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3 ways to support special education students with college and career readiness

eSchool News

Special education students can be perceived as being unable to succeed in general and advanced level high school classes, engage in challenging job training, or succeed in postsecondary education. Creative opportunities for skill building and workforce training can be found within many schools.

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How Blockchain Can Encourage Learning

Edsurge

Other emerging programs in the K12 space focus on the unique needs of hard-to-reach students. The program evaluates completion and consistency of student work, then releases digital funds accordingly. The training content is broken up into short, personalized learning “pills” based on personal goals.

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MTSS: Where to Begin?

edWeb.net

Inventory your current programs. Create a matrix of what programs and supports you already have, which populations they support, and who is leading the programs. Evaluate the efficacy of current programs. This includes not only selecting the goals for the coming year, but also staff and teacher training.

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OPINION: Black-white disparities in education correlate with teachers’ implicit biases, but it will take more than education reform to solve the issue

The Hechinger Report

Such policies include, for example, mandating that police , healthcare workers and judges receive training to reflect on how their own racial prejudices might affect their work. School and district leaders should, therefore, take additional steps beyond trainings to address pro-white/anti-Black biases in classrooms.

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National Network Launches to Connect Students in Crisis

eSchool News

With $250,000 from ECMC Foundation and a matching grant from Strada Education Network, the Emergency Coaching Network will provide up to 5,000 students at participating institutions with support from InsideTrack coaches specially trained to assess and support across a range of challenging situations.

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Invest in the Workforce of the Future with Data-Driven Collaboration

Digital Promise

When it comes to job training and career development, we’ve come a long way—but we’re not done yet. By investing in the (Governor’s Workforce Board) programs, we’re building the workforce of the future. One promising pattern shows how investments in CTE programs at the high school level are resulting in higher wages for graduates.

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With Budget Cuts Looming, Here’s How Districts Will Decide What to Keep or Cut

Edsurge

Examples of districts that embed practical evidence-based analysis into their program evaluation and budget cycles include efforts such as Jefferson County Public Schools’ Cycle-based Budgeting program and Schenectady City School’s return on investment review. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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