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Data Privacy Checklist for Startups: Things to Consider

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Data Privacy for Startups. Starting a new business can be challenging, but incorporating data privacy from its inception need not be. However, data privacy is rarely considered in the face of new ideas, marketing efforts, and other things. The following data privacy checklist is all you need for your startup.

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Data really is the secret sauce in the K-12 classroom

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Our initial goal was to improve the reading support we offered students based on their literacy data, specifically in the area of foundational skills. We were collecting data from a variety of assessments, but the interventions we were using just weren’t showing that students were making consistent progress as readers.

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Introducing Aspire Change EDU

A Principal's Reflections

During one such visit, an organization offered me a full-time position with their company. Over the years, I have worked with two amazing companies dedicated to helping learners succeed and traveling the globe assisting educators in various ways. I have ambitious goals for my company.

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How Edtech Companies Blur the Lines Between Commercial and Research Data

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Edward Snowden’s revelation about the National Security Agency’s information-gathering practices alerted the public to the nefarious uses of data collection. Yet not all data collection efforts support questionable purposes that try to peep at—or profit from—a person’s online activities. Dr. Kirsten Martin.

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Vernier Kicks Off Its Spring 2018 Data-Collection Workshop Series

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BEAVERTON, Oregon, February 23, 2018 — Vernier Software & Technology will host 21 free hands-on workshops to help science and STEM educators learn how to integrate Vernier data-collection technology—including the new Vernier Go Direct wireless sensors—into their curriculum.

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15 edtech startups selected for the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator

eSchool News

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in early January announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. As education continues to evolve, data-driven decision making is a powerful strategy to transform teaching and learning practices and unlock new opportunities for student success.

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Words to Never Use If You Want to Build a Diverse Edtech Company

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Those may be commonly-used metaphors to describe ideal workers at fast-growing tech companies. Any companies that are well-funded enough to have internal human-resources divisions, she believes, should earmark no less than $100,000 to recruit diverse candidates. Companies generally don’t want to share because they feel ashamed.

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