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Is This Video App Safe? Mozilla Privacy Report Offers a Look

Edsurge

She is the vice president of advocacy and engagement at the Mozilla Foundation, which today released a new report examining the privacy and security policies of 15 commonly used video-conferencing apps. Microsoft took the opportunity to tout the privacy and security features of its competitor videoconferencing tool, Teams.

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#FactFriday: AP Computer Science participation on the rise – including for female and minority students

ExcelinEd

Code.org and members of the Code.org Advocacy Coalition – of which ExcelinEd is a member – have been working on improving access to high-quality computer science opportunities for all students. That's why we're so excited for @TED_ED 's new series, Think Like a Coder – because our girls know how to do just that.

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?Without Addressing Basic Needs, Student Success Strategies Fall Short

Edsurge

this week to discuss how to get more nontraditional students—such as full- and part-time workers, parents and other underrepresented groups—to and through college. College advisors and education leaders gathered in Nashville, Tenn.,

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

The Hechinger Report

“With employers fielding a lot more applicants, how do we help create equitable processes for people at the top of the funnel?” 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.

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As diagnoses rise, more colleges add services for students with autism

The Hechinger Report

But one of the challenges that arises is how to navigate the social landscape.”. One concerned parent, Julie Solomon, said she talked to her son Teddy, who is in his second year at UTC, about how much independence would be required of him when he started college in 2018. Even there, she was hesitant to sign up.

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Learning Revolution Weekly Shows - Thrive in EDU, Teaching by Heart, Reinventing.School, The Connected Classroom, Exceptional Circumstances for Exceptional Children | #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount. This work drove the importance of advocacy for education programs for all children. Show starting date: June 24th NEXT SHOW: Inaugural Show: Let's talk about the future of education and how to thrive!

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Critical Thinking in Academia and Calling a Spade a Spade

RafranzDavis.com

It would be years before I found “my voice” again in my teaching and advocacy. Microsoft needed to hear that their collaboration tools sucked in order to begin to work out why. How is questioning this universal acceptance of a not new idea as a new one not being supportive of teaching?