ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Access to high-quality education is widely recognized as a pivotal tool for alleviating poverty, mitigating the spread of disease and malnutrition, fostering children's overall welfare and empowering women. We take a bottom-up approach to education technology in a way that is contextual and responsible.

EdTech 86

EdTech Education Library Project-Based Learning 86

ED Surge

JUNE 3, 2022

Over the past decade, global investment in edtech has soared to new heights. The urgent need to educate children at home created by COVID-19 lockdowns turbocharged already existing momentum, and analysts now expect edtech expenditure to reach an eye-watering $300 billion globally this year.

EdTech 121

EdTech Human Rights History Humanities 121

ED Surge

MAY 2, 2022

Bearing that in mind, unless you've spent years in classrooms full of students, working against the demands of curriculum mandates, IEP or 504 modifications and state testing requirements, I implore you—each of my colleagues in edtech proffering your solutions to schools—to begin conversations by asking teachers what they need.

EdTech 105

EdTech Education Human Rights Leadership 105

ED Surge

APRIL 17, 2023

Edtech has become inseparable from the education system. to find out which edtech products those schools most often use or recommend to students — as well as what risks those tools raise and whether schools are prepared to meet them. The result is that schools sometimes rely on vendor reputation and standard-issue contracts.

K-12 109

K-12 EdTech Human Rights Professional Development 109

ED Surge

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Organizations that embrace the promotion of DEI tend to establish and follow a core set of guiding principles, particularly in the creation of their educational products, that resemble the following: Respect for human rights; they endeavor to create content that is free of discrimination, implicit or explicit prejudice and bias.

EdTech 101

EdTech Social Justice Geography Human Rights 101

ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2023

Having seen such positive changes firsthand, Elliott Levine , director of business development at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. , is excited about the newest technologies and their impact on the learning experience. Before transitioning to EdTech, Levine enjoyed 30 years working in various positions in K-12 and higher ed.

K-12 139

K-12 Education Human Rights EdTech 139

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This will require action from all sides — policymakers, education leaders and education technology developers themselves. The new European Union Artificial Intelligence Act categorizes AI-enabled technologies based on the risk they pose to the health, safety and human rights of users.

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K-12 EdTech Government Human Rights 93