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AI in the Classroom — Educators Share Their Personal Challenges and Successes

Edsurge

So, I was motivated to take the industry and peer knowledge and then bring it into my classroom. And I get to bring that industry information to my students and help them make those real-world connections. We used some of the lessons from the free elective teachers’ guide and the guide for secondary teachers.

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COVID Aid Gives Schools a Chance To Improve Digital Operations, but Time Is Running Out

Edsurge

What major industry still operates like that? The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) was approved in three packages in 2020 and 2021. There are few official guidelines on how the ESSER funding can be used, which has led to questions about how the dollars are being spent and accounted for.

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Using ESSER Funds Effectively for PBL and STEM: Advice From the Experts

edWeb.net

During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

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When kids go back to school, who’s going to drive the bus?

The Hechinger Report

Morton wipes the handrails after each student boards, and uses an industrial disinfectant on most of the bus once its empty. 210,000 — The number of bus drivers working directly for elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. His wife tested positive for COVID-19 after visiting with friends in their backyard on Memorial Day.

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Evaluating the Evaluators: How to Reduce Conflict of Interest in Higher-Ed Quality Assurance

Edsurge

In the meantime, industry experts are figuring out the logistics of running a successful EQUIP experiment. You don’t see any mention in the guidelines about who can be a QAE.” He says he hopes the conflict of interest guidelines influence higher-ed outcome evaluation not only for the EQUIP program, but for higher-ed models in general.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

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