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March 25, 2020, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: Empty Harvard Yard in Cambridge, MA. Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow annouced that he and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday on March 24. Harvard University closed its campus earlier in March. No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Education Plus Development

What can COVID-19 teach us about strengthening education systems?

Emiliana Vegas

Thursday, April 9, 2020

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High school student, Mona Hussein participates in an online class at her home, after coronavirus lockdown forced schools to close, amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman, Jordan March 23, 2020. Picture taken March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Education Plus Development

COVID-19 has thrust universities into online learning⁠—how should they adapt?

Paul LeBlanc

Monday, March 30, 2020

Chromebook laptops are lined up for students in West Bloomfield School District to pick up to do their work from home at Roosevelt Elementary School in Keego Harbor as the school remains closed due to COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, June 16, 2020.031620 Meal Program Rg 09

TechTank

What the coronavirus reveals about the digital divide between schools and communities

Nicol Turner Lee

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

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Dec 4, 2019; Dilley, TX, U.S.A; Young migrants use computers inside a classroom in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas Mandatory Credit: Courtney Sacco-USA TODAY

Telecommunications & Internet

Bridging digital divides between schools and communities

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, March 2, 2020

Students take notes from their iPads at the Steve Jobs school in Sneek August 21, 2013. The Steve Jobs schools in the Netherlands are founded by the O4NT (Education For A New Time) organisation, which provides the children with iPads to help them learn with a more interactive experience. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1E98L1HOU01

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How ed-tech can help leapfrog progress in education

Emiliana Vegas, Lauren Ziegler, and Nicolas Zerbino

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Boys play at a school in Yemen's capital Sanaa sheltering them and their families after the conflict forced them to flee their areas from the Houthi-controlled northern province of Saada August 4, 2015. A Saudi-led Arab alliance launched a military campaign on March 26 to end Houthi control over much of Yemen and to return President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi from exile. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - GF20000013228

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How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Park Hye-ri, 28, a startup business program manager, who spent time at Prison Inside Me, a mock prison facility, uses a laptop at a cafe in Incheon, South Korea, November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEARCH "PRISON RETREAT" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC148F7054E0

Higher Education

The failings of online for-profit colleges: Findings from student borrower focus groups

Robin Howarth and Lisa Stifler

Thursday, March 28, 2019

A school bus sits parked along a street in the Queens borough of New York January 16, 2013. For the first time in 34 years, New York City bus drivers went on strike, stranding up to 152,000 students in the nation's largest public school system on sleet-soaked Wednesday morning. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E91H00RI01

Education

The opportunities and risks of K-12 student placement algorithms

Matt Kasman and Jon Valant

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Blog Posts

A teacher conducts a remote class through a tablet computer at a junior high school attached to Wakayama University Education Faculty in Wakayama Prefecture on March 3rd, 2020, amid an outbreak of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in Japan. The Japanese government requested all elementary, junior high, high schools in the country to close from Monday until the start regular spring break as a part of measures to reduce the risk of infection. However, some schools held several its events. The number of the new coronavirus COVID-19-hit patients has reached to 980 and the death toll has been confirmed 12 far as of March 1st in Japan. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Education Plus Development

COVID-19 outbreak highlights critical gaps in school emergency preparedness

Allison Anderson

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Optimizing Assessment for All workshop in Cambodia

Education Plus Development

Cambodia’s strategic scaling of 21st century skills and assessment to improve learning outcomes

Esther Care, Ung Chinna, Sarin Sar, and Hav Khou

Monday, March 9, 2020

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA.- Physics teacher Zhao Chuanliang gives an online tuition for students at a local high school in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Feb. 2, 2020. As schools across the country are required to postpone the opening of the spring semester, online tuition has been promoted as an effective method.

Education Plus Development

How has the coronavirus impacted the classroom? On the frontlines with Dr. Jin Chi of Beijing Normal University

Rebecca Winthrop

Thursday, February 27, 2020

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Street signs are pictured at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) in San Diego, California, February 28, 2013. Looming sequestration cuts are expected to adversely effect scientific research in San Diego. REUTER/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION HEALTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1E9310LEH01

Podcast Episode

How universities can help tackle global challenges

Maysa Jalbout and Fred Dews

Friday, November 29, 2019

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Ending global poverty: Education and digital technology

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