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States bet big on career education, but struggle to show it works

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Patrick Wall for The Hechinger Report Now, Louisiana is one of a few states seeking to combine its data sets in order to track students from preschool into college and careers. Until then, students’ post-high school employment outcomes remain a mystery. Do they earn good wages?

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

techlearning

We believe if we provide for our students—give them the tools that are necessary, give them access and opportunity—they will be successful and rise to the occasion. School leaders used specific strategies to ensure that these volunteers could support instruction and help improve reading outcomes effectively.

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How Should We Approach the Ethical Considerations of AI in K-12 Education?

Edsurge

Tools like Turnitin that check for plagiarism, intelligent tutoring softwares like Khan Academy or iReady that automate or personalize instruction, and chatbots like Alexa that answer student questions are all vulnerable to algorithmic biases in development and inequitable outcomes in implementation.

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Remote Work May Transform Higher Education. But Will Printers and Alexa Undermine Its Privacy?

Edsurge

Plus: printers, smart speakers and privacy (oh my!) — all in this Edtech Reports Recap. That Horizon Seems to Be … Closer “Higher education may never be the same again after 2020, and that will be an exciting prospect to some.” SHEEO says these records are tied to how states analyze student progress, completions and outcomes.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

The district serves an economically-disadvantaged community with about 80 percent of the students eligible to participate in the free and reduced-price meal program. HCISD teachers quickly saw positive changes in how students were building math skills.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Although Rocketship founder John Danner hoped that the charter school chain would serve one million students by 2020, his goal has since been significantly revised. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. Crested Pigeon.

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