The Yale Child Study Center and Scholastic launched the Yale Child Study Center-Scholastic Collaborative for Child & Family Resilience. It focuses on research around the intersection of literacy and health across education content areas including early childhood, social emotional learning and teaching, equity and social justice, family and community engagement, and more. The Yale Child […]
Designed for users of all experience levels and abilities, each AI-in-a-Box provides curriculum, hardware and software for schools and teachers to provide 10 hours of STEAM and project-based education. It teaches six key concepts of artificial intelligence, including visual recognition, facial recognition and more. ReadyAI, the first teacher-friendly K12 Artificial Intelligence (AI) education company, announced […]
Nearpod, an instructional technology company, has teamed up with Agora Cyber Charter School to deploy the company's more than 6,500 lessons with K12 teachers across Pennsylvania. The charter school provides full-time, tuition-free, public schooling for students through online instruction provided by teachers who lead classes remotely. Nearpod, the instructional technology partner helping districts and schools […]
Through its Exceptional Child Online Professional Development System, Vector Solutions will enhance the Kelly Education Practice’s special needs service offerings with specialized training and professional development opportunities for temporary professionals for special needs classrooms. Kelly Services, a global provider of workforce solutions, today announced a new partnership between the Kelly Education Practice, the nation’s largest […]
The University of Florida College of Engineering received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide professional development for K9 STEM teachers in 11 Florida school districts. It will focus specifically on teaching educators about the use of, and lesson planning for, data gathering and data analytics.
Knightscope, Inc., a developer of advanced physical security technologies focused on enhancing U.S. security operations, has selected Clovis USD in California as its beta testing location for a suite of new technologies under development, including autonomous security robots. Knightscope, Inc., a developer of advanced physical security technologies focused on enhancing U.S. security operations, today announced […]
Microsoft is committing $10 million between now and 2020 to help Code.org provide teachers with professional development on computer science (CS), and to promote CS-friendly policies at the state level, between now and 2020. A YouGov survey found 88 percent of the participating K12 teachers agreed CS is critical to student success in the workplace, but […]
High school students who train for the tech industry gain computer literacy skills and higher wages, Michigan officials say. They are also likely to pass Advanced Placement computer exams, according to the Talent and Economic Development Department. The agency promotes a program that pairs tech industry professionals with high school teachers to prepare students for […]
Following the announcement that Amazon will build a new second headquarters in Virginia, Gov. Ralph Northam said the state will expand its “tech talent pipeline.” The state will invest an additional $25 million to provide ongoing professional development to teachers, develop new curriculum and resources, support summer and after-school programming, and implement work-based learning opportunities […]
Intelitek made several updates to CoderZ, its online learning environment where students in grades 5-12 learn STEM by coding real and virtual 3D robots. Additions include the Cyber Robotics 101 course and a new heatmap tool. Smart Blocks allows users to create functions/subroutines using a Blockly visual code editor. Following the recent success of its […]
