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Discovery Education and Keysight Technologies Launch New Partnership Supporting Equity of Access in Education

eSchool News

When planning this initiative, Keysight sought to strengthen equity of access in education with modern digital resources. These new digital resources, and supporting professional learning experiences, will play a critical role in continuing each students’ academic progress on any device, whether at home or in the classroom.

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Discovery Education and Industry Leaders Launch Social-Emotional Learning Coalition to Address Critical Educator and Student Needs with No-Cost Resources

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“In this unprecedented time of the student-educator experience, The Social-Emotional Learning Coalition brings together industry leaders to step-up for the K-12 community by helping ensure equity of access to critical SEL content.

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Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Offer All Educators New, No-Cost Professional Learning Resources

eSchool News

“It takes all of us working together to ensure equity of access in education so students can reach their full potential.”. About Discovery Education Discovery Education is the worldwide EdTech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place.

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Head into the Holiday Season with New Dynamic Digital Experiences from Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners

eSchool News

“As educators continue to heroically show up for their students, we are proud to support teaching and learning with diverse, high-quality, and standards-aligned resources all at no cost to communities,” said Lori McFarling, President of Social Impact at Discovery Education. “It

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Students’ ed-tech opinions might surprise you

eSchool News

Students see equity of access as a key ed-tech challenge for their schools, and they’d like to have newer technology in their classrooms. Outside of school, they’re using social media services like Snapchat and Instagram to communicate with their friends on their smart phones.

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The Fans, Fanboys, and Fanatics of OER

Doug Levin

I also tend to think that educators make rational responses in selecting instructional materials and tools (including using social media) – and certainly in the U.S. K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway.

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Tenn. district partners with Discovery to transition to digital learning

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Key components of this effort include providing all students and educators access to technology and digital resources; implementing collaborative professional development initiatives for faculty and staff; improving equity of access for teaching and learning; and developing equitable funding and implementation plans.