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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
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For the first time, a majority of elementary teacher education programs have adopted the tenets of reading science in their curriculum.
02/11/2020
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A British school that works with people who have severe autism is turning to virtual reality to help its students try out new experiences.
02/11/2020
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In a national online survey of 1,246 coaches, administrators and teachers, nearly nine in 10 said they found value in coaching as a form of professional development. More than half (52 percent) said it was "highly" or "very" valuable to them. And exactly half reported that coaching had a positive impact on their practice to a "large" or "great" extent.
02/10/2020
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The Character Tree is offering free subscriptions to its Black History Month video resources through the end of the school year.
02/10/2020
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Upcoming funding opportunities for schools
02/10/2020
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Discovery Education and Siemens have opened the 2020 Possibility Grant Sweepstakes, which will award $10,000 to one educator that can be used for “a science lab makeover and/or STEM-related equipment, supplies, or technology.”
02/10/2020
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The U.S. Department of Education has grant money to issue to for-profit ed tech companies.
02/06/2020
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Six school systems have announced the introduction of esports teams in the last month.
02/06/2020
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PlayVS and Epic Games are launching a Fortnite league for high school and college. In response, at least one state has nixed the playing of varsity Fortnite in high schools because the game's weaponry includes guns.
02/06/2020
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Acer has introduced new additions to its Chromebook, Windows and esports lines.
02/06/2020
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zSpace has added MEL Science's chemistry courses to its augmented and virtual education platform, which can run on a laptop or the zSpace AiO Pro.
02/05/2020
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SpringboardVR has introduced a VR product bundle with a dozen "tried-and-true" titles, as well as lesson guides for use by teachers and software for managing the devices.
02/04/2020
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An education technology company that produces a virtual robotics platform to help middle schoolers learn coding and robotics basics has released a sequel to its original set of curricula.
02/04/2020