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Schools Use Trial and Error for Choosing Edtech, But They Don’t Have to

ED Surge

If a team digging a tunnel in Tennessee discovers unusual soil conditions and attempts an innovative approach to managing those conditions, federal coordination and information management makes it possible for teams in, say, Arkansas and elsewhere around the country to access those lessons learned when they discover similar soil conditions.

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Coding coalition inspires Idaho students

STEMx

Pre-COVID, our team and other employee volunteers spent a lot of time visiting schools, attending conferences and hosting events to help meet these goals. This program is designed to help students explore a passion for cybersecurity or computer science, win recognition for their schools and qualify to win prizes and scholarship money.

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Grading in my Discrete Mathematics class: a 3x3x3 reflection

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

Some students talked about how the very idea of social interaction was tiring and difficult for them, having spent a year doing college or high school online with minimal back-and-forth with live humans. Others had great internal struggles with emails and discussion board posts, owing to their bad experiences in online school.