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Report: One of the Biggest Obstacles to Remote Learning? Finding a Quiet Place to Work

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I was definitely the IT coordinator for my house,” says the father of three children ages 1, 9 and 11. “I I definitely didn’t count on much tech support from my school district.” Baker’s experience was reflected in the results of a survey sent by BrightBytes, an education data company, from April to June 15.

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Dear Liberal Arts Major: STEM Companies Need Your Skills to Grow

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But instead of a classroom, Wolochow now works on the Silicon Valley campus of a company that’s using technology to make learning more accessible to people throughout the world. Liberal Arts Can Be the Key to Scaling In fact, at many STEM companies, employees with liberal arts backgrounds are now also considered keys to growth.

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Can a Hollywood-Backed VR Company Make Science Labs More Effective?

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The university is building the course material as part of a partnership with a VR entertainment company called Dreamscape Immersive, which is led by Walter Parkes, who produced Hollywood blockbusters including “Men in Black,” “Minority Report” and “Gladiator.”

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Report: A New Cybersecurity Incident Strikes K-12 Schools Nearly Every Three Days

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school district becomes the victim of a cyberattack almost as often as every three days, according to a report released Thursday. It’s definitely an undercount,” Levin said in an interview last month. But that only represents the tip of the iceberg, says Doug Levin, author of “ The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2018 Year in Review.”

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Reliable Turnitin alternatives for K12

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This is the only service that can access the libraries like Elsevier/Scopus and Springer & Nature. In other words, Turnitin uses CrossRef databases indexed by IThenticate , which also belongs to this company. This 2-in-1 solution seems pretty nice, especially knowing that it has access to the ProQuest databases. .

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5 ways schools hope to fight Covid-19 learning loss

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Credit: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. Data analyzed by McKinsey & Company concluded that children have lost at least one and a half months of reading, with students of color faring worse. The slide is substantial and it definitely has us asking, ‘is the country ready to try and close the gap of this scale?’”. “The

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Going Back to School to Learn About Blended Learning

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As an online learning tool, Listen Current fits well into blended learning, but I wanted to learn more about how schools are adopting it and how we as a company can be more attractive to schools using blended learning. This is where new ed-tech companies can come into the picture. It’s a ride we’re taking together.