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

ED Surge

So he felt frustrated, isolated: “I am stranded on this desert island because that site doesn't work [with my screen reader],” Jacob later told a researcher , also adding, “You can't just re-change your whole teaching plan, especially when you've distributed it.” While not new, the obligations in the rule have become pressing.

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'Teaching Times' article on the new GCSE Natural History

Living Geography

A new article in 'Teaching Times' by Mary Colwell gives a bit of an update into the state of the GCSE Natural History, and its possible introduction in 2026. We wait to see if the next government will revive it and make it a reality for first teaching in 2026 (at the earliest).

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In Japan, plummeting university enrollment forecasts what’s ahead for the U.S.

The Hechinger Report

Even with declining selectivity, more than 40 percent of private universities here — there are 603, along with 179 publics — aren’t filling their government-allocated enrollment quotas. There will be a 10 percent drop in the number of high school graduates from 2026 to 2037, according to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher 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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The Idea of a Teacher Salary Minimum Is Gaining Steam in Congress. Where Has This Worked?

ED Surge

Congress is weighing a significant change to the teaching profession — one that proponents hope could help attract strong candidates to the classroom while retaining those who are already in it. This was part of a larger effort the commission determined was necessary to elevate and “ rebrand ” the teaching profession.

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Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy Appointed as the Next Executive Director of the American Political Science Association

Political Science Now

million dollar Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) (2020-2023 and 2023-2026). million dollars in 2021; and serving as the co-Principal Investigator on the National Science Foundation (NSF) $1.4

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

The Hechinger Report

We’re still super-reliant on things like Teach for America and a very transient teacher population,” Brenner said. And in states including Mississippi, where the immigrant population has swelled, rural schools can’t keep up with the demands for teaching English to students who aren’t native speakers.