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If Smart Glasses Are Coming, What Will That Mean for Classrooms?

Edsurge

After all, one of the hottest topics in edtech these days is the growing practice of banning smartphones in schools, after teachers have reported that the devices distract students from classroom activities and socializing in person with others. Cheating Glasses? Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.)

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eBook Publishing Made Easy: Custom App with Interactive Features

Kitaboo on EdTech

The number of eBook users across the globe is forecasted to continuously grow between 2024 and 2027 by 92.9 billion in 2027. Widgets: You can integrate interactive widgets into your eBook, ranging from calculators to live social media feeds, to enhance the reading experience. million users or +9.02

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How eBook Reader Devices are Changing the Publishing Industry

Kitaboo on EdTech

This is evident from the fact that the eBook market is expected to grow by 2.00% from 2023 to 2027, reaching a market volume of US $15.33 billion by 2027, according to Statista. Build a loyal fan base and community using social media platforms around their eBooks.

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The new labor market: No bachelor’s required?

The Hechinger Report

Troy Groom, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was browsing social media this spring when he read something that made him perk up: Gov. between now and 2027. Larry Hogan announced in March that the state government would strip bachelor’s degree requirements from thousands of job listings. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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‘August surprise’: That college scholarship you earned might not count

The Hechinger Report

Social media has also given more attention to a frustration that families previously suffered in silence, with rants about scholarship displacement even making their way to TikTok. Of these, three-fifths said their universities and colleges reduced the grants they’d been awarded, rather than their loans or work-study hours.

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Announcing "The Innovative Library" Mini-Conference and Call for Proposals

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participants are encouraged to use #library2025 and #innovativelibrary on their social media posts about the event. In 2025, he was elected the 2026–2027 President of the Public Library Association. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote.

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Tech Groups Have Long Encouraged Girls to Pursue STEM. Could the Anti-DEI Wave End That?

Edsurge

She estimates that in her class of MIT students slated to graduate in 2027, four out of 54 students are Black women. Even now I have people reaching out to me [on social media] saying, Im in seventh grade, MIT is my dream school. It would also foreshadow Kekehs passion for representation in STEM. Photo courtesy of Kekeh.

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