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OverDrive Education Provides Free Resources to Schools Receiving COVID-19 Relief Funds

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This resource provides a starting point for educators who need to work with district leadership to prioritize spend on digital books. Case studies of schools that expanded their digital libraries using ESF. In addition, the company donated free digital collections to meet the growing demand through its Sora app.

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Lexia Learning’s Founder, Robert Arthur Lemire, Dies at Eighty-Nine

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BOSTON (June 23, 2022) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, is saddened to announce that the company’s founder, Robert A. Today, the company serves more than 5.5 After receiving an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1958, Lemire started his business career by writing case studies for a Boston consulting firm.

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The power of ed-tech in the developing world

Neo LMS

How ed-tech is shaping the developing world: a few case studies. When it comes to innovation and developing economies there are a lot of reports and studies that conclude with a large amounts of “shoulds” and “coulds”. Amazon in the Amazon. Descomplica. Conclusion.

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Grit, Tenacity, Inclusion — Robotics Programs Teach Much More Than STEM Concepts

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My friend, as a sophomore in high school, became an intern for an engineering company, doing their computer-aided design work. He continued to do that and now he's one of the higher ups in the company. Case Study: FIRST experience turns challenges to opportunities for LA teen. He was doing CAD for bridges.

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Will a Netflix Model Work for Textbooks?

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Mercier, who’s starting his second year studying business management at City, University of London’s Cass Business School in a couple of weeks, found three of them on a new service called Perlego , a UK-based company which wants to be the Netflix of academic content. And what’s more, students can collaborate on the platform.

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Book Club Discussion Questions For "Originals" By Adam Grant

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Source: Adam Grant Adam Grant 's book, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move The World , has vaulted to the top of best-seller lists since its publication last year. The book is a fascinating study of creativity, imagination, ingenuity, and success. What did you learn from this book? Did you “speak up and stand out”?

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Live Interview on Thursday, February 24th - Case Study on the North Carolina School Connectivity Initiative

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join us Thursday, February 24th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Michael Horn and Heather Staker from the Innosight Institute as they discuss their case study on the North Carolina School Connectivity Initiative, a public-private approach to bringing Internet access to K-12 public schools.