News of particular interest to teachers.
California’s Project Lead the Way (PLTW) team is achieving unprecedented growth in California. The PLTW network in California has six regional hubs, four affiliate universities, and nearly 700 schools. Of those 700 schools, almost half will offer PLTW for the first time this fall. The number of PLTW schools has doubled between the 2013-14 and
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Adobe has committed over $300 million in software and professional development services to the White House’s ConnectED initiative. As part of this $2 billion+ effort from the private sector, Adobe will deliver creative tools and teacher professional development to schools across the United States—all with the goal of helping youth express their creativity and build
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Two conferences in Southern California this month will empower classroom teachers to innovate their practice and engage students. Education’s Grand Challenges – GIS Opportunities July 12 – 15 at Marriot Marquis & Marina, San Diego This Esri Education GIS Conference provides unique learning opportunities to help you and your educational institution maximize its investment in
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Educational technologies that didn’t exist two years ago are having a great impact on how students learn when school districts adopt a 1-to-1 (student/device) computing strategy. Two California organizations, Google and CUE (formerly called Computer Using Educators) are providing leadership and support to enable open technologies “to improve learning for everyone, everywhere.” In a recent
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