California Department of Education Plans to Connect 1 Million Students This Fall
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced today that the California Department of Education (CDE) is collaborating closely with Apple and T-Mobile to connect up to 1 million...
New York State Bets Big on Tech
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week announced approval of 148 Smart Schools Investment Plans aimed at improving school security and reimagining teaching and learning for the 21st century. The...
How to Run an Accessible & Affordable Virtual Conference
Lisa Nielsen is Senior Director of Office of Digital Inclusion for the New York City Department of Education. Her post originally appeared on her personal site The Innovative Educator. As...
University of Arizona Goes Global Online
Today, the University of Arizona (UA) announced its intent to create a new nonprofit entity that will bear the name of The University of Arizona Global Campus and will acquire Ashford University from Zovio Inc....
What We Can Learn from College Student and Faculty Frustration During COVID-19
According to national surveys of more than 1,000 college students and more than 4,000 higher education faculty whose coursework shifted from in-person to remote learning due to COVID-19, student...
Feds Send $180 Million to States Rethinking K-12 Education
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today more than $180 million in new grant funding will be awarded to 11 states rethinking education to better serve students during...
Why Certificates May Overtake College Degrees in the Career Preparation Battle
Even before the pandemic struck, the idea that a college degree was required for a fulfilling and lucrative career was being tested. Now that the world has been thrust...
50% of Prospective Students Much More Likely to Consider Online Programs in Higher Education
2U, Inc. today announced the results of a survey exploring how COVID-19 is impacting the decision-making of prospective students considering entering graduate and undergraduate programs. The data show that,...
New Survey Drills into Employee Concerns for Their Future
Given the severe impact of the coronavirus upon the global economy, it is not surprising that many people are rethinking their work and life priorities. According to DeVry’s Workforce...
K–12 Student Digital Divide Much Larger Than Thought
With the prospect of another distance learning school year on the horizon due to the coronavirus pandemic, a new analysis released this month finds that a full 15 to...
CHLOE 5: The Pivot to Remote Teaching in Spring 2020 and Its Impact
In response to this year’s unprecedented shift to remote learning, Quality Matters and Eduventures Research issued a special edition of the annual Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) Survey....
How Temporary Modular Classrooms Help Schools
Temporary modular classrooms help schools that face a large variety of challenges, from budgets to rapidly ballooning student body sizes, social distancing needs, and aging facilities. These flexible portable modular classroom solutions...
Social-Emotional Learning to Help School Leaders Craft COVID-19 Reopening Plans
NewSchools Venture Fund released a new brief examining multi-year academic data and student self-reports identifying what matters most in social-emotional learning. Partnering with Transforming Education, NewSchools' research hones in...
Education Technology Market Size Worth $285.2 Billion by 2027: Grand View Research, Inc.
The global education technology market size is anticipated to reach USD 285.2 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 18.1% from 2020 to 2027, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc....
How to Prevent Zoom Fatigue for Students Enrolled in Online Learning Classes
As schools and universities around the world grow accustomed to remote learning, people have had to find new ways to communicate and collaborate with students and fellow educators. Naturally,...
Gartner Survey Reveals 82% of Company Leaders Plan to Allow Employees to Work Remotely...
A Gartner, Inc. survey on June 5 of 127 company leaders, representing HR, Legal and Compliance, Finance and Real Estate, revealed 82% of respondents intend to permit remote working...
How to Keep Students Learning During School Renovation
The environment in which a student learns has a drastic impact on their life. The quality of student learning affects retention rates, test scores, and overall academic health. It...
Why ‘Failure’ Shouldn’t Be a Dirty Word in Education
If you talk to anyone who has been successful at reaching their goals, they’ll tell you that they had to allow fear of failure to take a passenger seat...
(Updated) A Master List of University Reopening Plans
As we continue to inch toward the most uncertain year of schooling in recent memory, universities are adopting various strategies to deal with the task of providing a quality...
5 Rules for Modern Business Learning
The new realities of business during the COVID-19 pandemic mean new ways of thinking about work and professional development. Fresh models are emerging that executives need to consider if...
Rural Educators Challenged to Rethink Technology Options for High School Students Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
As part of her continuing charge to state and local education leaders to rethink school, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today a challenge to advance high-quality technology...
What’s Next for Higher Ed This Fall?
Apogee, the only managed services provider focused solely on higher education, today released the first of a five-part series from the company’s new State of Higher Education Strategic Planning 2020...
3 Big Deals in EdTech This Week (July 10)
CampusLogic, the category leader in student financial success, announced that it has acquired RaiseMe, a social enterprise focused on expanding access to higher education, especially among low-income and first-generation...
Land O’Lakes and Partners Launch a Growing Coalition to Close America’s Digital Divide
49 organizations spanning multiple industries announced they have joined forces as part of a new coalition dedicated to helping close America’s digital divide. Convened by farmer-owned cooperative Land O’Lakes, Inc., the...
What Can Your Business Learn from Classrooms?
COVID-19 has presented us with the largest beta test in history when it comes to remote work and learning. UNESCO estimates more than 1.37 billion students in 138 countries,...