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edsurge | January 20, 2020

In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. With 28 campuses spread across the Southern California district, each managing its own technology decisions, some schools regularly enjoyed the benefits of technology in the classroom, while those in higher poverty areas had minimal tech interaction, if any. District leaders knew that something had to change, and it needed to happen fast. So, in 2015, the “Palmdale Promise” was born. The goal was simple: provi...

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businesswire | December 07, 2020

IHRDC recently delivered two major virtual learning programs for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) a two-week program for 400 Management Graduate Trainees and an eight-week program for 650 Technical Graduate Trainees. The need was stated by Fatima Suraj Yakubu, NNPC’s General Manager Talent, “We have 1,050 recent graduates, isolated at home because of Covid.19, who need to develop strong backgrounds in job-related oil and gas industry topics. We asked ...

educationdive | April 08, 2020

Composer — a free digital resource from High Resolves, Facing History and Ourselves, iCivics, Generation Citizen and Peace First — enables educators to access a variety of citizenship education materials to produce cross-disciplinary instructional “strings,” with guides and suggestions on how students can practice what they’ve learned through real-world experiences. The tool, produced with funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Imaginable Futures, currently...

Blackboard | May 22, 2020

Blackboard Inc., a leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement. Blackboard announced accelerated adoption and implementation of Blackboard Unite for K-12—a holistic suite of virtual learning tools and resources, i...