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States bet big on career education, but struggle to show it works

The Hechinger Report

Related: How career and technical education shuts out Black and Latino students from high-paying professions Yet nearly a decade since starting the overhaul, the state still hasn’t shown that CTE gives students a career boost. One upshot is that policymakers cannot see where public school graduates work or how much they earn.

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Year in Review: Our Top Edtech Business Stories of 2018

Edsurge

This year’s list surfaces some familiar trends. But too often, he says, kids today “spend almost all their time in education learning how to do computation, and not leaving that to the computers” so they can focus instead on solving real-world, higher-level problems. First, let’s get down to business.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join this interactive session to learn how to get started with game-based learning with your own students. The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning brings focus to the planning skills that are needed, the issues that are involved, and the current trends as we explore the potential impact of technological innovations.

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K-12 and Higher Ed Institutions Lead Consortium to Advance EdTech Innovation and Trust

Edsurge

Most importantly, the user experience and instruction time are now the primary focus rather than how to connect products. How did this advancement happen? Now, this integration can take just a few minutes. That results in massive time and cost savings.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

But school district leaders are not of one mind of how to best spend the money. Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Cyber attacks a serious, and under-reported, threat to Boulder Valley companies | Boulder Daily Camera → Specific to the Boulder, CO-area, but useful overview of cybersecurity trends.

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100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033

Shake Up Learning

Overview : “Teach students how to maximize their creativity by turning them into creators as they write, illustrate, and verbalize their own stories. Students need a platform to show who they are as authors. ” Here’s how it works: Create assignments. BONUS 1: How to Design Google PD That Works.

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What’s New

techlearning

The partnership will expand access to webinars, articles, and other resources designed to support teachers on how to best use technology for learning and teaching. The hub allows for comprehensive edtech management, informed decision making and increased transparency in purchasing for schools and districts.