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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?

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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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Amid Georgia Controversy, Online Schooling Company K12 Sees Career Prep Interest

Edsurge

Despite the likely loss of a contract with Georgia’s largest public school and a worse-than-expected operating loss, online schooling and education management provider K12 reported some growth areas during its latest quarterly earnings. K12 reported on Tuesday that it saw revenue for the quarter ended Sept. based company still saw a 2.9

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The worst of the pandemic is behind us. College students’ mental health needs are not.

The Hechinger Report

We’ve been writing about student mental health since the early days of The Hechinger Report, and more recently we’ve done our best to document the challenges students and educators faced throughout the pandemic. Inside Higher Ed has reported on college counseling centers facing increased demand for trauma counseling.

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