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The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2019 Year in Review

Doug Levin

This is nearly 3 times as many incidents as were publicly-disclosed during 2018. The K-12 Cyber Incident Map has identified over 775 school cybersecurity incidents since 2016.

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Students Are Opportunities Not Obligations with Hamish Brewer

The CoolCatTeacher

Sponsor: Check out the free webinar for math teachers – how to transform your textbook into a curiosity machine – go to coolcatteacher.com/freemathwebinar to learn more about this free webinar being held four times in January 2020. Listen to Hamish Brewer Inspire You!

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edWeb 2018 Professional Learning Survey

edWeb.net

We conducted a survey in March 2016 on teachers’ attitudes about professional learning, in general, and about edWeb, in particular. This March 2018, we asked many of the same questions again, added some new ones, and also conducted a survey of school administrators, for the first time, on similar topics.

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itslearning Webinar Alert

techlearning

No-cost webinar for K-12 educators PRESENTER: Kerry Gallagher, Director of K-12 Education for ConnectSafely.org WHEN: Wednesday, April 11 at 1 PM ET REGISTER: [link] Boston, MA – March 27, 2018 – Today, educators are collecting more student data than ever before. There is no cost to join the webinar, but registration is required.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 percent (about 11,000 students) in 2018-2019. By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. About 4,600 people showed up for a recent webinar, Chang says.

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Why Teacher Recruitment Needs to Change

Insight Education Group

According to an October 2018 jobs report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), there are 389,000 fewer teachers in the K-12 workforce than are needed to keep up with a growing student population. As of September 2018, the U.S. In the last couple of years, nearly every state in the U.S. has decried teacher shortages. Ascione, L.

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Getting Ready for LGBTSTEM Day

Educator Innovator

Science centers and museums that would like to plan events for the day, work with LGBTQIA organizations in their communities, or introduce inclusive practices in their institutions can find resources and information on the LGBTSTEM Day website and in some recorded webinar discussions from the ASTC Advocates for Diversity Community of Practice (CoP).