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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
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The SXSW EDU conference been canceled owing to fears over the Coronavirus. SXSW EDU is an annual education technology-focused event held in Austin, TX the week before the main SXSW festival, which has also been canceled.
03/06/2020
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If more schools need to close even temporarily in response to Coronavirus (COVID-19), in some places, they may not be able to substitute at-home learning for in-class learning.
03/05/2020
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All categories of computing devices, including tablets, desktops, workstations, laptops and smartphones, will be impacted in 2020 by the Coronavirus and its hit on the supply chain and global economies.
03/04/2020
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Discovery Education has released new resources aimed to help teachers educate students on the Coronavirus.
03/04/2020
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The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) was signed into law in 2018 to provide funding for career and technical education (CTE) programs for young people and adults.
03/04/2020
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An experiential "micro-school" with two campuses in the Seattle area has joined forces with the Flipped Learning Global Initiative to begin developing an "international network of independent micro-schools" that use the flipped model.
03/04/2020