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Education Looks Eastward: Snapshots from Beijing's Global Education Technology Summit

Edsurge

To try to better understand this dynamic and fast-changing environment, thousands of entrepreneurs and education leaders from 34 countries gathered here this week for the Global Education Technology Summit. JMDedu's CEO and founder, Diou Zhang, kicking off the Global Education Technology Summit this week.

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Verizon launches free trainings and tools to help educators navigate digital instruction

eSchool News

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. Verizon Communications Inc.

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As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

The Hechinger Report

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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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

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. That’s significantly more than in a typical year. Seventy percent said they were falling behind. Financial challenges are also mounting.

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A Record Year Amid a Pandemic: US Edtech Raises $2.2 Billion in 2020

Edsurge

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 potential, promise and pitfalls of blended learning in India

The Hechinger Report

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 Weekly News

Hack Education

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. ” That is Eastern Wyoming College.