ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For students at a new Florida-based charter school, entering the classroom means strapping on a VR headset. While plenty of schools have experimented with short lessons conducted in virtual reality, this new school, called Optima Academy Online, has embraced the technology as a primary mode of course delivery.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education. In the past, she explains, in order to get a Harvard education, “I had to go through Harvard; I couldn’t just go straight to a professor.” That’s what Saraf, of k20 Educators, says she’s building. At least, in theory. She calls it the Eduverse.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2023

These BIPOC solution providers hidden in plain sight are people of color leading high-value edtech companies who potentially have created the solutions that can effectively address districts’ needs.

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ED Surge

JUNE 27, 2023

Memories of the continual improvement he was able to do back then have stuck with him as his career has progressed, including jobs as a high school history teacher, an edtech consultant to schools, a doctoral student and professor, and director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We got 400 applications the first year,” says Strachman, who had previously founded a project-based charter school called Innovations Academy. “We In those early days soon after Thiel announced the fellowship, organizers weren’t getting that many takers for their idea. “We

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