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Speak Up 2020 Congressional Briefing: Release of the National Research Findings

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For the last seven months of 2020, school districts have gone through extreme changes regarding how learning is happening in a pandemic-induced educational environment. The Speak Up data revealed an increase in students’ access to mobile devices, tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks. Digital Learning During the Pandemic.

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Do Online Degrees Lead to Jobs as Reliably as Traditional Ones?

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Bourdieu studied ways power is transferred and maintained across generations, claiming that your college marks you, reproducing the class status you inherit from your family, with your social position frozen. In 2020, participants who met certain minimum requirements received an offer of a full-time job upon graduation.

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The Social Institute Unveils Curriculum for 4th Graders on SEL

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The developmentally appropriate lessons come after requests from schools, and will focus on The Social Institute’s Seven Social Standards , which serve as a set of guiding principles for social media and tech use. Olympians) to be their best selves on all platforms, we help them “win the game of social media.”

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4 ways we can use edtech for engaging, high-quality learning experiences

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Hate it or love – technology in education is here to stay. The conversation has quickly shifted from whether technology should be used in learning to how we can use it to improve learning and ensure that all students have access to high-quality educational experiences. Parents can feel it, and the numbers back them up.

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My Story, Our Impact: How BakerRipley Connects Families to Opportunities

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As part of Facebook’s commitment to training one million adults by 2020 in digital skills across the U.S., the Community Boost grant provides small businesses and entrepreneurs “the digital education and skills needed to compete in the new mobile economy.”

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2020 learning technologies

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It's difficult to see much beyond the end of the year, so trying to predict what technologies we might see in schools by 2020 is like staring into a very strong spotlight. We don't know what informal personal technologies will look like in 2020. When I try to gaze into the future I hurt my eyes. We can merely speculate.

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Making the College Admissions Process Work for All Students

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Education technology providers must look at ways in which we can support the workflow of already resource-strapped school counselors. Students, counselors, and communities use this day of action to host rallies lifting up students as the true celebrities, leading to social media channels trending with #CollegeSigningDay and #BetterMakeRoom.

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