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CoSN Awards TLE Seal to Rural Virginia District

EdTech Magazine

For RCPS Technology Director Kevin Perkins, the work to meet these guidelines began much earlier, in the first months of 2019. He had earned his Certified Education Technology Leader certification from CoSN in 2016 and joined the organization as an institutional member. Looking at the…

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The 2016 Student Technology Conference

The CoolCatTeacher

Applause from me to the lovely organizers of the 2016 Student Technology Conference. ” The 2016 Student Technology Conference is open to students in grades 6 through 12 as well as college students. More information on conference strands and guidelines for submitting proposals may be found at: studenttechnologyconference.com.

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Five Critical Guidelines for Data Privacy Across School Districts

edWeb.net

Discussing CoSN’s Five Critical Guidelines for Ensuring Data Privacy in Your Use of Technology, the speakers told attendees that when it comes to data privacy, the word “done” isn’t in their vocabulary. Five Critical Guidelines . In the fall of 2016 Ann co-authored and published Life Lessons in Leadership: The Way of the Wallaby.

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OPINION: The charade of ‘test-optional’ admissions

The Hechinger Report

This is a jump from 46 percent of student test takers whose families earned $80,001 or more in 2016. The glaringly unfair aspect of “test-optional” guidelines is that wealthy students know it’s a meaningless distinction; lower-income students with less access to college counselors, however, do not.

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What’s Ahead for Special Education?

Digital Promise

The Obama administration released a regulations package in December 2016 that they called Equity in IDEA. Another important guidance letter that came out in August 2016 was on supporting students who have behavioral issues associated with their disabilities, ensuring that those students have behavioral supports in school.

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Desperate to Support Youth, States Spend to Stop Leaks in Mental Health Care Pipeline

Edsurge

Celina Pierrottet remembers 2016 as the year when she and her colleagues at the middle school where they taught noted a pointed change among their students. “We We were just like, ‘Is it just me, or are kids really nervous?’” Pierrottet recalls. That doesn’t mean that getting states to fund mental health services has been easy.

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Using Comics to Teach Chemistry (and more!)

The CoolCatTeacher

Go to www.ToyotaDreamCarUSA.com/CoolCat to download artwork guidelines, an entry form, official rules, and the lesson plan today. Teachers can download a FREE K-12 standards-aligned lesson plan on car design that includes STEM concepts and art. Encourage your students to create Toyota Dream Car artworks today.