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. Bhaumik Patel DAOs are also emerging at traditional higher ed institutions, too. In the Eduverse, teacher avatars will teleport around to digital edtech hubs, where they can learn new technology skills to add to their credential chains.

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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. Their understanding of excluded students' authentic experiences drives meaningful, resonating change.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

That idea of building a new university had fizzled, though, after Thiel concluded that colleges were too regulated to make the kind of changes he wanted within the traditional systems. We got 400 applications the first year,” says Strachman, who had previously founded a project-based charter school called Innovations Academy. “We

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