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Improving Learning Continuity with Tech: 4 Ways Schools Can Use Relief Funds

EdTech Magazine

However, there is some good news. After more than a year of closings, the government has allocated pandemic recovery… Among the many setbacks stemming from this upheaval, 57 percent of educators now estimate that students are behind in their social-emotional development by more than three months.

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STUDENT VOICE: School boards are a critical piece of democracy. That’s why students must be on them

The Hechinger Report

Yet, for far too long, students have been left out of decision-making conversations, even though our voices are needed more than ever, and our perspectives are vital for fostering inclusive and effective governance. Hunter Holt was elected, at age 18, to the Marana Unified School District Governing Board in Arizona in 2020.

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Executive Editor Matt Sutherland Interviews Shawn McCusker, Co-Author of Becoming Active Citizens: Practices to Engage Students in Civic Education Across the Curriculum

EdTechTeacher

Research suggests that most Americans don’t seem versed in the basic structure of government, the supreme importance of the separation of power, and the rights granted in the Constitution. The government we lecture about bears little resemblance to the one we experience in the wild. So, there’s some work to do.

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FERPA Compliance in the Digital Age: What K–12 Schools Need to Know

EdTech Magazine

As of September 2019, at least 10 school districts have been in the news for their own ransomware attacks, and the U.S. Erin Cunningham is a writer and editor based in Maryland with experience writing about state and local government, education, technology and more. by Erin Cunningham.

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Student mental health is still suffering–how should we address it?

eSchool News

saw an unprecedented influx in federal government aid, totaling nearly $190 billion. Subsequent follow-up funding has been deployed by the federal government in a necessary step to increase the workforce of care providers. This funding aimed to help students recover both academically and emotionally from the pandemic.

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Curbing private equity’s expansion into child care

The Hechinger Report

That figure is likely to grow, according to several child care researchers, as states — and potentially the federal government — put new funding into the area, attracting investors interested in low start-up costs and access to public money. Investor-backed chains now manage an estimated one in 10 child care centers in the country.

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Online Tutoring in China Was Booming. Then Came a Dramatic Shift in Regulations.

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China’s ballooning edtech market is suddenly deflating thanks to new government restrictions on lucrative private tutoring companies that serve millions of the country’s children. Major tutoring companies have pledged to adhere to the new policies, reports Bloomberg. There seem to be multiple motivations for the policy shift.

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