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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

ED Surge

We’re evolving from a niche industry to an essential service that’s attracting national media attention and public debate. education and workforce technology companies: Six companies went public at valuations above $1 billion: PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. Altogether, 30 public (or recently public) companies make up the Index.

EdTech 304
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Is AI a Pathway to Better Teaching and Learning?

ED Surge

To achieve a comprehensive understanding, over 50 experts from 20 countries were convened, aiming to provide practical, implementable and secure recommendations for educational institutions. Rethink Homework: Promote self-motivated study outside the classroom, encouraging students to deepen their knowledge at home.

Teaching 200
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8 Ways to Teach Financial Literacy

Cool Cat Teacher

Startup to IPO – Students help take a company from startup to Initial Public Offering (IPO) as students take the role of a consultant. In our student’s future, “big data” means “big opportunities.” Data Science Foundations teaches: Real World – Students learn about the real-world problems a data scientist would solve.

Teaching 238
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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

Futurum

Differential treatment is an example of how economic theories can shape public policies and individual’s opportunities. Is it fair to judge a student from a low-achieving school against a privately-tutored student? On the other hand, the first candidate did not need a job so could spend time on schoolwork.

Economics 111
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Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It

ED Surge

“With other classroom tools, I have to collect the data myself. And the data usually boils down to student grades,” York explains. But TeachFX, she adds, is focused not on her students’ achievements, but instead on her performance as a teacher. She’s taught fifth grade for 25 years in the Aurora Public School system in Colorado.

Research 362
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How can we make future places healthier spaces?

Futurum

This project is investigating how computing, the internet of things and data science can generate information that people can use to make their future places healthier. DATA SCIENCE – encompasses preparing data for analysis, including cleansing, aggregating and manipulating the data to perform advanced data analysis.

IoT 78
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Trends That Are Driving Change

Magic EdTech

English is a widely spoken language in India, so EdTech companies are able to achieve rapid success there. The Gartner report also states that “In response to an increase in highly publicized ransomware attacks, 50% of the MSEs plan to deploy hybrid cloud storage by the end of 2021 to enable resilience in their organizations.”

EdTech 52