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Pre-school edtech startup Lingumi raises 4m, adds some free services during COVID-19

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 NewsEditorAlibaba, articles, artificial intelligence, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, Education, Entrepreneur, Europe, France, General Partner, Germany, Italy, lingumi, Taiwan, teacher, United Kingdom

At these difficult times, parents are concerned for their children’s education, especially given so much of it has had to go online during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what about pre-schoolers who are missing out? Pre-school children are sponges for information but don’t get formal training on reading and writing until they enter the classroom when they are less sponge-like and surrounded by 30 other children. Things are tougher for non-English speaking children who’s parents want them to learn English. Lingumi, a platform aimed at toddlers learning critical skills, has now…

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NYC Schools to Close Until April 20 Over Coronavirus

March 29, 2020March 29, 2020 NewsEditorBill De Blasio, coronavirus, Education, New York City

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday that public schools in the nations largest system, with more than 1 million children, will close Monday because of the coronavirus crisis. He said the city would attempt to open schools after spring break, on April 20, but that I have been very honest about the fact that there is a real possibility that by closing our schools now there is a very real chance we will not be able to reopen our schools for the first school year. The mayor…

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Alabama bill may lift yoga ban in public schools but prohibit ‘namaste’ greeting

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 NewsEditorAlabama, Education, US education, US news, yoga

Lawmakers move to lift decades-old ban, but the bill would continue to prohibit chanting, mantras and the greeting Alabama could takes steps to lift a decades-old ban on yoga in public schools this week, but would keep a ban on the greeting namaste in place. A bill brought by Representative Jeremy Gray, a Democratic legislator from Opelika, is on the proposed debate agenda Tuesday in the Alabama House of Representatives. If the bill passes with a two-thirds majority, it will then go to the Senate for further debate. The Alabama…

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Bionic neurons could enable implants to restore failing brain circuits

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 NewsEditorEducation, Higher education, neuroscience, Research, science, UK news

Scientists say creation could be used to circumvent nerve damage and help paralysed people regain movement Scientists have created artificial neurons that could potentially be implanted into patients to overcome paralysis, restore failing brain circuits, and even connect their minds to machines. The bionic neurons can receive electrical signals from healthy nerve cells, and process them in a natural way, before sending fresh signals on to other neurons, or to muscles and organs elsewhere in the body. One of the first applications may be a treatment for a form of…