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How Strong School Finance Management Translates into Better Educational Outcomes

Hubbli

Transparency: Clear financial reporting and oversight foster accountability, build trust, and facilitate informed decision-making. By ensuring competitive salaries, ongoing training, and professional development, schools can attract and retain high-quality teachers who are essential for student success.

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To fight teacher shortages, schools turn to custodians, bus drivers and aides 

The Hechinger Report

She’s also a teacher-in-training. Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report In two and a half years, the teacher training program, run by nonprofit Reach University, has grown from 50 applicants to about 1,000, with most coming from rural areas of Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and California.

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How edtech can worsen racial inequality

The Hechinger Report

Products that use voice assistant technology to measure a student’s language comprehension and creation skills are one example. But Hebbar and other experts say such concerns shouldn’t stop schools and educators from using technology or banning AI. Nidhi Hebbar, co-founder, the Ed Tech Equity Project. “If

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Wasted Technology: Why Many Teachers Don’t Use the Programs Their Districts Provide

eSchool News

You’ve never seen the gadget before, you have no idea what it does, and you’ve never received any training on how to use it. If the thought of using the gadget for the first time in front of a large audience gives you any level of anxiety, you now know why many teachers never use the technology their districts provide.

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Dyslexia: hidden costs and money-saving techniques for districts

eSchool News

This should include early identification and intervention services (think kindergarten), teacher training in multi-sensory language approach, and frequent progress reports and assessments to ensure that the services are working. Schools need to develop a three- to five-year plan for students with dyslexia, advises Noland.

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COVID-19 Is Costing Visually Impaired Students Time That Can’t Be Made Up

Edsurge

Their report , titled “Access and Engagement to Education Study,” surveyed over 1,400 parents and professionals in the U.S. On the flip side, technology caused stress in families where parents became navigators for students who could not use assistive technology independently. and Canada.

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How Early Intervention with Dyslexia Benefits Your Students and Your School

edWeb.net

This should include early identification and intervention services (think kindergarten), teacher training in multi-sensory language approach, and frequent progress reports and assessments to ensure that the services are working. Schools need to develop a 3-5 year plan for students with dyslexia, advises Noland.