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Overcoming security and privacy concerns with e-learning

Neo LMS

At the postsecondary level, more than 15% of students were enrolled exclusively online in 2017. took at least one online course. It’s important to note that those impressive numbers don’t include remote students at the elementary or high school level.

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States bet big on career education, but struggle to show it works

The Hechinger Report

The 4,000-student school district offers classes in agriculture and health sciences, courses in coding and welding, and internships at the local hospital and the district offices. Yet Rider can’t be sure that her program steers students toward successful careers. Without that, they’re making decisions in the dark.”

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

techlearning

Dream Academy students—chosen through a mix of GPA, interview, teacher recommendations, and academic portfolio review—can graduate from high school with an associate degree in social science. They use the Blackboard platform to communicate with professors and engage fellow students in their courses. TECH USED ?

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How Should We Approach the Ethical Considerations of AI in K-12 Education?

Edsurge

Tools like Turnitin that check for plagiarism, intelligent tutoring softwares like Khan Academy or iReady that automate or personalize instruction, and chatbots like Alexa that answer student questions are all vulnerable to algorithmic biases in development and inequitable outcomes in implementation.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Organization: Common Sense Education. URL: www.everyoneon.org.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

Ultimately, from Upchurch and the technology team to leadership districtwide, AISD knows how important technology is in today’s learning environment and wants every student to have the same opportunity to be successful. Nominee: Link Text Becky Alexander, Morris Elementary Nominated by: Istation.

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The Big Picture on the 2019-20 PreK-12 Market

edWeb.net

With the continued emphasis on reading at grade level by third grade, schools are looking for their elementary materials to focus on phonics. No matter what the subject, though, every publisher should be ready to share their student data privacy standards for their digital tools.