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Researchers Have Identified the Starkest Cases of School District Segregation

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That’s one of the main findings of a new report from researchers from the think tank New America. Across roughly 60 pages, researchers analyzed 24,658 pairs of districts that share a border. Researchers point out that the inequities they uncover in the report are not unavoidable. It’s time to draw the line.”

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Federal Government Launches First-of-Its-Kind Center for Early Childhood Workforce

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“It felt like the right time for the federal government to have an explicit focus on this — and one that is cross cutting,” Hamm tells EdSurge. Chrishana Lloyd, a research scholar at Child Trends, will be heading up the ECE Workforce Center’s research efforts. government. They go hand in hand,” says Montoya. “In

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How to Find Reliable Internet Sources

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With that in mind, there is one guideline that will help even novice researchers find reliable sources: the extension. Here are the most popular extensions in order of reliability, dependability, and trustworthiness: gov Published by the government and non-military. Historically, focused on research, study, and education.org U.S.

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Government Funds Shielded Colleges From Extinction. In 2022, the Stakes Will Change.

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Honoring the work of several institutions that successfully pivoted to the online space, in fall 2020, NASPA contacted researchers, edtech experts and higher education professionals, including myself, to advise them on what became the Virtual Innovation Awards: Excellence in Delivering Virtual Student Services.

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When Does Posting Photos of Students Become a Data Privacy Problem?

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It’s that sharing of student photos, especially those with identifying information, that has researchers questioning what the implications may be for student privacy and whether it’s ethical for schools to post pictures at all. One group of researchers analyzed 18 million photos posted by U.S.

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Not Even Companies Know if Their Edtech Products Work. Can Learning Science Fix That?

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Digital Promise’s solution: a certification for edtech companies that was originally launched in 2020 to help educators figure out which products are implementing best research practices. A common response Digital Promise hears is that companies can’t be both innovative and research-based. The process was relaunched this year.

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The Digital Divide 2.0: Navigating Digital Equity and Health Equity in Education

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This understanding has led researchers and health care professionals to start making the case that the digital divide can actually negatively affect people’s health. Such awareness has also inspired a surge in federal, state and local governments discussing solutions and infrastructure upgrades.