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It’s budget season: How are you preparing for the fiscal cliff?

eSchool News

The imminent end of ESSER funding has pushed school districts to a critical juncture, compelling them to confront budget deficits for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year before the “fiscal cliff” hits in 2025-2026. Consider how to strengthen educator recruitment and combat turnover. Where do you want to go?

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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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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

The idea, said Ann Swartz-Beckius, interim director of student achievement, is to teach students how to remain calm under pressure, “to tune out the noise in their heads.”. He estimated that nearly one in three new jobs created through 2026 will require education beyond high school.

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The new minority on campus? Men

The Hechinger Report

By 2026, the department estimates , 57 percent of college students will be women. So while much attention has been focused on the controversy over gender-neutral bathrooms on campuses, she said, the much bigger gender issue behind the scenes at universities and colleges is how to draw more men. Department of Education.

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In an era of inequity, more and more college financial aid is going to the rich

The Hechinger Report

And I think some people are more knowledgeable about how to do that.”. People who set up college-savings accounts, called 529 plans, get $2 billion a year worth of federal tax deductions — projected by the Treasury Department to double by 2026 to $4 billion a year. Portillo gets that. It’s like a business, right?” she said. “I

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