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Three lessons from rigorous research on education technology

The Hechinger Report

The researchers at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab ( J-PAL ), an organization inside the economics department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scoured academic journals, the internet and evaluation databases and found only 113 studies on using technology in schools that were scientifically rigorous.

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What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

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State match to local investments A partnership between local and state governments with revenue from sin taxes like those on gambling is expanding access to child care for those who need the most help. In 2017, the city made a $750,000 early childhood investment. Before the state placed any money in the fund, New Orleans got busy.

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How can we close the digital divide?

The Hechinger Report

The newly released National Education Technology Plan from the U.S. Department of Education aims to highlight that disparity and many other inequities in the use and design of ed tech, as well as access to it. The report also offers ways that those digital divides can be mitigated. “We Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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How a Small Town in a Red State Rallied Around Universal Preschool

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As President Joe Biden’s efforts to expand child care support have faltered, states have been the next-best hope for addressing a nationwide crisis in early childhood education. But others have made clear they view early care and education as an individual, not government, responsibility. Who can argue with it?”

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PROOF POINTS: What happens when private student information leaks

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In a report publicly released in October 2020 , the Government Accountability Office (GAO) counted 99 school data breaches over the past four years, from July 2016 to May 2020, that compromised the personal information of thousands of students in kindergarten through high school.

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How transparent is school data when parents can’t find it or understand it?

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Many parents, however, experience educational, technological and language barriers to accessing and understanding data, limiting their ability to make informed decisions about their children. She is hoping to see a change from state and local governments.

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Our 10 Most Popular Early Childhood Education Stories of 2023

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How a Small Town in a Red State Rallied Around Universal Preschool By Emily Tate Sullivan In 2017, kindergarten readiness rates in American Falls, a one-stoplight farming community in conservative Idaho, hit “rock bottom.” And if 10 isn’t enough, you can read all of our early childhood coverage here.

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