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What if we gave every teacher a work from home day?

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Preparation programs are facing fewer numbers of new educators entering the workforce; thirteen percent of graduate programs surveyed by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education reported seeing “significant declines” in the numbers of new students.

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When Is It Okay for Public School Officials to Attend Tech-Funded Events?

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We have to do things differently,” Jamie Candee, CEO of Edmentum told the crowd. We were interested and surprised to see that over 70 percent of our registrants [who answered a survey] said someone else that underwrites the cost of their registration, presumably an organization or school,” Rosenbaum explains. “It

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Which Edtech Companies Are Listening to Teachers?

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At the start of our journey to pull back some of the edtech curtain, we set out to survey roughly 30 edtech companies of varying sizes and subject areas. Through formal advisory groups of teachers and administrators that meet monthly. But after persistent pestering, we only heard back from about half of them.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

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Whether it was participating in device-day pickup or hosting and coordinating meet-the-teacher drive-throughs, the entire district staff stepped up to provide for nearly 61,000 students. In Florida, FLVS saw success through state testing results and surveys.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Other sponsors, in addition to CZI and Gates, included: Knowledgeworks , Edmentum , Amazon Web Services , Oneder , and Reading Plus.). .” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The 2018 Surveys of Admissions Leaders: The Pressure Grows.” Of the 23 stories Edsurge published this past week, 10 were sponsored.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. And, of course, many teachers find themselves working as Uber drivers as they struggle to make ends meet on their salaries. In addition, he held meetings with the major publishers, such as Pearson Education, about partnering with Apple.

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