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As Child Care Challenges Threaten the American Workforce, Business Leaders Call for Action

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Also in May, Marshall Plan for Moms, a non-profit organization focused on women’s economic empowerment and promoting public and private sector policies that support mothers, organized a national business coalition for child care with the aim of expanding child care support for employees. At Synchrony, 60 percent of our workforce are women.

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How Edtech Companies Blur the Lines Between Commercial and Research Data

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Stories pointing to secretive consumer tracking policies and privacy violations from companies like Facebook and Google have stirred further outcries, and education companies are not immune to criticisms either. That’s a far cry from the research published from companies, says Martin.

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What the World Can Teach the US About Education Technology

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Some of the conclusions may not come as a surprise in the Omidyar Network’s report on what works in scaling education technology in different regions worldwide. Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. And yet, Chilean education expenditure as a percent of GDP (5.35

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Roybi Raises $4.2 Million Seed Round to Produce Educational Robots

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Sarraf hopes the robot and her company of the same name can reach homes and families, just as they have reached the wallets of two angel investors who have injected $4.2 The company did not disclose their names. The robot is not yet available; when it is, the company says it will retail for $299. Courtesy of Roybi the company.

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Are Schools Helpless, Hapless When it Comes to IT Privacy and Security?

Doug Levin

Even if they are correct about the current state of affairs – and they just might be – it doesn’t abdicate our responsibility to help schools and educators do better. Instead, advocates have focused almost exclusively on the practices of companies serving education. “ Information security “).

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HMH to Acquire NWEA

eSchool News

Learning technology company HMH and NWEA , a not-for-profit, research and educational services organization serving K-12 students, announced today they have signed an agreement for HMH to acquire NWEA. Both teams are deeply focused on helping all children learn and serve millions of K-12 educators and students across the globe.”.

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Celebrating Disability Pride with MIND Education

MIND Research Institute

We see this language baked into our education systems and materials with terms like “differently abled,” “impaired,” “deficit,” and “low functioning.” Disability Community and Culture at MIND Companies report that 4-7% of their employees have disclosed a disability. Why is that? Follow disabled creators.