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A big part of the "learning loss" being identified for K-12 students is due to family income. They can't afford the technology required for continuous access to classes, teachers and study resources.
03/23/2021
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Apple today launched Apple Teacher Portfolio, a new recognition badge available through Apple Teacher Learning Center. The company also updated its Schoolwork and Classroom apps, as well as its Everyone Can Create curriculum.
03/23/2021
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Overall, students felt more positive about online learning in the fall than they did in the spring, according to a recent report.
03/18/2021
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A new study has found no basis to the idea that drawing top students into teacher education programs will damage program diversity.
03/18/2021
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District digital initiatives have included a 1-to-1 device program, to provide students with iPads, Windows devices and Chromebooks, and a virtual "Backpack of Success Skills" platform for students, to demonstrate learning and collect artifacts such as pictures and video with Google tools. Assessments are done online. And the schools 3,000-plus IP-connected cameras with gunshot recognition capabilities and electronic access control.
03/18/2021
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A national nonprofit has developed a way to assess how well a school is supporting the student-teacher-family relationship.
03/18/2021
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LEGO Education, the education arm of the toy company, has launched free professional development, to help teachers learn how to embed play and hands-on learning into their STEAM lessons.
03/16/2021
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American schools suffered 408 information security attacks in 2020, according to the public disclosures they made. That was 18% higher than districts experienced in 2019.
03/10/2021
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New research has confirmed that students in grades K-8 are experiencing learning loss in math and reading due to COVID-19 disruptions.
03/09/2021
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In terms of overall spend, the United States tops every other country in education, investing $1.3 trillion across all levels. That's more than seven times the next top contender, Germany, which spends $189.4 billion on education. However, we're only number 8 in terms of education spending as a percentage of the gross domestic product.
03/09/2021
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Managing classrooms in today’s distance-learning environment has changed and has taken on new importance since the pandemic hit.
03/09/2021
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A Canadian company that has created a kit to help students do climate projects" has found a distributor that will make it available in other countries too. InkSmith has signed a global distribution agreement to sell its Climate Action Kit with Farnell, which distributes electronic components.
02/24/2021
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Starting now, electric school buses from IC Bus, a subsidiary of Navistar, will be adding WiFi as a standard feature, in a new agreement with Kajeet, a company that produces devices for internet access in education.
02/24/2021
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K-12 students aren't the only ones who have experienced learning loss due to the pandemic. According to new research, children ages 3 to 5 have also lost important learning opportunities over the last year.
02/24/2021
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Renaissance is adding to its portfolio of ed tech companies with the acquisition of Nearpod.
02/24/2021
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A company has begun publishing online courses to help students learn about artificial intelligence. AI World School, launched by a company that produces robotics products for education, has developed a set of classes appropriate for three age ranges: 7 to 10, 11 to 13 and 14 and older.
02/24/2021
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Google just announced that the education world would see 40 new Chromebooks along with accessibility improvements during this year.
02/17/2021
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K-12 educators haven't, for the most part, received basic cybersecurity training. Just 43 percent said their schools had provided such training, while 48 percent said they hadn't and eight percent said they didn't know or weren't sure.
02/17/2021