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At ISTE Live Conference, Pandemic Lessons and New Challenges

Edsurge

In a little less than a decade, the district has gone from having no functional email to “ubiquitous Wi-Fi” and every kid with a device, Caposey said during a panel at the ISTE Live conference in New Orleans last week. ISTE is the parent organization of EdSurge, though we operate with editorial independence.)

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Blurring the lines between education and workforce

The Hechinger Report

Recently, the Big Blur was the topic of numerous conversations during a national conference hosted by Jobs for the Future (JFF) in New Orleans, where it was a subject of a panel discussion between industry leaders and two JFF officials: Joel Vargas, the organization’s vice president of programs, and Kyle Hartung, associate vice president.

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Seeking stability in school when the waters rise

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Austyn Gaffney for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Austyn Gaffney for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Austyn Gaffney for The Hechinger Report. But last February, Ophelia received her first dose; she was excited about starting kindergarten at West Whitesburg Elementary School this fall. Around 8:15 a.m.,

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Why Grading Policies For Equity Matter More Than Ever

MindShift

In the past month, his son, who is in elementary school, has been assigned multiple worksheets per day. “I Their solutions included switching to a pass/incomplete system at secondary schools and focusing on narrative feedback at elementary schools. Eakins during a recent professional development session.

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COLUMN: The world is waking up to education’s essential role in climate solutions

The Hechinger Report

This month’s Conference of the Parties , or COP 27, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the United Nations’ annual “let’s not burn the planet” gathering, has a brand-new focus on education. Nearly 6,500 schools are at high risk of flooding, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts report. Climate ignorance is widespread among youth.

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Massachusetts is taking action to improve the digital divide in classrooms across the state

Education Superhighway

One year ago we launched the Massachusetts Digital Connections Initiative in partnership with Governor Baker’s Office, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE), and MassIT. Last year, EducationSuperHighway delivered a comprehensive report on school connectivity across Massachusetts.

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‘It’s OK to not be OK:’ How One High School Saved Lives with a 34-Question Survey

MindShift

Nine counselors, psychologists, and therapists sat around a table in a conference room at Cañon City High School in southern Colorado. In classrooms around the building, the school’s ninth-graders whizzed through an online mental health survey that would soon deliver real-time data to the group in the conference room.

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