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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. On the down side, as the technology evolves it will also enable hackers to be more adept at infiltrating systems that store sensitive student data. Today, over 2.9

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Six Practices of Schools and School Districts Marching to Obsolescence

The 21st Century Principal

As Frank Kelly, Ted McCain and Ian Jukes write in their book, Teaching the Digital Generation: No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools , “The most important issue facing schools today is the reluctance of those in control of education to let go of what they are used to, whatever their role in the system.”

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. On the down side, as the technology evolves it will also enable hackers to be more adept at infiltrating systems that store sensitive student data. Today, over 2.9

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BIOZONE’s High School Biology for Texas achieves Top Marks

eSchool News

The review process was created by and for Texas educators to provide rigorous reviews of instructional materials that are independent, objective, comprehensive, and Texas focused. BIOZONE ’s new program: Biology for Texas has fully met expectations and was rated 100% for both TEKS and ELPS by the educator-reviewers at TEA.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Republican lawmakers back bill that would substantially cut tuition and revenue , and seek more student diversity, at five system campuses, four of which are minority-serving institutions.” The company, which provides public radio and related instructional materials to classrooms, has raised $1.55 million total.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all.