The Japan government has launched an initiative called GIGA (Global Innovation Gateway for All) that will allow local boards of education to provides a device for each student in Grades 1-9. About half of Boards of Education are selecting Google for Education (Chromebooks and Google Workspace for Education) for it’s security, ease of management, and because it’s great for collaborative, student centered learning. ... Read More

When COVID-19 closed schools in Medellín, Colombia, the city collaborated with Google to train teachers on distance learning. Alexander Narvaez, a coding teacher, worked with students to build a Help Desk, enabling them to teach educators how to use Google Classroom, and how to engage students on Google Meet through video lessons.... Read More

As one of the earliest countries to be hit hard by COVID-19, Italy was forced to rapidly lock down its society—but its schools were unprepared for mandatory distance learning. Italy’s Ministry of Education put out a public call for support, and within days of closing physical classrooms, the Ministry had teamed up with Google and telecom companies to provide G Suite for Education to all Italian schools so that students could continue with classes during the shutdown.... Read More

Strayer University, Brown University and Pennsylvania State World Campus use Google Cloud to better serve their student body with strong results to show for it... Read More

Shirdi Urdu School in Maharashtra showed us that come what may, with the right tools and effective use of technology there is no lockdown on learning. When schools were forced to shut, teachers like Azmat Iqbal transformed every home into a classroom for millions of children around the world, with the help of tools from #GoogleForEducation... Read More

Chang-Dong Ryu teaches more than just history at Seohyun Middle School in South Korea; for the the educator, who is blind, accessibility and equality are always in the lesson plan. When his school started using Google Classroom in 2020, the tool’s accessibility features made it was easier for him to teach his students deeper lessons about acceptance and ability.... Read More

Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District serves approximately 8,000 Pre-K–12 students across 16 schools; and though access to technology may be unaffordable for many local families, the school district uses Google for Education and ensures that every child has their own Chromebook, and educators use Google Classroom for everything from assignments to virtual field trips. Remote learning during COVID-19 was a natural extension for teachers and students alike.... Read More

The LEO Academy Trust, serving over 3500 pupils at 6 academies across the London Bureau of Sutton, was already developing a digital education strategy using Google for Education before COVID-19 closed UK schools. So when the pandemic hit, students and teachers were already working in the cloud, and immediately switched to using Google Classroom and Google Sites to continue learning remotely.... Read More

As 1.5 billion learners have been impacted by school closures, thank you to the entire education community for stepping up. No matter what learning looks like, we’re here to help. ... Read More