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After Recent High-Profile Data Breaches, Illuminate Education Quietly Gets Acquired

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In a deal quietly announced last week, K-12 educational software services company Renaissance Learning acquired Illuminate Education for an undisclosed amount. The deal was announced last Monday on both companies' sites and in an email sent to Illuminate customers. Why the pairing?

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GoGuardian Finds Three Factors That influence K-12 Student Engagement Online and In-Person

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The GoGuardian Research and Insights team today announced its comprehensive findings on the factors that create an engaging learning experience in K-12 schools, both online and in-person, in its 2020 State of Engagement Report. Because the COVID-19 Pandemic has restructured U.S.

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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

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Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments.

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When Student Anxiety Gets in the Way of Attending School

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Pandemic closures provided some students with a chance to notice how stressed they are at school, says Jayne Demsky, founder of School Avoidance Alliance, an advocacy group that provides professional training to schools. But a more common approach has been to ink contracts with telehealth companies.

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Presence Introduces New Therapy Platform to Enrich the Clinician Experience

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The technology company has developed a robust, clinician-designed online therapy platform for their own network of teletherapy providers, and made a version of it available to schools during the pandemic. It’s been very inspiring to see how student engagement has improved with Presence. About Presence.

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53 back-to-school tips and insights for a great year

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School and district leaders will be actively seeking innovative approaches, leveraging data, and collaborating with advocacy organizations and policymakers to bring about meaningful changes in how we educate English Language Learners.

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Effective Intervention for Students with Dyslexia

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Additionally, the structured literacy approach is systematic, with a logical order to the skills and concepts being taught (usually progressing from the simplest to the most complex), cumulative, new learning builds on students’ prior knowledge, and diagnostic, instruction is informed by student data. About the Author.

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