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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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Many Lack Access to Quality Early Education. Home Visiting Programs Are Bringing it to More Families.

ED Surge

The federal investment in the MIECHV program is set to double from $400 million to $800 million annually, by 2027. Beginning this year , the federal government will match $3 for every $1 in non-federal funds spent on home visiting programs, up to a certain amount. Fortunately, he says, reinforcements are on the way.

Education 135
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Evidence Shows That Home Visits Support Children and Families. Here’s What to Know.

ED Surge

government invests in home visiting programs, and funding is set to expand. Historically, they’d received state and local funds, as well as money from private foundations, says Sarah Crowne, senior research scientist at Child Trends, a nonprofit research center focused on children and families.

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OPINION: Let’s use the pandemic as a dress-rehearsal for much-needed digital transformation

The Hechinger Report

Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Navigator , for example, is a free, research-based tool that provides educators with tailored recommendations for lessons that support the full diversity of learners. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency provides a great model of what a similar partnership could look like in education.

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Canceled classes, sweltering classrooms: How extreme heat impairs learning

The Hechinger Report

While there’s no comprehensive data on how many schools lack air conditioning, some 41 percent of school districts responding to a 2020 Government Accountability Office survey reported that the majority of their school buildings needed heating and cooling upgrades. Many school systems are gravely unprepared for a warming world.

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Colleges and states turn their attention to slow-moving part-time students

The Hechinger Report

Kennedy School of Government, Victoria Dzindzichashvili pauses in the Harvard Square subway station and reflects on the decade it took her to get here. In doing so, it’s meant to offer something research shows is critical to retaining students: a sense of belonging. Now she is commuting to graduate school at Harvard.

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Don’t say there’s a lack of STEM talent in the South

The Hechinger Report

STEM jobs will grow 13 percent from 2017 to 2027 , as opposed to 9 percent for non-STEM work. HBCU talent can meet workforce demands if government and the private sector invest in programs that develop start-up businesses on campus. million to 17.3 million from 1990 to 2018 (a 79 percent increase).