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Public broadcasting stations in California have announced plans to support students sequestered at home because of COVID-19 by delivering schedules of daily education television programs that mesh with state learning standards.
03/16/2020
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Today the Coronavirus has left public school systems and private schools scrambling to find alternative ways to continue to educate students for an extended period of time.
03/16/2020
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More than half of the states in the United States have now closed all of their schools, along with all of the largest individual school districts.
03/16/2020
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Upcoming funding opportunities for schools
03/16/2020
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Learning management system company Blackboard has created a self-service portal where schools can immediately subscribe to its digital collaboration platform, Blackboard Collaborate.
03/13/2020
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Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second-largest school district, today announced it would be closing its schools beginning Monday. LAUSD serves more than 730,000 students. The closures are expected to last two weeks.
03/13/2020
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The state closures seem by and large to have been implemented with very little or no coordination with school or district leaders, and none include concrete plans for delivering educational services during the closures.
03/13/2020
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The state of Maryland announced it’s shutting down all public K–12 schools beginning Monday, owing to fears over the Novel Coronavirus, and told administrators and faculty they need to “immediately prepare for, and put into place, measures for the continuity of educational services during this prolonged period of school closure.”
03/12/2020
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The offer applies to three programs: ABCmouse, Adventure Academy and ReadingIQ.
03/12/2020
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Education technology company Kahoot! has begun offering free access to the "premium" version of the program, which allows students to learn through gaming. This move comes in response to the number of schools and colleges that are shifting to online education to minimize face-to-face contact during the coronavirus pandemic.
03/12/2020
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Could a shake-up of the school schedule lead to better learning outcomes?
03/11/2020
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Why does education technology works in some schools and districts but not others?
03/11/2020
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When choosing STEM tools for girls, it is important to choose tools that engage girls in active problem-solving, hands-on learning, building and engineering.
03/10/2020
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Two cybersecurity reports that highlight mobile device risks — one from Verizon and the other from NetScout Systems — have also touched on the education sector in their findings.
03/10/2020
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Worldwide health concerns aside, cybersecurity is the "most daunting challenge," according to a survey of the world's engineers.
03/10/2020
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Blackboard today announced it will sell its Open LMS business to workplace digital learning and talent management company Learning Technologies Group.
03/10/2020
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Teachers with a focus on STEAM turn to social media and websites in great numbers to augment their lessons and for professional development.
03/09/2020
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Upcoming funding opportunities for schools
03/09/2020