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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. Last year, for example, Renaissance acquired Nearpod, a platform that allows teachers to create interactive digital lessons, for $650 million. Why the pairing?

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World Backup Day March 31st: Student data security

Neo LMS

For example, of 40,000 children who were involved in a 2011 data breach , more than 10% of them had their social security numbers compromised and used by a cybercriminal. Beyond providing insight, security evaluations and LMS software help administrators address potential vulnerabilities and defend student data immediately. Conclusion.

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A Tale of Two American Education Systems: An Edtech Investor’s Perspective

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She has her own computer, educational software and high-speed internet. According to the Code.org Advocacy Coalition , across 24 states, only 27 percent of schools serving low-income students offer computer science courses, compared to 41 percent of schools serving their high-income peers. “Gap-closing” Jennifer is in sixth grade.

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PROOF POINTS: $1.5 billion in recovery funds go to afterschool

The Hechinger Report

This figure makes after-school programs the fourth most popular way to spend federal funds to address learning loss, behind summer school, software and instructional materials. Rinehart highlighted promising examples of how some communities are using their pandemic funds for after-school programs. Without the fun, kids won’t come.

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

Doug Levin

Nonetheless, as schools rely more and more on the internet for the delivery of core education programs and services we must remain cognizant of the ways in which our use of the technology may represent potential new threats to students and school communities. “ Information security “).

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?Without Addressing Basic Needs, Student Success Strategies Fall Short

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Examples of what that might look like already exist at some campuses. She pointed to Amarillo College in Texas, which uses its predictive software to identify and reach out to students who might benefit from services like the college’s Advocacy and Resource Center, which oversees a clothing center, food pantry and social services.

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Choosing personalized learning as a strategy for educational equity

The Hechinger Report

Some use online programs or software to give students access to content at their individual level , allowing them to move through lessons at their own pace. For example, Damont Morgan, a seventh grader, is among a group of students testing out their ideas about the school day. It makes personalized learning a strategy for equity.