eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Educators across the nation can now access Teacher Training Pathways , a free platform offering courses aligned to micro-credentials on remote and hybrid learning, instructional technology coaching and more. The platform will feature an evolving library of courses to further develop educators’ digital literacy.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With schools mostly online, nearly one in four public school students in Detroit aren’t logging in or showing up , the superintendent says — many because they don’t have laptops or Wi-Fi. Access to talent is their number-one competitive priority.”. That’s significantly more than in a typical year. That will be much harder now.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

PORTLAND, Maine — The ergonomic chairs, glass-walled conference rooms, ubiquitous technology and smell of new carpets and fresh paint scream well-funded startup. Some are focusing on high-demand disciplines such as technology, health and alternative energy. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2021

education technology startups raised over $2.2 Many education entrepreneurs have long mused about how new technologies would usher in a “disruption” of the education market. A most disruptive year to schools and society proved lucrative for the education industry, particularly for those raising private capital. In 2020, U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

billion population is under 25, will need some three million new primary school teachers by 2030. billion population is under 25, will need three million new primary school teachers by 2030. “I Related: Why one Mississippi district ditched textbooks for laptops.

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Hack Education

MAY 11, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Another “ banning laptops ” story , this one from Ohio State University : “Professor Bans Laptops, Sees Grades Rise.” National) Education Politics. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The U.S.

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