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EdTech innovator Sibme, powered by AWS, provides educators with AI-based instructional feedback

AWS Public Sector Blog

As a teacher with the KIPP charter school network in Houston, Texas, Dave Wakefield knew there had to be a better way for educators to gain insightful feedback on their instruction. In order to increase engagement and hands-on learning among students, for instance, many educators work to reduce their teacher talking time.

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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector Blog

This diversity is apparent in the awardees who represent a broad array of sectors from healthcare to public service to education to agriculture. Pahlka served in President Obama’s administration as the deputy chief technology officer from 2013-14, where she worked on initiatives to modernize government technology and improve digital services.

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Can Job Training Reduce a City’s Infant Mortality Rate and Increase Economic Mobility?

NLC (National League of Cities)

In 2013, the state of Ohio deemed Akron and Summit County as one of nine Ohio Equity Institute (OEI) communities due to its extremely high infant mortality rate, particularly in the African American community. Over the next four years, the community rallied around the idea to provide educational […] Source

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Department of Education Updates General Regulations to Better Serve the Community

Homeroom

Department of Education (Department) is excited to announce the most significant update to its Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) since 2013. EDGAR serves as the foundational set of policies and rules governing the billions of dollars in grants the Department administers each year.

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Closing the Gap: Broadband, eGovernment, and Access to Healthcare w/ Cara Chiaraluce & Host Lloyd Levine

Policy Chats

Prior to joining the department in 2015, she taught Sociology at UC Davis (where she won the 2013 "Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award") and California State University- Sacramento. Chiaraluce is originally from Boston, Massachusetts, received her B.A. in Sociology from Assumption College, and M.A. from UC Davis.

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HRSA-23-124 Medical Student Education Program

iGrantWriters

The State-Level Projections of Supply and Demand for Primary Care Practitioners: 2013-2025 indicate there are 37 states with a shortage in 2025.13 Agency Name: Health Resources and Services Administration Description: This notice announces the availability of funding under the Medical Student Education (MSE) Program.

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. Governor Steve Bullock An accomplished lawyer, Steve Bullock served the State of Montana as Attorney General from 2009 to 2013, and as Governor from 2013 to 2021. public sector customers. We recently announced that 250,000 active-duty enlisted members of the U.S.