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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

Once I was speaking in Virginia and some teachers told me I had to meet Pam, that she was a “teacher’s and student’s superintendent.” Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. Date: January 15, 2018. Dr. Pamela R.

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Going on the Offensive: Cyber Security Strategies for Schools

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Manheim Central School District (PA) Superintendent Dr. Peter Aiken said they partnered with a company to educate their staff about email threats. The company periodically sends phishing tests to staff; those that get caught clicking on the emails are given remedial lessons.

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Transitioning Edtech to the Cloud

edWeb.net

District IT offices were taking on the same tasks as Fortune 500 companies without the ability to implement them as effectively. In addition, develop security benchmarks, and don’t use any program that doesn’t meet them. In addition, they should be up front about potential breaches. Student privacy is more important than any program.

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

edWeb.net

It’s also looking at the potential changes, said Dr. Gabe Soumakian, CEO and Founder, Sup Du Jour Consulting Group, like what happens when a software or hardware company goes out of business. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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How Columbia’s $182 million property-tax break hurts New York

The Hechinger Report

The growth has helped it stay competitive within the Ivy League and meet its broader ambitions to become a global institution. Conrad/The New York Times “There was a time when Columbia really turned its back on where it was located,” Bollinger said in a 2006 interview with The Times. “I Credit: Fred R. Liset Cruz and Emma G.

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Scrutiny of colleges that get billions in GI Bill money remains mired in bureaucracy

The Hechinger Report

Zovio, Ashford’s parent company, declined to discuss Baca’s case unless he signed a waiver, but generally denied assertions that it improperly told veterans they were not eligible for GI Bill benefits. Formerly Bridgepoint Education, the company now called Zovio has raised eyebrows for years. Former Sen. Photo: Scott J.

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

The Hechinger Report

ATLANTA — Brent Agnew remembers feeling a sense of relief when he left the meeting called to discuss his 6-year-old son Caleb’s anxiety attacks. As he and his wife, Jennifer, walked into the parking lot outside the E E Butler Center in Gainesville, Georgia, that day in 2006, the two could picture a different future for Caleb.