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SETDA Launches Cybersecurity Resource Focused on Small, Rural, and Under-resourced Districts

eSchool News

In collaboration with Microsoft and the K12 Security Information eXchange (K12 SIX), this initiative underscores SETDA’s commitment to providing essential tools and guidance to support state educational agencies. For more information, please visit www.setda.org. About SETDA SETDA is the principal association representing U.S.

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Lost in translation: Parents of special ed students who don’t speak English often left in the dark

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times Regardless of what language parents speak at home, they have a civil right to receive important information from their child’s educators in a language they understand. Husband Enrique Barrera, right, often tried to help with interpretation, which federal laws require schools to provide.

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Students Need More Financial Aid Than What They Applied for. A Free New Tool Can Help.

Edsurge

Called SwiftStudent , the website walks students through the documents and forms they need in order to submit a financial aid appeal to their institution’s aid office. It includes information about the different situations in which a student is eligible, and includes templates they can use to generate an appeals letter.

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Presence Introduces New Therapy Platform to Enrich the Clinician Experience

eSchool News

Presence is offering a free version of the platform for clinicians interested in exploring how they can incorporate technology into their therapy planning, documentation, and delivery. For more information, visit wwwpresencelearning.com. It also allows them to conduct up to eight 30-minute teletherapy sessions a month.

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How a Culture of Caring Is Helping These Schools Improve Student Mental Health

Edsurge

Districts have taken a wide range of approaches, as documented by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit that studies how government policies impact low-income families. Anytime we have parent-teacher conferences, it’s the Cub Connection teacher's responsibility to communicate that information to the parent.

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The Power of Rubrics—Students Take Control of Their Own Learning and Achievement

EdNews Daily

Armed with that information, Rachel sought help on those specific problems, and she received an A on her next paper. . If there is disagreement, the writer should determine why he disagrees with his peer’s assessment as well as the documentation he needs to support his opinion. Rubrics become an information tool.

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Agency: Important for Students and Educators

A Principal's Reflections

The desire to increase agency in the form of voice, choice, and advocacy should be viewed as just as important for educators (teachers and administrators) as it is for students. The added bonus here is that other documents, images, and videos can be embedded, which really creates a more dynamic agenda.

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