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New York state has launched an emergency fund to provide an estimated 50,000 students with free internet access.
04/01/2021
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Two-thirds of people in the education sector expect to see a continuation of remote work post-pandemic. Sixty-five percent of respondents in education agreed that due to the success of remote collaboration, facilitated by videoconferencing, their organizations are considering a flexible remote working model, according to a survey from Zoom.
03/29/2021
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Hall Technologies has introduced HIVE Cloud Control, a new suite for managing AV assets, including legacy hardware and IP-enabled and wireless devices. Under one subscription a school or college can control any number of rooms and AV devices.
03/23/2021
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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