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PROOF POINTS: A warning sign that the freshman class will shrink again in the fall of 2021

The Hechinger Report

12, 2021, filings of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA, were still down a whopping 9.4 percent from a year ago, which does not bode well for college going in the fall of 2021. Gurantz’s study was published in Educational Researcher in February 2021. But as of Feb. But no, it does not look good.”.

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Remote Learning Is Here to Stay, Raising Concerns About Teacher Training and Data Privacy

Edsurge

With continued plans to stick with some form of online school, and teachers feeling iffy about remote tech, maybe that’s why data privacy and security is on the minds of state legislatures. Not surprisingly, the report concludes teachers “need additional professional development and support.” Can We Keep These Grades Between Us?

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

eSchool News

Congress provided the funds, known as the American Rescue Plan – Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) funds, through a bipartisan amendment to the American Rescue Plan Act, in March 2021. ARP-HCY funds must be obligated by September 2024. ARP-HCY funds are changing lives – even saving lives.

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Why Schools Still Struggle to Provide Enough Mental Health Resources for Students

Edsurge

While the mental health of students remains a top concern of many in the education field, federal data reveals that it’s not all bad news. Public Schools report covering the 2021-22 academic year. Nearly 90 percent of schools reported increased social and emotional support for students during the 2021-22 academic year.

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6 findings to inform your state’s principal preparation

eSchool News

conducted by LPI, synthesizes peer-reviewed scholarship from 2000 to 2021 that addresses principal preparation and development programs. Developing Effective Principals: What Kind of Learning Matters?

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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

While some researchers claim to have identified as many as 174 different types of human learning modes, the most widely accepted educational paradigm is the VARK learning model which espouses four basic types of learners: Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing & Kinesthetic ( Kaufman, 2021 ). and whiteboard.

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Redesigning the New ST Math to Drive Actionable Data

MIND Research Institute

And as a Senior User Experience Researcher, it was important to me that we provided actionable data quickly so that teachers like my dad or sisters have what they need at their fingertips. The ST Math reporting system is data-rich. View at a glance data needed to determine which students are working productively and which are not.

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