[ad_1] The Akwa Ibom Tech Week 2023 kicked off in a robust way on October 31, 2023, at Four Points By Sheraton, Ikot Ekpene, with a welcome address by Hanson Johnson, President, Ibom Innovation Network. The theme of the weeklong events is “Africa’s New Tech Destination.” Many attendees from Nigeria, Africa, Europe and the United ...

In a world filled with captivating stories, there are few that have left as indelible a mark as the Harry Potter series. The magic, the adventure, and the wonder that J.K. Rowling brought to life have enthralled generations. The enchanting world of Hogwarts, wizards, and spells continues to live on through “Harry Potter and the ...

[ad_1] Too often, teachers are rapidly elevated from the classroom to school leadership positions, whether to fill an unexpected vacancy, act as an interim administrator or to take on a permanent leadership role. But ushering teachers into administrator roles before they are prepared and without adequate support poses risk of burnout — or worse, opens ...

[ad_1] Districts, families, communities and youth-supporting organizations all have vested interests in supporting the academic journeys of students, yet their decisions affecting education often occur independently. This disconnect is especially evident for students from communities that have historically and systematically been excluded (HSE) from opportunity and access in education: Black, Brown, Indigenous, those experiencing poverty, ...

[ad_1] While I’m not proud to admit it, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I thought teaching remotely would be a dream come true. It wasn’t that I didn’t value, cherish and miss the face-to-face interactions I had with my students, but because I naively assumed that my more reluctant colleagues would see the ...

[ad_1] Daniel Lim reads through the resumes of prospective college students with the excited patter of a color commentator at an NFL game. On his popular TikTok channel, the Duke University senior highlights the seemingly endless number of ultra-achieving students who fail to land acceptances at selective colleges, or, more often, who win some bids ...

[ad_1] Back in March of this year, EdSurge published my article outlining the nearly 400-year history of higher education in America, how that past shapes the way the country views colleges today, and why microcredentials, while critical to the future of the U.S. economy, are causing a dilemma for the academy. Since then, I have ...

[ad_1] Amy Ballard, Ph.D., a math teacher and instructional coach at Brashier Middle College Charter High School in Simpsonville, South Carolina, has more than two decades of experience and spends a lot of time thinking about edtech. Yet Ballard’s main focus is not the tools themselves, but rather, how to support teachers leveraging edtech to ...