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Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

eSchool News

Key points: Very soon, districts must closely examine the edtech they use and compare it with budget realities How to ensure edtech ROI? If funds are allotted, however, districts can request an extension to use them through March of 2026 in some cases). For many districts, the relief funding was significant.

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How to help struggling young readers

The Hechinger Report

This crucial juncture, and its far-reaching implications for those who don’t meet the mark, is why some educators are focusing their literacy efforts on the school years that come before third grade — hoping through innovation to offset what could be a terrible and lasting deficit in children’s reading skills. “Yet

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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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What America can learn from Canada’s new ‘$10 a Day’ child care system

The Hechinger Report

As American child care experts call for more federal investment to salvage a struggling industry, Canada’s experience may hold the most relevant lessons on how to make universal child care palatable to politicians and how to design a program to meet the needs of a diverse, geographically sprawling nation.

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How to Prepare Students in the Early Years to Read at Grade Level

MindShift

This crucial juncture, and its far-reaching implications for those who don’t meet the mark, is why some educators are focusing their literacy efforts on the school years that come before third grade — hoping through innovation to offset what could be a terrible and lasting deficit in children’s reading skills. It’s simply malpractice.”.

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Blockchain Misconceptions and the Future of Education

Doug Levin

I’ve read and discussed both the KnowledgeWorks Foundation report, Learning on the Block , and Learning is Earning 2026 , the latter of which was introduced by Jane McGonigal on the keynote stage at SXSWedu. And, there is little self-executing about that… Two, blockchain infrastructure is free.

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EDUCAUSE 2015: my sessions and some observations

Bryan Alexander

Plus taking in more than a dozen sessions and holding who knows how many meetings and calls. Wednesday saw a manic run of meetings and presentations. Let’s see how these complementary strategies develop. And made friends, while reconnecting with a great number of others. I brood under notes.

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