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Sinclair launches free cybersecurity training for K-12 administrators

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Some common cybersecurity threats faced by K-12 schools include data breaches, BYOD policies, unsecured WiFi networks, insider threats, and lack of security awareness training.

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Districts call for guidance in developing classroom AI policies

eSchool News

Key points: Administrators would like help creating comprehensive classroom AI policies What’s the latest on AI in education ? AI: Can it think like your students do?

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As states adopt science of reading, one group calls for better teacher training, curriculum

eSchool News

Indiana is requiring new teacher training. But a national policy group says many states still have significant work to do to ensure strong reading instruction. Other states NCTQ called out for their weak policies are just getting started. Ohio is dedicating millions to a curriculum overhaul.

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Abortion bans complicate medical training, risk worsening OBGYN shortages 

The Hechinger Report

Other than me flying to Boston to go to an ACOG workshop, I have no idea how to get that training.” Wade was overturned last summer, access to abortion training was uneven. Amrita Bhagia, a second-year medical student at the University of South Dakota, traveled to Boston last fall to receive abortion training. Even before Roe v.

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How States Can Take a Grassroots Approach to Training More Bilingual Teachers

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When Adriana Cervantes-González started school in California as a child, it was at a time when state policy was determined to get all English-learning students proficient in the language within one year. That meant that bilingual education was out, in favor of English immersion. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

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K–12 IT Leaders Can Mitigate Cybersecurity Risks Through User Training

EdTech Magazine

K–12 IT Leaders Can Mitigate Cybersecurity Risks Through User Training. Hackers can send malware and phishing emails, but users need to be trained how to recognize and report them — and not click. . This should be an essential component of any training module moving forward. Data governance policies are key, she says.

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University Scholars Plant Seeds In a New Field of Study: Early Childhood Policy

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What Rasmussen didn’t have at the beginning of her political career, however, was much knowledge about how to turn her ideas into effective policies. “I Over the past two years, the consortium has created open-access materials intended to make it easy for universities to start offering coursework on the topic of early childhood policy.

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