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With a degree no longer enough, job candidates are told to prove their skills in tests

The Hechinger Report

said Steve Yadzinski, who works on innovations in workforce technology for Jobs for the Future — an advocacy group that makes its own job finalists take on work-related projects as a part of the decision process. “With employers fielding a lot more applicants, how do we help create equitable processes for people at the top of the funnel?”

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

In April, Education Week’s Market Brief reported on a study by the consortium claiming school districts could save billions if they shared with one another the details about what they were paying for hardware and software. ” Instead, it said it would offer some diagnostic tools online.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. CASIO CLASSPAD.NET ( classpad.net ) Casio’s ClassPad. K-12 market.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CENTRALREACH PK-12 ( www.centralreach.com/industry/pk-12-education ) CentralReach launches CentralReach PK-12, a collaborative and data-driven software for special education. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

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