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NWEA | August 06, 2020

As millions of students get ready to return to school, school districts are preparing for a large number of them to be learning remotely. This presents a challenge for schools that need to triage the impact of COVID-19 disruptions on learning from this past spring with the cumulated impact of summer break. Teachers will need reliable, quality data on where students are academically to determine best paths forward to customize instruction and overcome learning loss during one of the most tu...

educationdive | April 09, 2020

The U.S. Department of Education intends to immediately distribute about $6 billion in coronavirus relief funding to colleges, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Thursday. Institutions must use this money to provide emergency grants to students who have been disadvantaged by the virus. They will get roughly $6 billion more at an unknown date to use for their expenses related to the coronavirus. The higher education sector is due to receive about $14 billion in federal aid, only a f...

Online Education

Beacon Education | February 22, 2022

Beacon Education, the largest provider of online graduate degrees to China, is proud to announce its newest partner, the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, and the introduction of China's first online Master of Laws (LLM) and Master of Legal Studies (MLS) degrees directly enrolling online cohorts of Chinese working professionals. Beacon's comprehensive services and technology suite will provide fully localized capabilities for University of Arizona Law i...

prnewswire | August 25, 2020

Khiron Life Sciences Corp. a vertically integrated cannabis leader with core operations in Latin America and Europe, announced that it has signed an agreement with Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society ("MCCS"), an independent, clinician-led organization in the UK. Under this agreement, Khiron will provide medical cannabis knowledge and training through its cloud-based learning platform to participating doctors across the United Kingdom. The agreement is effective immediately, with first...