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University Scholars Plant Seeds In a New Field of Study: Early Childhood Policy

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What Rasmussen didn’t have at the beginning of her political career, however, was much knowledge about how to turn her ideas into effective policies. “I Over the past two years, the consortium has created open-access materials intended to make it easy for universities to start offering coursework on the topic of early childhood policy.

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Impero Software Announces New Version of its Flagship Product ? Impero Education Pro ? at ISTE 2018

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It partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits. It partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits.

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Impero Software Partners with Mental Health America to Help Identify Mental Health Concerns in Schools

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Bullying – including cyberbullying – can have tragic consequences for individuals, families, schools and entire communities,” added Theresa Nguyen, MHA Vice President of Policy and Programs. It partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits.

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Critical Guidelines for Ensuring Data Privacy in Districts

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Therefore, assessing privacy and compliance policies and practices related to the systemwide use of technology is a continual priority. The panelists recommended superintendents provide a clear review of the district data privacy policy and compliance practices with their community early and often.

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5 Critical Guidelines for Student Data Privacy

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More important, though, every piece of technology must adhere to the district’s student data privacy policies. Rather than creating policies and compliance guidelines from scratch, start with what works and adapt it for your school. If not, help them find a tool that meets the goal and complies with the school’s data privacy policy.

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The Hechinger Report

These arrests can have dire consequences, suggests a 2011 report by the Justice Policy Institute. Erik Fleming, director of advocacy and policy with the ACLU’s Mississippi chapter, says officers in schools need to learn how to de-escalate situations with the goal of avoiding arrests.

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

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Other districts embrace virtualization as a disciplinary measure and have started to develop official policies around using this punishment. This action is considered a “long-term out-of-school suspension” and is to be used only after a number of other less drastic methods have failed to achieve behavior change, the handbook says.