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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.

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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. Then, in 2010, the federal government invested in home visiting programs for the first time with the creation of the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting ( MIECHV ) program. “It Many home visiting programs have been around for decades.

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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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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).

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Universities increasingly turn to graduate programs to balance their books

The Hechinger Report

The federal government even charges higher interest rates for graduate than for undergraduate loans : 6.6 Related : One state uses data about job needs to help decide what colleges should teach. Tuition and fees at the law school at St. Thomas are $42,190 a year. percent, compared to 5.05 percent for undergrads. Thomas University.

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Trust issues

The Hechinger Report

said Miriam Jorgensen, research director for the Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development. However, the state is currently being sued by the CSKT, as well as five other tribes, over the state’s failure over decades to adequately teach Indigenous curriculum despite a state mandate to do so. Yes,” said Stainbrook.