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New report underscores education problems in institutions for foster youth

The Hechinger Report

A new report says the state of Pennsylvania ought to be doing more to oversee such facilities serving foster and delinquent children. Photo: Caroline Preston for The Hechinger Report/HuffPost. But the report released today suggests that many of these foster children are attending on-grounds schools in lieu of public schools.

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Students Are Online Like Never Before. What Does That Mean for Their Privacy?

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Technology is enabling learning like never before, with millions of students attending school remotely for some or all of their regular instruction this fall. Which technologies are collecting student data? How is that data being used? Who has access to it? And how long is it kept?

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Groups urge IES to release months-late report on student internet access

eSchool News

A federal report on students’ home access to digital learning resources is months late, and ed-tech groups say the delay is impeding efforts to close the homework gap. “We think there’s a big problem, and we need good data around it,” says CoSN CEO Keith Krueger. “This is critical.”

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They helped all schools get good internet, now they?re focusing on homes

The Hechinger Report

More than 99 percent of schools nationwide have access to speedy and reliable internet, making online learning an option for their students. School buildings are closed because of coronavirus, and the bandwidth that powered digital learning for kids is going unused. Digital Bridge K-12 has a guide for collecting that data.

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Experts call for an end to online preschool programs

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. LeMya Vaughn completes an activity on her kindergarten readiness program, UPSTART. Subscribe today!

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Four Tips for Choosing the Right Edtech Resources

Edsurge

3P Learning works with over five million students and educators across the globe, providing online learning solutions in math, science and literacy. Match available resources to your strategic goals Ensure the resources you consider align with your district’s mission, vision and student learning objectives.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

The Hechinger Report

million students from fall 2019 to fall of 2021, according to state data leaving campuses worried about their future and potential students with fewer of the opportunities offered by higher education. The report was provided jointly to The Hechinger Report and the Los Angeles Times.

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