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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. Leaders will be looking for new ways to streamline observation to ensure teachers feel supported, connected with colleagues, and aligned on how to have the most impact with students.

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Swing Education Recognizes Substitute Teachers for Their Positive Impact on Students and the School Community

eSchool News

May 11, 2021 – Swing Education, a staffing application connecting schools to substitute teachers, has selected three exemplary educators to join its Substitute Teacher Hall of Fame. The 2021 inductees were chosen based on their impact on students and the greater school community, track record of going above and beyond, reliability, and more.

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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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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. Young children are still learning how to read, which can be a struggle, even with perfect vision. Students who needed glasses received free pairs from Warby Parker.

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

Edsurge

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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MIND Partners with 100Kin10 on Foundational Math Brain Trust

MIND Research Institute

Together, we are mobilizing a national effort to prepare 100,000 STEM teachers by 2021. Our work was guided by the question, “How might we equip elementary (Pre-K-grade 5) teachers to enable authentic and joyful math learning for all students?” Elementary math specialization. Coursework and field experiences.

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Schools are sending more kids to psychiatrists out of fears of campus violence, prompting concern from clinicians

The Hechinger Report

They had come from across the country, gathering at an annual professional meeting of the nation’s child and adolescent psychiatrists last October, to learn how to conduct similar evaluations effectively. They needed to know how to respond. Sometimes their young patients had made threats or been violent in class.