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Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Student Tech Use; Chromebook Predictions; And the Impact of Pandemic Relief Funds

eSchool News

. “Born connected: The rise of the AI generation”, reveals the app use and technology habits of children aged 4-18, detailing trends in screen time, social media and communications, mobile gaming, online entertainment, learning tools, and for the first time in the report’s history, use of artificial intelligence tools.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021. Elementary students are not immune to serious student safety issues. There is also a growing need for quality SEL data to ensure that educators are serving students’ SEL needs.

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Understanding and Addressing the Surge of Chronic Absenteeism

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According to data from the U.S. percent of the student population, were chronically absent in the 2021-22 school year. Early data from the 2022-23 school year indicates minor improvement, with 27.85 These data reveal a substantial increase from the pre-pandemic rate of 16 percent in 2019. million students, or 29.7

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National Report Reveals Rapid and Discreet Wearable Panic Buttons Directly Impact Staff Well-Being and Job Satisfaction, and Students’ Perceptions of Safety

eSchool News

The ” School Safety Trend s Report: Fall 2022 ” analyzed over 50,000 incidents gathered from CENTEGIX’s CrisisAlert usage data for the Fall 2022 semester, along with survey data from 1,200 educators and staff who have used the CrisisAlert platform to call for help. alerts per semester.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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Education Has a Three-Headed Crisis. Mental Health Is Only Part of It.

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It is now time to update this piece for 2021. In January 2021, 40 percent of adults reported experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety—three times more than the rate in the first half of 2019. Source: A Year in the Life of a Pandemic , April 27, 2021, by Philip Fisher, Joan Lombardi and Nat Kendall-Taylor.

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PROOF POINTS: Focusing on glasses in schools

The Hechinger Report

Vans retrofitted as mobile optician clinics parked outside schools. There weren’t enough mobile clinics to serve all Baltimore public schools. These are the kids who need the most help in school,” said Amanda Neitzel, lead author of the study, during the September 2021 conference.

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