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The Future Engineer program funds computer science courses at more than 2,000 high schools, according to Amazon. The goal is to support students in underserved and underrepresented communities.
02/20/2020
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Epson will be rolling out seven new education projectors in its PowerLite line this spring. The new models range from budget classroom projectors to network projectors.
02/20/2020
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Kajeet, which produces a device delivering wireless Internet access to students who lack broadband connectivity, has expanded its selling options.
02/20/2020
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Students attending schools that belong to the High School Esports League (HSEL) will be eligible for "For the Gamers" scholarships being granted by eFuse. So far, slightly more than $200,000 have been donated, almost all of that by eFuse, which operates a social network for esports and video games.
02/20/2020
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Special education and STEM were two areas where the shortages have been "persistent."
02/19/2020
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Instructure's CEO will step down in a couple of weeks after the latest purchase agreement with Thoma Bravo is complete.
02/18/2020
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Under the program, students progress from grade to grade at their own pace, based on mastery of concepts and skills laid out in Florida's Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.
02/18/2020
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Upcoming funding opportunities for schools
02/17/2020
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Continuing with our blogs that investigate SEL (social and emotional learning), in this week’s post, we explore the role that the classroom teacher can play in helping our children develop those critically important social and emotional skills and habits. The blogpost is written by a noted expert on children, teachers, and education, Dr. Shelja Sen, who is based in Delhi, India and is a co-founder of ChildrenFirst, a center that provides children with mental health care solutions.
02/17/2020
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In a revised agreement announced this morning, venture capital company Thoma Bravo has increased its offer to acquire Instructure, from the prior $47.60 per share to a “best and final offer” of $49 per share in cash.
02/14/2020
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The number of opportunities in esports has nearly doubled year over year.
02/13/2020
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A reading interventionist at a Washington state school recently received a grant to acquire audiobooks for her elementary students.
02/13/2020
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Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Mid-Atlantic is working with the Maryland State Department of Education to develop a tool that tracks services and engagement received by schools that need the most improvement.
02/13/2020
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Instructure's pending acquisition by venture capital company Thoma Bravo has fallen through for now.
02/13/2020
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When we discuss STEM education, it's easy to focus on acts of teaching and learning. But if our vision of STEM is only confined to the classroom, we risk ignoring a large portion of what the true essence of STEM education is all about. It is more than just a collection of subjects taught in isolation. In its truest form, STEM is a state of mind: a practice of critical thinking and problem-solving that learners engage in throughout life.
02/12/2020
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Should lead teachers in early childhood education have their own credential? A new feasibility study is underway to research the practicality of that idea.
02/12/2020
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Sony revealed a range of new AV gear for schools at the ISE 2020 conference taking place in Amsterdam this week. That includes five new laser projectors, with one offering a brightness of 13,000 lumens.
02/11/2020
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Later this year a free tool will appear to help school IT organizations get internet speed and pricing information on K-12 broadband connectivity across the United States using publicly available data from the federal Schools and Libraries Program (E-rate).
02/11/2020