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Discovery Education Offers Educators New Resources Supporting Black History Month Observances 

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Happy Black History Month video : In this new video from Sesame Workshop for students in grades PK-2, Elmo, Gabrielle, Tamir, and Abby come together to celebrate the contributions of Black and African American communities. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 Discovery, Inc.

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AI and Libraries Mini-Conference in Just One Week: Schedule Now Posted | 23 Sessions!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In addition, Pun is an ALA Presidential candidate for 2025-2026. Previously, she worked for several Fortune 500 companies and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Public Library Association and was on the Black Caucus of ALA Executive Board. OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL: Ray Pun, Ed.D., in Entrepreneurship.

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Why the Boldest Ideas in Education Come From Underrepresented Entrepreneurs

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A formerly incarcerated youth, Greene and his team run programs and social justice workshops that equip young people from historically oppressed communities with leadership skills based in relationship building, community organizing and political education. Short for “How Our Lives Link Altogether,” H.O.L.L.A.

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

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He was working for a tech company, but this was no tech job. Workforce, Interrupted SDWP officials initially hoped that by 2025, repayments from graduates will be enough to cover the cost of offering ISAs to future students. The same thing happened shortly after with a television marketing firm—and then again with a retail company.

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Why a Robot-Filled Education Future May Not Be as Scary as You Think

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At Sandbox, we help create Design Days and workshops for our faculty and staff to develop design-thinking mindsets to tackle any challenge with which they may be dealing. We freeze up when we hear statistics that project that by 2025, 50 percent of an undergraduate degree will become obsolete.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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