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Lost in translation: Parents of special ed students who don’t speak English often left in the dark

The Hechinger Report

About 791,000 English learners participated in special education in 2020, a jump of nearly 30 percent since 2012. In 2020, the U.S. The eventual contract, which lasts through 2025, requires that staff have access to various services that provide telephonic (a live interpreter) or text-based translation (for written documents).

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Portsmouth Public Schools Becomes the Latest Virginia School System to Select Discovery Education to Support Student Academic Achievement

eSchool News

September 8, 2021) — Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education supporting the district’s five-year strategic plan, Expedition to 2025: Purpose. The district’s strategic plan— Expedition to 2025: Purpose. PPS is a thriving, urban school division serving more than 13,300 students.

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Preparing Students for the Future: Lessons from STEMpath's Industry Collaborations

MindSpark

What effective communication skills are they developing, which industry standard productivity tools are they using? Externships offer tools and skills, leading to fundamental changes in how educators teach, how students learn, and what industry is teaching education about what it means to be prepared for the modern workforce.

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What does ‘career readiness’ look like in middle school?

The Hechinger Report

Juliet won’t finish high school before 2025, but the 11-year-old already has big plans: She wants to be a mechanical engineer. She has learned to use technology-enabled woodcutting tools and is at work creating a virtual tour of her school, Laing Middle School in Charleston County, using another drone she built in the school’s Fab Lab.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

Susan Gentz, a partner at K20Connect, provided a guide to the types of emergency federal funding that became available during the summer of 2020, as well as some of the issues that districts receiving funding will need to work through. Arati is currently on the edtech advisory board for Central Square Foundation in New Delhi, India.

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Technology and Innovation as Paths to Educational Equity

edWeb.net

Richard began his career in the classroom as a high school teacher and, across his career, has coached educators and national leaders around the world on using technology as a tool to reimagine learning. Dr. Conner obtained his Bachelor of Arts in elementary education/humanities from Lasell University. Conner, Ed.D.

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What Does ‘Career Readiness’ Look Like in Middle School?

MindShift

Juliet won’t finish high school before 2025, but the 11-year-old already has big plans: She wants to be a mechanical engineer. She has learned to use technology-enabled woodcutting tools and is at work creating a virtual tour of her school, Laing Middle School in Charleston County, using another drone she built in the school’s Fab Lab.