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To Address the ‘Homework Gap,’ Is It Time to Revamp Federal Connectivity Programs? By Jeffrey R. Young
08/31/24
One of the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic was that many families didn’t have reliable internet access at home. As schools closed and classes moved online, educators rushed to improvise solutions for families without robust connections, setting up mobile Wi-Fi access points in school buses, sendi -
Are Educators a Natural Fit for Public Office? These Candidates Think So By Emily Tate Sullivan
08/30/24
When Tim Walz was announced as Kamala Harris’ running mate earlier this month, his ascendancy helped to elevate the idea of educators serving in public office.
Walz, who served several terms in Congress before becoming the governor of Minnesota in 2018, is a former high school social st -
Brija Johnson leads new program that expands UCLA’s entrepreneurial ties in the region by Madeline Adamo
08/29/24
The process of commercializing solutions coming out of UCLA starts long before the paperwork and lawyers. Bringing the campus’s innovations to market, and ensuring its growth and service to the community, begins with the people who sow seeds of collaboration between Bruin networks and who see to i -
Should High School Students Do Academic Research? By Maggie Hicks
08/29/24
A growing number of high school students are looking for opportunities to do academic research, hoping to add ‘published author’ to their list of achievements when they apply to colleges.
Just look on popular Facebook groups and Reddit threads for tips on getting into selective colleg -
Cellphone Ban, More Pay, ‘Disruptive Students’: New State Laws Address Teacher Priorities By Nadia Tamez-Robledo
08/28/24
There are plenty of changes teachers say could help them do their jobs better, such as adequate planning time and support for their well-being.
Louisiana’s Department of Education decided to tackle some of these challenges by bringing together a group of teachers to recommend solutions -
Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline? By Daniel Mollenkamp
08/27/24
When Jacob, a 10th grader with vision impairment, signed up for an AP class, it made him feel like a castaway.
His ambitions to learn were thwarted because his teacher had assigned handouts and a three-week-long lesson plan that relied on a website that wasn’t easy for him to navigate. -
This $90M Education Research Project Is Banking on Data Privacy to Drive Insights By Nadia Tamez-Robledo
08/26/24
With digital education platforms generating data on how millions of students are learning, they are also sitting on veritable information gold mines for researchers who are trying to improve education.
An ethical and legal conundrum stands in the way: how to responsibly share that data wi -
Is It Fair and Accurate for AI to Grade Standardized Tests? By Nadia Tamez-Robledo
08/24/24
Texas is turning over some of the scoring process of its high-stakes standardized tests to robots.
News outlets have detailed the rollout by the Texas Education Agency of a natural language processing program, a form of artificial intelligence, to score the written portion of standardized -
Teacher Layoffs Are Coming as Pandemic Relief Money for Schools Dries Up By Nadia Tamez-Robledo
08/23/24
As school boards prepare to approve their budgets for the fall, many are grappling with how to make up for the yawning chasm left by the loss of federal pandemic-relief dollars.
In many cases, that means educator layoffs are coming. But the ESSER “funding cliff” — the fall deadline -
How To Teach AI by Rachelle Dené Poth
08/22/24
I have always enjoyed being able to share ideas of what I’m doing in my classroom or something that I have learned with other educators and with my students so that I can also learn from them. For years I was writing blogs or presenting at conferences about what I was using in my classroom, whethe -
Tech's Favorite School Faces Its Biggest Test: the Real World
08/21/24
Personalized learning has taken off in high-powered charter schools. Now proponents are faced with figuring out how to make it work for everyone.
On lengths of yarn stretched between chairs, sixth-grade math students were placing small yellow squares of paper, making number lines—includ -
‘Four walls don’t make a classroom’: Joe Way is leading the charge to transform learning technology by Madeline Adamo
08/21/24
On paper, Joe Way’s job at UCLA might sound like he’s implementing wall-sized transparent computer screens and holographic telepresence on campus. And if that technology were readily available today, there’s no doubt he would be bringing it to Westwood.
Until then, UCLA’s executi -
India’s Physics Wallah raises $210M at $2.8B valuation even as edtech funding remains scarce by Manish Singh
08/20/24
Physics Wallah, an Indian edtech startup, has secured $210 million in fresh financing amid a tough funding environment for edtech companies in the country following the collapse of Byju’s, once the biggest company in the space.
Physics Wallah said on Friday the Series B round was led by -
Nurture teaches kids important life skills through interactive gameplay and entertainment by Lauren Forristal
08/19/24
Parents understand the challenge of keeping young kids engaged in online learning. Nurture is a new app designed for children aged 4 to 7 that features interactive content and games to capture their interest. The company’s mission is to equip children with critical life skills such as socializing, -
The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained by Ivan Mehta
08/18/24
The world of WordPress, one of the most popular technologies for creating and hosting websites, is going through a very heated controversy. The core issue is the fight between WordPress founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine, which hosts websites built on WordPress.
WordP -
High Schoolers in UNLV's IT Pipeline Program Reflect on Lessons Learned
08/17/24
Juan Mejia Garcia will enter his senior year at Shadow Ridge High School with new programming and web development skills that allowed him to create his first website, thanks to a UNLV program that connects students like him with opportunities to develop those skills.
