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Universal prekindergarten is coming to California — bumpy rollout and all

The Hechinger Report

billion program will be fully implemented by the 2025-26 school year across the nearly 900 districts in the state that include elementary grades. Related: Alabama aims for huge pre-K enrollment boost by 2025, despite pandemic setbacks Some, but not all, of these kinks might be worked out by the time the program is fully implemented in 2025.

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Districts brace for fiscal cliff as COVID relief funding nears an end

eSchool News

With one year remaining to spend close to $200 billion in federal COVID relief funds, more than half of school district leaders are shifting their American Rescue Plan (ARP) spending decisions due to higher-than-expected costs and inflation, according to a survey administered by AASA, The School Superintendents Association.

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Is Higher Ed Really Ready to Embrace Hybrid Learning?

Edsurge

colleges, according to a new survey of more than 300 such leaders published today by Quality Matters and Encoura Eduventures Research. But the survey shows many institutions still employ very few of these specialists. The survey shows that institutions tend to outsource some of these more than others.

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

Edsurge

The survey, conducted of RAND’s nationally representative American School District Panel from September through November 2020, included more than 375 K-12 public school districts and charter management organizations. Some 13 percent of those surveyed hadn’t used digital media services for teaching before the pandemic closed schools.

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Undocumented High School Students Are Now the ‘Post-DACA Generation’

Edsurge

analysis of augmented 2021 American Community Survey data. By 2025, no undocumented high school graduates will be eligible for DACA under current rules.” They’re part of what the report dubs the “post-DACA generation.” Note: Estimates rounded to thousands. States with 1,000 or more undocumented high school graduates are shown.

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After the Pandemic, Higher Education Can’t Afford to Go Back to ‘Normal’

Edsurge

To further complicate matters, statisticians have long warned of the pending “ 2025 cliff ,” which represents the abrupt reduction of potential first-time, full-time freshmen projected to arrive in 2025 to 2026 due to the drop in birth rates between the years 2008 and 2011.

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4 edtech SEL trends to follow this year

eSchool News

Language can be another barrier to family communication ( the National Education Association estimates that by 2025, one of four children in U.S. Trend 4: Digital Check-Ins and Pulse Surveys It’s valuable for educators to be able to get quick and meaningful feedback about the social-emotional climate in schools and classrooms.

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