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The edtech market raked in more than $10 billion in venture capital investment globally in 2020, but for students, parents and teachers, the year was defined more by its scramble than its surge.
Nandini Talwar, a student and teacher’s assistant at Columbia University, wants to hold more efficient office hours so students don’t have to wait on a Zoom call. TraLiza King, a director at PWC and single mother, needs a Zoom alternative for her 4-year-old, who is too young to understand how to mute and unmute. Brian Kinglsey, chief academic officer at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina, is looking for ways to reengage remote students that don’t require socially distant home visits.
Gantt Center adds homegrown executive Sophia Partlow Artistic pathway started at former Afro Center
COURTESY SOPHIA MATTHEWS PARTLOW
Charlotte native Sophia Mathews Partlow is the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture s vice president for communications and technology innovation.
December is a homecoming of sorts for Sophia Matthews Partlow.
The Charlotte native grew up attending camps at the Afro-American Cultural Center in First Ward, which moved to Second Ward in 2009 to a new facility and is now the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture.
She assumed the role of vice president, communications and technology innovation at Gantt Center on Dec. 1.
CMS votes to move entire school district to remote learning until mid-January
CMS votes to move entire school district to remote learning until mid-January By WBTV Web Staff | December 21, 2020 at 5:12 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 6:57 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has voted to move its entire school district to remote learning until mid-January.
The CMS board made the vote Tuesday to move the remaining students who are still in-person learning (Pre-K and students in Exceptional Children’s program) to fully remote learning until Jan. 19.
BREAKING: @CMSboard votes to move Pre-K and students in Exceptional Children s program to full remote until January 19th.
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Hough High in Cornelius had 425 of its 2,500 students choose Full Remote Academy first semester. For second semester more than 1,100 have opted out of in-person classes.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is seeing an increase in students opting out of in-person classes for the second semester, especially in several large high schools.
Numbers provided by CMS show just over 57,000 students enrolled in the Full Remote Academy for the semester that starts in January, compared with about 50,000 in the semester that s ending. That s 39% of all CMS students next semester.
The increase is driven largely by massive sign-ups at several large high schools. For instance, Hough High in Cornelius went from 425 of its 2,500 students in full-remote first semester to 1,127 second semester.