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Highlighting the Inequities of Education That Our Children Face
Elliott Levine is the Director of Worldwide Education at Qualcomm Technologies, and he shared his thoughts about the inequities that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed in education. “The pandemic has only highlighted the inequities of education that our children face. In the U.S., alone, 12 million students still lack a computer, internet access or both…
The Prodcast: Introducing Qorta University: SambaSafety Release Notes
Like the rest of your workforce, hiring and retaining talented drivers for your company can be time-consuming and costly – but the alternative can be even more so. Business leaders understand the value of retaining their best drivers, but what’s the best way to do so? The experts at Samba Safety have considered this…
Why Universities Are Partnering With Employers on Credential Programs
Since the start of the pandemic, employers started partnering with universities to provide credentialing programs on a large scale. Credly found that companies building their curriculums and providing credentials are up 83 percent. IBM, Google, and HubSpot are just a few of the giants that have jumped on the trend. Why are universities just starting…
The Weekly Scale: April 12th, 2021
This week at MarketScale, we explored how 5G is being brought to life, the infrastructure that will power it, and why the edge might be the answer. We also sat down with a global fashion leader, picked an Adobe exec’s brain about the future of education, and more. It’s the start of a new…
Schools Face Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to Accelerate Learning
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. School districts across the country are receiving new COVID…
How One EdTech Company Wants to Remove Community Stressors
COVID didn’t just have a physical impact on our population; the longterm mental health effects of mass social isolation are still up in the air. But it’s clear that for students, mental health effects were tangible as they tried to maneuver shifts in learning settings, expectations, and little to no interaction classic support systems. This…
Why Credentialing Platforms Have to Fill the Void in Job Skills that Universities Are Creating
Numbers are up across the board for employer-based credential programs as companies develop a robust parallel higher education infrastructure. Research out of credentialing platform Credly found that the number of organizations building their own curriculum and issuing credentials is up 83% since the start of COVID in 2020. Big players like Google, IBM, and HubSpot…
How Adobe Education is Fueling Creativity in the Classroom
Would this massive shift to remote working and learning have worked without Adobe digital tools like PDFs and Portfolio? The way that Mala Sharma, VP & GM Creative Cloud Product, Marketing and Community at Adobe explains it, we don’t think so. In this episode of EdTech Today, Mala details the pandemic moves and methodologies of…
The Challenges Facing K-12 Education
Ron Stefanski, Executive Director for Centric Learning, spoke about the importance of the challenge and the opportunity that’s facing us in K-12 education. “It’s the difference between spending our future and investing our future. The challenges of COVID haven’t created the problems in our schools and, with teaching our students and delivering on our…
Empowering the Future of Education with Cutting-Edge Technology
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. Technology should be a supportive player in the world…
Flowcast: How Trillium Flow Technologies Addresses Old and New Energy Challenges
Anyone who has tracked the energy industry over the past decade can affirm just how much the market has changed. But, in all that time, many legacy companies remain at the top of their field. How do these companies adapt to this constantly changing environment, and what can other energy professionals learn from them?…
District Leaders on What K-12 Schools Will Look Like Post-Pandemic
For Doug Roberts, Co-Founder and CEO of The Institute for Education Innovation (IEI), it was go big or go home in 2020 with hosting actual in-person events, with actual school district leaders. With some of his and his team’s own use of innovation, they pulled it off. In this episode of EdTech Today, Doug talks…
The Weekly Scale: April 5th 2021
This week at MarketScale, we looked at the future of AI in career growth with Silicon Valley, sat down with giants of education, and dug into the supply chain’s biggest logistical road blocks. Gear up for April showers. It’s the start of a new week, and it’s time to scale up. When the pandemic reduced…
The Power of Helping Students Discover Their Voice
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. Technology to support the learning experience is wide-ranging, and…
How Educators Should Prepare for a Post-Pandemic Classroom Environment
With the signing of the American Rescue Plan Act, a portion of the $1.9-trillion federal relief fund will be directed into the nation’s educational system. However, the challenges faced by educators all over the country aren’t over yet. School leaders must now maneuver through the law’s requirements and strategize the best way to use the…
Leaving the SAT Behind and Reshaping Professional Tutoring & Test Prep Work
The Fiske Guide to Colleges announced it would no longer report SAT or ACT scores. As one of the most trusted college guides, the move comes amid a flurry of institutions deciding they will also ignore the scores, at least for 2021. Research from FairTest shows 1,700 schools make the scores optional for prospective students…
How Can Employee Training Take Advantage of Online Tutoring Services?
There is good reason that Myles Hunter, Co-founder and CEO of TutorMe, was accepted into the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invitation-only community for the world’s most successful entrepreneurs 45 and younger, this year. His online tutoring solution has not only accelerated during the pandemic but has the potential to further transform higher education. In…
Establishing the Most Reliable Model for Re-Imagining Education
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. Synergies often bring together the ideal parts, which can…
Can the SAT and ACT Evolve Past A Barrier-To-Entry Test?
With many colleges already opting out, the Fiske Guide to Colleges will no longer report SAT and ACT score ranges. The Guide found irrelevancy when it comes to the accuracy, usefulness, and validity of the scores. While the pandemic caused some schools to shift, at least temporarily, some schools are doing it because they find…
Standardized Testing’s Impact on Student and Educator Psychology
COVID-19 has had a lasting impact on education around the globe – and it might be time to take a hard look at whether or not traditional standardized testing is up to the task of preparing learners for this new world. More legacy institutions and education organizations are distancing themselves from the SAT and…
The Greater Costs of Not Investing in Workforce Development
The way we work is going through a fundamental transformation accelerated by the pandemic. Many had to work remotely or change careers, and it caused millions of jobs to disappear altogether. To keep the workforce afloat, employers and governmental institutions are adjusting to the learning curve. To prepare the future workforce, efforts need to…
Learning Loss and Transforming Education
Transforming Education is a moral imperative if we believe that a high-quality education is the birthright of every student. We must bring together a coalition of the willing to advance systemic changes in learning. Otherwise, we risk allowing this pandemic to set us back at a time when we have the resources and the means…
Ramping Up Services for Students
How do you tackle COVID response, the misnomer that is “learning loss,” artificial intelligence, digital platforms and pedagogy, plus Rodney Dangerfield in 25 minutes? In this episode of EdTech Today, DreamBox Learning CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson addresses all of that and more. DreamBox Learning, the K-8 digital math company that pioneered Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ technology, recently…
Do College Admissions Need to be Disrupted?
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. The process of applying to college continues to get…
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