. Pamela is the author of the book, “ Like No Other School Year: 2020, COVID-19 and the Growth of Online Learning.

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Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Recognized for Addressing Digital Divide During Pandemic

Digital Promise

When schools were forced to quickly shift to distance learning in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) team immediately sprung into action to provide professional learning and support to educators within the network—which grew to 264 middle and high schools across the country by late 2020.

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Edtech Company Encourages Its Employees to Volunteer as Substitute Teachers

Edsurge

That shortage has become so desperate at times that state governments have even started letting their employees take paid time off to plug in the holes in missing staff, in an effort to keep schools from shuttering in-person learning. The company does cover the cost of background checks for employees looking to participate.

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Expanding into Early Childhood Is Good for Edtech Companies. Is It Good for Kids?

Edsurge

For years, the global learning platform Kahoot has been growing its foothold in the K-12 space through acquisitions and add-ons to its popular quiz platform. Instead, the Norway-based company—which counts Disney as an investor —revealed a new suite of digital games, called Kahoot! And no, it’s not more quizzes.

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Companies go to high schools for career training

eSchool News

Since the second semester of his senior year of high school, he has responded to field calls as an employee of the largest underground utility locating company in North America — the Indianapolis-based U.S. Infrastructure Company (USIC). You learn how to work with people,” he said.

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Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

Edsurge

Publicly traded education technology companies are rare. as the remaining trio of prominent edtech companies on the U.S. CLAS.U), a special purpose acquisition company headed by CEO Michael Moe, raised $225 million in its IPO. He was an early investor in Chegg, which went public in 2013 and whose stock more than doubled in 2020.

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