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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Digital Promise is thrilled to announce 37 districts—including 26 new districts and 11 returning districts—will join the ranks of the League of Innovative Schools for the 2021-2022 school year. A Broader View of Education Innovation. million students served over time. Shaler Area School District. Spokane Public Schools.

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The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education

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Here’s the complete overview on the role of assistive tech in encouraging inclusivity in education: What does that mead? The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education Persons with disabilities may struggle with coordination problems, short attention spans, and limited mobility, which may or may not be obvious.

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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

Edsurge

The result is a new nonprofit named Axim Collaborative, and its focus will be on serving learners that higher education has historically left behind. As the group’s new CEO, Stephanie Khurana, put it in an interview with EdSurge this week: “The focus of the mission is to really help postsecondary completion and issues of economic mobility.”

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Largest Cohort to Date Joins Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Initiative

Digital Promise

Nearly 250 Title I middle and high schools from 50 districts across the country are joining the program in 2021, bringing the total number of schools impacted to 511. We are proud to continue our partnership with Verizon to support schools and provide devices and access to the students who need it the most.”. represented in Cohort 8.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

education system. We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021. 2020 has been called a dumpster fire, the worst year in recent memory, and more. What can we take from this when we return to our classrooms? As the U.S.

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Kajeet Announces Launch of 2021 Digital Inclusion Grant Program

eSchool News

May 4, 2021 – Kajeet ®, a leading provider of wireless connectivity, software and hardware solutions that deliver safe, reliable and controlled internet connectivity to enterprises, state and local governments, students and IoT solution providers, today announced the official launch of its 2021 Digital Inclusion Grant program. . –

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Toyota and Discovery Education Launch Initiative Inspiring Student Innovation in STEM

eSchool News

PLANO, Texas and SILVER SPRING, Maryland (September 23, 2021) — Toyota’s mission of Mobility for All is at the core of a new education initiative by Toyota and Discovery Education called Keys to Connect. . Career profiles to introduce innovators working behind-the-scenes at Toyota to deliver Mobility for All.

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