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Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline?

ED Surge

That’s particularly the case in K-12 classes, where teaching materials may be hard to parse, according to the preprint of a research article that argues that many of these students have to figure out how to access basic documents on their own, outside of school. While not new, the obligations in the rule have become pressing.

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Inside Canada’s 50-year fight for national child care

The Hechinger Report

The new system aims to provide child care for an average of $10 a day in licensed settings, with plans to create an additional 250,000 spots for children by 2026. More recently, advocates have presented child care as a public good and a right, similar to K-12 education.

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Jobs in cybersecurity are exploding: Why are women locked out?

The Hechinger Report

Employers in the United States, and countries worldwide, face a critical shortage of professionals trained in protecting corporate and government computer networks and systems from cyberattack. will grow 28 percent by 2026. will grow 28 percent by 2026. The social conditioning starts really early.”.

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Eclipsed by urban counterparts, rural nonwhites go to college at equally low rates

The Hechinger Report

A typical agriculture worker makes $22,540 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , and mechanization has steadily reduced demand for them; the government projects zero growth in agriculture through at least 2026.

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Using ESSER Funds Before They Expire on September 30, 2024

TCI

In response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) program was introduced to provide federal funding assistance to K-12 schools nationwide. This funding aimed to mitigate the pandemic’s impact on student learning and support schools during these challenging times.

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Short on financial knowledge, some school districts get bad deals on bonds

The Hechinger Report

Lori Raineri, president of the Sacramento-based independent public consulting company Government Financial Strategies, says she frequently hears from school district leaders who relied on relationships, referrals or marketing to choose their financial team but lack the quantitative expertise to evaluate the advice they get.

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Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?

The Hechinger Report

8:04 AM Four people waiting in the lobby, 12 callers “Good morning! A recent Census estimate found 89,000 K-12 students in San Francisco, down from about 93,000 in 2019. When her pre-K class toured potential kindergartens, she said, “The schools were just so different from each other.” How can I help you?”