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

The Hechinger Report

And in 2022, 36 states enacted policies promoting career training for high schoolers, college students, and adults, according to Advance CTE , a professional organization for state CTE leaders. Their inability to answer stems from disconnected data. In 2018, Congress increased annual funding for CTE, which now exceeds $1.4

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Executive Briefs

techlearning

No matter how skilled, knowledgeable, passionate, or persistent school district employees are in building and attending to a student data privacy compliance program, the work simply cannot succeed without a leadership champion.

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5 Considerations for Buying Classroom Technology

EdTech Magazine

MORE FROM EDTECH: Read more about how investments can improve equity in STEM education. Alignment with Student Learning Goals and Standards. Technology should be used to support learning in the classroom, enhance instructional methods and positively impact student achievement. .

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. And “free” doesn’t last. 3D Printing.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Foreign Policy : “This Beijing-Linked Billionaire Is Funding Policy Research at Washington’s Most Influential Institutions.” “ Oxford and Cambridge are said to be illegally spying on students for money,” says Quartz. Gee, that last name seems familiar. ” Think tanks. ” Predictions!

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As the Higher Ed Opportunity Act Turns 10, Here’s How the Landscape Has Changed

Edsurge

States have moved to strengthen performance-based funding models and reward institutions for the student outcomes they produce, instead of simply enrollment. Outcomes-based policy will be a fixture of the upcoming debate over the future of federal higher education accountability. Free College: Showing ‘Promise’?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. Via Engadget : “Trump signs executive order stripping non-citizens of privacy rights.” ” “Policy-based Privacy is Over,” says Eric Hellman. Colleges Will Disappear.” ” Education in the Courts.