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Teaching tricks: Better data strategies to ease teacher workload

Neo LMS

In the UK the National Union of Teachers surveyed over 16,000 teachers and found: 90% of teachers said they had considered giving up teaching during the last two years because of the workload. In the United States the AFT (American Federation of Teachers) surveyed 830 of its members across a broad range of quality of work-life topics.

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Why the State of Surveillance in Schools Might Lead to the Next Equifax Disaster

Edsurge

Bill Fitzgerald While Blaine is a fictional student, the technology that’s tracking him is real, and actually in use in some school systems, part of a growing set of tools that leave data trails about students throughout the day. Other similar technologies include Kickboard and LiveSchool. There are ways it can save students.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

. ” Via The Clarion-Ledger : “Contracts between the Mississippi Department of Education and two of the state superintendent’s former co-workers appear to duplicate technology-related services while costing the state hundreds of thousands of dollars.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Santa J.