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OPINION: Banning legacy admissions will deliver another blow to the children of Black alumni

The Hechinger Report

Her father, Nick Chiles, says that “I’ve been watching this admissions system up close for decades. Wesleyan, Johns Hopkins, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon and the University of California system have dropped legacy admissions preferences. The overall acceptance rate for the class of 2027 was 4.35

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How to Drive Student Success With Creative Generative AI Tools in the Classroom: Part 1

Edsurge

Perhaps the biggest question on the minds of educators, caretakers and policymakers is this: How can we best integrate these new capabilities into our education system to set up students for success in the classroom and beyond? What safety and anti-bias measures are in place, especially for younger students?

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CASE Once Again Endorses Classworks® Special Education Platform

eSchool News

This month, CASE re-endorsed Classworks as a top-tier special education resource through 2027. Our CASE-endorsed, comprehensive Special Education and Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) solution includes academic screeners, math and reading interventions, specially designed instruction, progress monitoring, and powerful data.

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How eBook Reader Devices are Changing the Publishing Industry

Kitaboo on EdTech

This is evident from the fact that the eBook market is expected to grow by 2.00% from 2023 to 2027, reaching a market volume of US $15.33 billion by 2027, according to Statista. Distribute your eBooks securely and efficiently using the cloud-based eBook delivery system that supports DRM protection and offline access.

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OPINION: Let’s use the pandemic as a dress-rehearsal for much-needed digital transformation

The Hechinger Report

That means a digital transformation, with three key levers for change: in the classroom, in schools and at the systems level. AI, for example, can support enhanced early warning systems that allow teachers and administrators to accurately identify needed interventions for individual learners.

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Shop class is grounded, high school aviation classes are taking flight

The Hechinger Report

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: There has been a growing understanding that our education system hasn’t done enough to provide students the skills they need for the workforce. percent over the next four years.

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Canceled classes, sweltering classrooms: How extreme heat impairs learning

The Hechinger Report

Many school systems are gravely unprepared for a warming world. An analysis by FutureEd, a think tank at Georgetown University, found that education systems planned to spend about 23 percent of their third tranche of the federal money on infrastructure. Related: How the effects of climate change threaten student mental health.

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