How Can Training and Education Have an Impact on Your Business?

whitePaper | January 28, 2020

Teacher quality is one of the most important factors that contributes to student success. There is a growing body of research that points to coaching as an effective way to support teacher growth. As such, coaching is becoming more prevalent in schools and districts in the U.S., and districts are increasingly using federal, state, and local funds to support coaches and coaching programs. Given our collective commitment to coaching, Digital Promise, Learning Forward, and Google partnered to provide insights based on a national survey of coaches, teachers, and administrators currently engaged in coaching.

whitePaper | August 1, 2022

Count educators, students and their families among those who struggled over the last two years, as K-12 schools became the epicenter of turmoil in local communities. Districts faced more scrutiny than ever — with the media tracking remote learning and safety measures as closely as rising COVID-19 cases and with parents gaining a daily window into what their students were (or weren’t) learning. Districts also dealt with the operational and instructional hurdles of “emergency room-to-Zoom” and keeping staff and students healthy, two challenges they had never faced before

whitePaper | September 29, 2021

The report can be used by diverse organizations to guide them in educating teams about their role in advancing AI fairness.

whitePaper | December 22, 2022

While the meteoric rise of digital commerce has opened new opportunities for retailers and brands, it also presents a new set of challenges: How to cope with increased online traffic, connect in-store with eCommerce for maximum efficiency and create omnichannel journeys. As many brands still rely on monolithic commerce platforms and lag on cloud-native infrastructure, they struggle with legacy systems that lack flexibility, scalability and agility for the next wave of growth.

whitePaper | December 19, 2019

Microsoft’s mission to empower every student on the planet to achieve more is a commitment to do more to support students, and educators from K-Career to be ready to innovate and create in an increasingly digital world. Our focus extends to ensure we not only grow the number of students equipped with technology skills, but also do more to grow student diversity and fuel careers in technology.

whitePaper | August 14, 2020

The global k-12 education system is facing unprecedented challenges ranging from technology disparities to in-school health concerns. At the same time, the realities of COVID-19 are presenting U.S. school districts with the opportunity to restructure education with a forward-looking view on how students will learn and educators will teach in a post-pandemic world.