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PROOF POINTS: Three reports on student achievement during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Three new reports on student achievement during the pandemic all point to larger declines in math than in reading and widening gaps between the haves and have-nots. The McKinsey report predicted that this generation of less-educated students could potentially reduce the size of the U.S.

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ParentSquare Becomes a Parent Company After Acquiring School Communication App

Edsurge

His company has acquired Signal Kit , provider of a competing school communications app. The combined company will reach two million students nationwide across 44 states, including about 20 percent of California students, claims Wadhwa. Parents can view secured documents and check outstanding lunch balances.

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When Does Posting Photos of Students Become a Data Privacy Problem?

Edsurge

The quantities were notable, researchers explained, because of well-documented parental concerns over other people having access to their children’s information. For instance, it is increasingly recognized that predictive policing companies regularly collect and utilize public social media data.”

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A Major Textbook Publisher Has Gone Private. What Does That Mean For Its Transition To Digital?

Edsurge

One of the largest of those companies will try to continue the transition as a private company, hoping that the extra capital and institutional knowledge will help. billion based on a price of $21 per share, according to publicly available documents. Executives of the company say the deal positions them for coming expansions.

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Why Every School Needs an AI Policy Right Now (Part 1)

The CoolCatTeacher

Grand View Research ) Statistics shared on Forbes Advisor are staggering: 64% of businesses expect AI to increase productivity, AI will have an estimated 21% net increase on US GDP by 2030, and 25% of companies are turning to AI to address the labor shortage issue. AI is expected to see an annual growth rate of 37.3% from 2023 to 2030.

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PROOF POINTS: Controversies within the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

“If you teach phonemic awareness, students will learn phonemic awareness,” which isn’t the goal, said Tiffany Peltier , a learning scientist who consults on literacy training for teachers at NWEA, an assessment company. “If Companies sold phonemic programs to schools and told teachers to teach it every day. school districts.

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Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know

Edsurge

According to the document, local leaders “should be a part of any planning for an outbreak and should request a bargaining session with your employer to discuss readiness. There are efforts to collect and share offerings from companies that want to help impacted schools. You are entitled to know everything about the district’s plans.”

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