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Data Shows Demographics Are Shifting in Fast-Growing Cities. How Are School Districts Impacted?

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Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. As the number of Hispanic students grows, for instance, the education landscape is adapting to meet their particular needs, as well — be it more representation in children’s books or busing a mobile preschool to kids in rural areas. to see how their communities have changed.

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New Data Science Standards Are Needed for a Data-Filled World. Here’s What We Propose.

Edsurge

And such cries have grown even louder in recent years, with the rise of big data and fast computing. A different approach to teaching mathematics is needed—one that develops data literacy for all students. And the need for people who can reason with data in almost all jobs in all sectors of the economy.

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Crunch the Numbers:New Data on Student Wellbeing, the Skills Gap Crisis, and Tech Usage in Utah

eSchool News

This report reflects insights shared by more than 29,000 students in TSI’s Annual Student Survey and more than one million responses from its K-12 collaborative learning platform, #WinAtSocial — making it the largest data set of its kind, spanning grades 3 – 12 in schools across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.

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Largest Cohort to Date Joins Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Initiative

Digital Promise

Nearly 250 Title I middle and high schools from 50 districts across the country are joining the program in 2021, bringing the total number of schools impacted to 511. 101 schools receiving mobile devices for every student and teacher. 50 school districts in Cohort 8. 27 states and Washington, D.C., represented in Cohort 8.

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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. We are hopeful that, when the pandemic lifts, we can welcome a return to hands-on, collaborative, creative technology education in 2021. Collin Earnst, CEO, LearnWell.

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Why Schools Must Explore New Opportunities To Draw Students Into Cybersecurity

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Guest article by Thomas Russell By 2021, experts predict the world will face a shortage of 3.5 For starters, it leaves businesses and government agencies vulnerable to data breaches — something that costs them millions of dollars and an incalculable amount in lost trust. million cybersecurity professionals. In the U.S.

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Aperture Education Wins 2021 EdTech Breakthrough Award

eSchool News

June 9, 2021) — Aperture Education, the leading provider of researched-backed social and emotional learning (SEL) assessments for K-12 schools, was named a winner in the EdTech Breakthrough Awards for its high school SEL solution. Charlotte N.C.

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