Today we highlight an update on STEM efforts across the nation, Chicago's new Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute, and a partnership between EdX and Facebook to provide online education to scholars in Africa. Also included is an update on Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown's bill concerning US-China trade relations and the ETS examining teacher-performance exams
Teaching children to read early is an important factor in their academic development. Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee is a program that tests a student’s ability to read at the third-grade reading level before they are promoted to the fourth grade. If a student is held back, the school develops a reading-improvement plan and provides 90 minutes of reading time each day until the student achieves a passing score.
Today's Digest features articles on Kent State University's new associate degree efforts, Ohio State's efforts in healthcare and data analytics, and Colorado's residential academic programs. Also included is information on cuts to college degree programs in Ohio and a new report advocating for investments in financing higher educationt hrough Income Share Agreements
Today we stretch around the globe, focusing on supercomputing at the University of New Mexico, 3D printing in the UK, and guidance from the US Education Department on student data privacy. Also included is an article on K-12 computer science courses and an update on the NIH and NSF when it comes to the budget cuts and sequestration.
Today we highlight efforts throughout Ohio colleges focusing on solving the student loan debt crisis, a decline in high school graduates and higher education application rates, and middle school robotics efforts in Pennsylvania. Also included is information on a new software grant at Cincinnati State, focusing on manufacturing efforts, and Governor Kasich's State of the State address focus.
The digest for this Tuesday focuses on a new collaboration between Ohio State, University of Michigan, and Edison Welding Institute in order to increase job growth throughout the manufacturing and development field. Also included is information on a new Senate Career and Technical Education caucus, Big Data updates, supercomputing at the University of Chicago, and library materials moving online.
As we watched the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, come to a close, the overarching ideals of the Olympic Movement seemed fairly straightforward. The athletes swear to participate “in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.”
The first digest for this week features the new announcement of TechColumbus' Catalyst Fund, which will provide seed money for Central Ohio start-up companies in the scientific field. Also included is information on Ohio's new education aid for low performing schools, an IBM and AT&T parntership to provide big data anlytics, Chicago's expansion of library programs for connecting teens to technology, and Philedelphia's efforts to build online programs to help low-literate adults gain skills for employment.
Today we highlight information on the lack of computer science instruction in STEM education, California's efforts to improve utility providers and private companies with cloud computing and big data, and Penn State's new cutting-edge library services. Also included is information on a new way to speed up big data efforts and a vocational education expansion throughout Ohio's middle schools
Today's digest highlights a variety of information on transitional college-prep courses, a new polymer 3D printer in Cincinnati, and a trend on prison education budgets paying off. Also included is information on the growth of dual credit courses offered at high school levels and solar-powered jobs spiking in Ohio and dropping in Michigan
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