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Ed-tech and activism are reinventing education on 30 under 30

January 6, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports

This is the era of the edu-preneur, when being a K-12 or higher ed professional can mean anything from cofounding a start-up with excess of $50 million in…

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Google teams With GM, Honda, and Audi to bring Android to cars

January 6, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports

That kid—the one in the back of the SUV with the iPad—is the automotive industry’s worst enemy, Businessweek reports.

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Clash of the Titans! Inside Microsoft’s battle to foil the NSA

December 19, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

After the NSA scandal broke this summer, revealing that the U.S. spy agency was eavesdropping wholesale on the most popular services on the web, Microsoft turned to five…

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Comcast, Khan Academy aim multimillion-dollar partnership at low-income families

December 17, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

As much as Khan Academy has promised “a free world-class education for everyone everywhere,” the reality is that many of the 10 million people reached monthly by its…

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Clever gets $10 million from sequoia to provide a standardized API for school data

December 9, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Clever launched about a year and a half ago to provide a standardized API for K-12 schools that allows them to unlock and share data with outside developers,…

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National Geographic offers up over 500 maps through Google Maps engine’s public data program

December 6, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Google is launching an initiative to let organizations share their map data with the public, via Google’s Maps product and cloud-based infrastructure, and today partner National Geographic announced…

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Microsoft revamps Imagine Cup, adds worldwide semifinals and new challenges

December 4, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Microsoft's Imagine Cup is one of the world's largest software development competitions aimed at students, TechCrunch reports.

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VINCI offers blended learning for pre-K

January 22, 2014December 1, 2013 by ESchool News Staff

Technology entrepreneur Dr. Dan D. Yang already had achieved fame within the world of physics, having earned close to 20 U.S. patents—some of which became the standard for…

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Teachers, technology & talent: Could education be an untapped investment opportunity?

November 26, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

My mother was an English teacher. My Father an art teacher. My sister is a modern languages teacher. One could say that the ABCs are my DNA, the…

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Infographic: Tech planning vs. zombies

November 20, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Most people would rather face a zombie apocalypse than build and implement a district-wide technology initiative, according to Atomic Learning.

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AT&T giving $1.6 million for New York kids’ computing classes

November 15, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Telecom giant AT&T will donate $1.6 million for New York City schools to fund computer coding classes and internships for about 1,200 students, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday.

STEM & STEAM

Better STEM education, training needed for mismatched workers

November 15, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Boeing is not bluffing about its need for skilled workers or for Washington state to commit to continuous investment in skills training and an educational pipeline that promotes…

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How can students be successful in a high stakes world?

November 13, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

When asking an audience of parents what attributes they value, Stanford educator and author Denise Pope heard things like critical thinking, creativity, and well-being. Most parents indicated they…

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Advent of Google means we must rethink our approach to education

November 11, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Guardian reports: Would a person with good handwriting, spelling and grammar and instant recall of multiplication tables be considered a better candidate for a job than, say,…

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Zuck’s first major ed-tech investment? Panorama Education, the brainchild of a Yale coder

November 6, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

When Aaron Feuer was in high school, he helped write a bill for students to give feedback on their classes, VentureBeat reports.

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The hottest job skill is…

October 31, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Army, NYPD and State Department can't get enough workers with this job skill, CNN reports.

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iPads hold a staggering 94% of the education market for tablets

October 30, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Apple says it had its best quarter ever in education sales, selling more than $1 billion worth of products, Mashable reports.

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Why hasn’t the tech industry disrupted the textbook industry yet?

November 5, 2013October 29, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

My view is that the innovation required for textbooks is far beyond what most companies are doing, Forbes reports.

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Should business education be free?

October 10, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

It’s hardly surprising that the appeal of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) continues to grow, Forbes reports.

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Can startups disrupt the slow-moving education market?

October 9, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

This is the era of the edu-preneur, when being a K-12 or higher ed professional can mean anything from cofounding a start-up with excess of $50 million in…

That kid—the one in the back of the SUV with the iPad—is the automotive industry’s worst enemy, Businessweek reports.

After the NSA scandal broke this summer, revealing that the U.S. spy agency was eavesdropping wholesale on the most popular services on the web, Microsoft turned to five…

As much as Khan Academy has promised “a free world-class education for everyone everywhere,” the reality is that many of the 10 million people reached monthly by its…

Clever launched about a year and a half ago to provide a standardized API for K-12 schools that allows them to unlock and share data with outside developers,…

Google is launching an initiative to let organizations share their map data with the public, via Google’s Maps product and cloud-based infrastructure, and today partner National Geographic announced…

Microsoft's Imagine Cup is one of the world's largest software development competitions aimed at students, TechCrunch reports.

Technology entrepreneur Dr. Dan D. Yang already had achieved fame within the world of physics, having earned close to 20 U.S. patents—some of which became the standard for…

My mother was an English teacher. My Father an art teacher. My sister is a modern languages teacher. One could say that the ABCs are my DNA, the…

Most people would rather face a zombie apocalypse than build and implement a district-wide technology initiative, according to Atomic Learning.

Telecom giant AT&T will donate $1.6 million for New York City schools to fund computer coding classes and internships for about 1,200 students, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday.

Boeing is not bluffing about its need for skilled workers or for Washington state to commit to continuous investment in skills training and an educational pipeline that promotes…

When asking an audience of parents what attributes they value, Stanford educator and author Denise Pope heard things like critical thinking, creativity, and well-being. Most parents indicated they…

The Guardian reports: Would a person with good handwriting, spelling and grammar and instant recall of multiplication tables be considered a better candidate for a job than, say,…

When Aaron Feuer was in high school, he helped write a bill for students to give feedback on their classes, VentureBeat reports.

The Army, NYPD and State Department can't get enough workers with this job skill, CNN reports.

Apple says it had its best quarter ever in education sales, selling more than $1 billion worth of products, Mashable reports.

My view is that the innovation required for textbooks is far beyond what most companies are doing, Forbes reports.

It’s hardly surprising that the appeal of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) continues to grow, Forbes reports.

Every year, schools spend billions of dollars on supplies and instructional materials and staff, Mind/Shift reports.

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