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JULY 15, 2024

A statement issued by the school district said “several educational technology companies are interested in acquiring” AllHere to continue its work, though nothing concrete has been announced.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Even by Houston ISD’s own calculations, the school is expected to earn a B rating when 2023 and 2024 school “report cards” are released. A lawsuit by Texas school districts over the change has halted the release of 2023 ratings for now, and a second lawsuit is similarly blocking the state from releasing 2024 ratings.

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MAY 1, 2023

What if you were to marry humans with technology? This blend of tutors and technology yielded results in ninth grade algebra equivalent to daily human tutoring alone at a much lower cost: $2,000 per student versus $3,000. This is just one study with only a year or so of evidence.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

In many cases, she said, “they’re getting an education that’s largely created by a whole other entity that may or may not have good outcomes.”. Educational technology: $16 billion. They spend $16 billion annually on educational technology , projected to rise to $20 billion by 2024, BMO Capital Markets estimates.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 20, 2024

million followers) welcoming teachers to share their school supply lists, along with a bit of humanizing information like where they live and what they teach, in a Google form. Photo courtesy of Deb Perelman I imagine people receiving and giving appreciate the humanity of it. Each summer, she creates a post on her Instagram account (1.8

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

That’s according to findings from the 2024 Early Childhood Workforce Index , a report that typically comes out every two years and is produced and authored by a team of researchers at the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at the University of California, Berkeley. “I per hour, and U.S. But really, I love this field.

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

1 The ancient philosopher was speaking, of course, of the latest technology in the B.C. As humans, we’ve always had a somewhat complicated history with invention. era: hand-written scrolls.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Meanwhile, almost 40 percent of the American public still contest the results of a free and fair election, and with the 2024 federal election around the corner, political polarization in the United States seems neverending, leaving democracy in an arguably fragile state.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

We’re excited to bring you more episodes this year, including more installments in our new series about growing public skepticism about higher education and the impact that is having on the choices students make after high school. If you have a suggestion for a topic or guest for 2024, please send that my way at jeff@edsurge.com.

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JUNE 22, 2022

With annual expenditures of more than $750 billion , American public schools have complicated operations—from financial workflow to human resources to business analytics, and too many rely on analog processes in a digital world. Another area that can use a tech assist is human resources. The answer, unfortunately, is too many schools.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

In a memo released in mid-June to school district superintendents, Vermont Agencies of Education and Human Services indicate that local departments of education can waive the insurance requirement for home-based pre-K programs that are unable or cannot afford to secure the policy recommended by VSBIT.

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MARCH 11, 2024

With Gen Z now making up a substantial portion of today’s college students, their attitudes toward libraries have implications for higher education. A number of ACRL members would say ‘Wow, we see a lot of similarities in terms of usage and media consumption.’” He’s also the vice chair of ACRL’s New Roles and Changing Landscapes committee.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

history, European history, human geography, AP government. That gives me pause because I’m in a teacher education program preparing to go into teaching at a time when so much is changing. I came to Clemson University and the teacher education program during COVID-19. I'll be leaving in 2024. Change can also be hopeful.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Hiring More Humans in Schools No two of the school districts that come to Duncan Young for help meeting the mental health needs of students are exactly alike, says the CEO of Effective School Solutions, a company that designs and provides mental health programs for school districts.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Theres nothing like one-to-one interaction with a human being, Perez says. The 2024 results of the nations report card, released last week by the National Center for Education Statistics, show that for the third time in a row fourth and eighth grade reading scores have dropped on the biannual assessment.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Instead, in April, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced it would extend the enrollment-based subsidy reimbursements through August of 2024. “If If that had happened all at once,” Colagrosso says, “we would’ve fallen off the cliff and closed the doors.”

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

What’s more, 34 percent of principals surveyed reported that more students had access to tutoring in 2023-2024 than in the previous year. They likely won’t replace human tutors, Gutierrez says. Thousands of schools also reported an increase in other support for students. But how much of a dent does that actually make in the country?

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JANUARY 10, 2025

Heres the countdown of the top EdSurge stories about the college world in 2024, based on readership. But at least one longtime AI developer argues that it isnt possible, and that the best use of AI is to assist human tutors and teachers, not replace them. Weve been crunching the numbers, and your votes are in.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The period from prenatal to age 3 is a uniquely consequential window of human development during which the fundamental architecture of the brain is “wired.” Wuori’s arguments throughout the concise, 101-page book are premised on what he calls “The Three Simple Truths of Early Development”: Learning begins in utero and never stops.

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JANUARY 24, 2025

For instance, Bernstein says, in the aftermath of the 2024 election, many political experts wondered whether Democrats leaned too heavily on some issues, like transgender rights. While this is a fascinating topic, its much more difficult for students to talk about because it may directly affect them or their peers, he says.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

“By partnering with Upwards, we have been able to help our [employees] find trusted providers who are able to accommodate the varying work schedules found at our properties,” Susan Loveday, the vice president of human resources at Dollywood Parks and Resorts, told The 19th. Another aspect of the child care crisis is supply.

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AUGUST 12, 2024

Biden signed an executive order on AI in October 2023, which directed the Education Department to develop within a year resources, policies and guidance on AI and to create an “AI toolkit” for schools. Stories that inspire Sign up to receive Hechinger’s deeply reported education coverage in your inbox, every Tuesday.

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