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What You Need to Know Now 4/30/2019

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  • Funding Is Top Roadblock to AR & VR in Schools

    The education sector is forecast to spend more than $6 billion annually on augmented and virtual reality technologies by 2023. Funding for the technologies remains a major hurdle to adoption, but price points for equipment are dropping rapidly.

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  • Students Want More Out-of-Box, Creative Approaches in Math Instruction

    What would entice teens to get more immersed in STEM topics? A survey of 16- to 18-year-olds suggested that teaching out of the box, more use of humor, pushing fun science projects and competitions and relating math to real-life activities would work for them.

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  • Climate Change Needs a Seat in U.S. Classrooms

    A big majority of Americans believe U.S. classrooms need to teach climate change, even if politicians don't always agree. In two polls done by media nonprofit NPR and survey company Ipsos — one among teachers and the other among parents — almost nine in 10 teachers (86 percent) and a solid eight in 10 parents (80 percent) agreed that the subject should be taught. Overall, nearly three-quarters of people (74 percent) do believe the climate is changing.

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  • Helping Parents Learn Tech Too

    Every month this 1-to-1 district in Texas hosts parents in a "technology academy" to help them understand the digital world their students inhabit.

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