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Educator Micro-credentials Policy Map Provides an Update of State and District Use of Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

State-Level Policy and/or Guidelines : Policies supporting micro-credentials are in place at a state-wide level through legislation or the state’s Department of Education. States are continuing to develop policies and guidelines to support districts looking to leverage micro-credentials for professional learning.

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Can AI Aid the Early Education Workforce?

Edsurge

Since ChatGPT was released in November 2022 and exploded into public discourse, the emergence of generative AI tools has been met with both excitement and concern, across virtually every industry, ideology and age group. Panelists raised concerns as well: What are the ethical guidelines? What source data is being used?

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Understand and Address Absenteeism with These Strategies

edWeb.net

million students chronically absent during the 2021-2022 academic year—a significant increase from pre-pandemic levels—the discussion focused on reversing this trend. She underscored the importance of Tier 1 prevention, emphasizing communication, clear guidelines, and fostering positive relationships.

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WCAG 2.2: The Next Step in Digital Accessibility

Kitaboo on EdTech

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), first published on 9 May 1999 by the Worldwide Consortium (W3C), are part of a series of Web Accessibility Initiatives (WAI). were published in February 2008 by WCAG Samurai, a group of web developers autonomous of W3C.Web 2.0 is set to be released in late 2022.

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Why Teach Digital Citizenship in 2022

Fractus Learning

Teachers can use instant messaging, blog posts and Facebook groups to keep parents informed of school activities. Often people behave inappropriately because they didn’t familiarize themselves with the specific chat room, group, or site’s rules of conduct. Digital communication is powerful when used correctly. 6 – Digital Law.

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PROOF POINTS: ‘Right-to-read’ settlement spurred higher reading scores in California’s lowest performing schools, study finds

The Hechinger Report

Third graders’ reading scores rose in 2022 and 2023, equivalent to an extra 25 percent of a year of learning, compared to students in schools that weren’t eligible for the settlement payments. Others hired more aides to tutor children in small groups. Some schools hired reading coaches to work with teachers on a regular basis.

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How edtech can worsen racial inequality

The Hechinger Report

Her group has also produced an AI in Education Toolkit for Racial Equity to help companies during their design process. The company, which in 2022 become the first ed tech company to receive the certification , develops speech recognition technology specifically built to recognize a child’s speech in their natural accent and dialect.

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