Last month, Mejia Gar -
How Unico uses OCI to aid underserved homebuyers
08/17/24
By Leo Leung, Group Vice President, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Technology
Unico Housing Finance is a new-age housing finance company formed in 2023 to help customers with limited credit history or banking experience in purchasing or building homes. The Chennai-based company tu -
Security compliance startup Drata lays off 9% of its workforce by Paul Sawers
08/16/24
Drata, a security compliance automation platform that helps companies adhere to frameworks such as SOC 2 and GDPR, has laid off 9% of its workforce, amounting to 40 people.
Founded in 2020, Drata integrates with dozens of clouds, SaaS apps, developer tools, security systems, and more, hel -
How to Become an EdTech Visionary Without Really Trying By Frederick M. Hess
08/15/24
A few weeks back, I penned a back-to-school essay for National Review reflecting on education technology’s constant cycles of hype and subsequent disappointment. (Remember when giving every student a cell phone in school was the height of forward thinking?) I sometimes wonder how much of this is r -
The Role of EdTech in Developing Media Literacy and Understanding in Students by Sam Bowman
08/14/24
Educational technology, or EdTech, is a crucial tool that provides students with exciting opportunities. However, without proper guidance, technology can pose threats like cyberbullying and fake news to students. Before integrating EdTech into your classroom, students must acquire media literacy ski -
Enhancing School Safety Through Holistic Science Training and Solutions by EdCircuit Staff
08/13/24
School safety is of utmost importance in ensuring a secure and conducive learning environment for students and staff. One crucial aspect of school safety is science safety, which requires a comprehensive and integrated approach to address potential risks and hazards in laboratory and instructional s -
What’s Behind the Explosion of Apprenticeships in Early Childhood Education? By Emily Tate Sullivan
08/12/24
Tiaja Gundy was just 19 years old when she started working at Federal Hill House, an early learning center in Providence, Rhode Island. It was 2016, and back then, she lacked experience and expertise working with young children. She had no intention of staying in the field long-term.
But -
AI Chatbots Reflect Cultural Biases. Can They Become Tools to Alleviate Them? By Jeffrey R. Young
08/11/24
Jeremy Price was curious to see whether new AI chatbots including ChatGPT are biased around issues of race and class. So he devised an unusual experiment to find out.
Price, who is an associate professor of technology, innovation, and pedagogy in urban education at Indiana University, wen -
Putting People First as Higher Ed Grapples With AI By Mordecai I. Brownlee
08/09/24
The urgency for higher education institutions to integrate and create policies for using AI technology in the classroom is rapidly increasing. Colleges also must adequately account for its impact on their current and future workforce.
I believe that placing people, not technology, at the -
AI Is Disrupting Professions That Require College Degrees. How Should Higher Ed Respond? By Jeffrey R. Young
08/08/24
The latest wave of AI tools like ChatGPT seem certain to disrupt the workplace in the years ahead — and the most-disrupted professions may be ones that require college degrees. That presents an unprecedented challenge for colleges already struggling to prove their value.
A study publish -
To Address Climate Anxiety, Consider How Students Get Their News on the Issue By Alison J. Head
08/07/24
College students around the world have deep-seated fears, if not despair about the existential threat of climate change — fears they may have harbored since childhood. As the frequency of severe weather events increases and the Earth’s temperature inches upward, emotions have intensified for a l -
Scaling Evidence-Based Solutions for Learning Recovery By Abbie Misha
08/06/24
Since the pandemic, the urgency of designing and scaling evidence-based products to support learning recovery has become more pronounced. Educational institutions are grappling with unprecedented disruptions and widening achievement gaps, making the need for effective, research-backed interventions -
USDS alum Lynn Overmann talks priorities in new role as Beeck Center’s director By Natalie Alms
08/04/24
Just over half a year after Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation lost its former director Cori Zarek to the deputy director post at the White House’s U.S. Digital Service, another USDS-er, Lynn Overmann, is joining the center as its new leader.
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Georgetown and UNHCR Collaborate on Big Data and Forced Displacement Project by Georgetown University
08/03/24
Georgetown and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have formed a new partnership to blend traditional and new forms of data to better understand and predict mass movements of forcibly displaced populations.
The collaboration could help governments, NGOs -
Innovation, Policy and Ethics Topics of Inaugural Tech & Society Week by Georgetown University
08/02/24
In a week full of panels, workshops, book talks and mixers, the Georgetown Tech & Society Initiative convened students, faculty and other experts to consider pressing issues at the intersection of technology and society.
The week’s events tackled topics ranging from tech policy and -
Syracuse University Leads Higher Education Consortium as Part of $40M Award to Advance Central New York’s Semiconductor Manufacturing Capabilities
08/01/24
A new $40 million award for the New York Semiconductor Manufacturing and Research Technology Innovation Corridor (NY SMART I-Corridor) was announced yesterday by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer at a press conference in Syracuse hosted by INFICON. Syracuse University will lead the NY SMAR
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To Address the ‘Homework Gap,’ Is It Time to Revamp Federal Connectivity Programs? By Jeffrey R. Young
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