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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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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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How Education Service Agencies Transform Data Fragmentation to Data Integration

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Without interoperability, data silos emerge, making it difficult for stakeholders to access and use the full range of capabilities offered by different edtech products. The possibilities are endless now that we have access to this data! We plan to work on resources, tough conversations, pedagogical practices and grading policies.

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6 Websites that Explain Elections

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In the 1700’s, when the brand new United States of America, newly liberated from the British aristocratic rule that relied on Kings and Queens, wrote its very first Constitution and Bill of Rights, it decided to establish a system of government by the people. House of Representatives and the U.S.

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Breaking Barriers to a Foundational Early Childhood Education

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However, many young children have limited access to high-quality educational opportunities because of socioeconomic factors and technological barriers. She became passionate about this subject after delving into research on children's development and realizing the underinvestment and lack of services in this area.

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Will Banning TikTok Make Kids Safer Online? It’s More Complicated Than That

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While it’s true that young people are increasingly struggling with mental health issues at the same time social media usage is ballooning, today’s available research simply hasn’t found one of those to be the driving force behind the other — in sum, correlation does not equal causation. While the U.S.

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College Students Are Spending Less On Course Materials—And More On Tech

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Instructors are assigning more content that’s free or at least “not paid for directly” by the student, says Richard Hershman, vice president of government relations at NCAS. Those students didn’t actually save much money—about $24 on average—and are more likely to consider dropping out, according to the researchers behind the report.