K-12

America’s Education System To Take A Follow-Up Course On Cyber Hygiene

AUSTIN, Texas - According to Microsoft's Global Threat Activity tracker, 61 percent (nearly 4.8 million) of malware encounters reported within the past 30 days took aim at the education sector, making it the most affected industry. The business and professional services sector came in second with just under 1 million incidents. Data from the K–12

By |2020-08-06T19:54:31-04:00August 6th, 2020|Cyber Defense|

COVID-19 Impact On Virtual Seminars, AirBnB, K-12 School Reopenings

ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV July 13, Attorney Enrico Schaefer will discuss COVID-19’s impact on temporary hotel room providers such as AirBnB and the millions of dollars in claims filed by them against the organizations. Then Andrea Bogart who manages the Detroit Center for Design + Technology will discuss how the pandemic has forced

By |2020-07-14T10:40:06-04:00July 13th, 2020|Coronavirus, Science|

Davenport Offers Free Online Workshop for K-12 Teachers To Boost Online Education

GRAND RAPIDS—Davenport University will offer Michigan PreK-12 teachers a free virtual workshop, based on a graduate-level course, to support the creation of online coursework for their students. The program addresses barriers and challenges teachers face when providing instruction online and helps them create a virtual learning map for effective online PreK-12 instruction. “The pandemic has

By |2020-07-12T19:07:51-04:00July 12th, 2020|ESD|

Survey Asks For Input On How Michigan K-12 Schools Handled COVID-19

DETROIT  – People interested in sharing their views on how Michigan’s K–12 schools responded during the COVID-19 pandemic—and how they should plan for the fall—are invited to participate in a major statewide survey being conducted under the auspices of Launch Michigan. The surveys are open to 9th–12th grade school leaders and teachers, kindergarten–12th grade parents, and

By |2020-07-10T16:36:34-04:00July 10th, 2020|Featured, Politics, Politics/Government|

Michigan A Top 10 State For Corporate Expansion; Not K-12 Performance

LANSING - Michigan is already a top ten state when it comes to "corporate facility expansion activity," according to Ron Starner, executive vice president of Site Selection magazine. Michigan ranked ninth in 2018, and it will be in the top ten again for 2019, he's just not sure where because numbers are still being compiled.

By |2020-02-13T16:19:33-05:00February 13th, 2020|Featured, Small Business Association of Michigan|

Report: Infrastructure, K-12 Performance, Growing Working-Age Population Key Challenges For Michigan

LANSING –  Huge gaps remain in efforts to expand Michigan’s economic progress that include investing in infrastructure, boosting K-12 educational performance and growing a working-age population, so says Business Leaders for Michigan. “We have a great picture of where Michigan stands today on the national scale: better, but still not best,” said Doug Rothwell, President

By |2020-02-05T19:11:56-05:00February 5th, 2020|Politics, Politics/Government|

Grand Valley State University To Coordinate K-12 Computer Science Education

ALLENDALE — Grand Valley State University will lead coordination of K-12 computer science education in the state under an agreement reached with a key curriculum provider. The partnership with Code.org, a nonprofit computer science organization that provides K-12 curriculum and training resources, will allow Grand Valley experts to coordinate annual professional development for up to

By |2019-11-29T19:22:01-05:00November 29th, 2019|Featured, New Products / Contracts, STEM|

Career Education – Including Master Craftsmen Training – Could Be Part Of K-12 Curriculum

LANSING - More master craftsmen could teach in K-12 schools and certified teachers could count efforts to incorporate career and technical education into their classrooms under a package of bills discussed in the House Workforce and Talent Development Committee on Tuesday. All involved made clear that the bills are intended as a starting point for

By |2017-10-26T17:36:13-04:00October 26th, 2017|Politics, STEM|