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Gen Z Is Growing Up in Education Upheaval. How Are Teens Doing?

Edsurge

Among Zoomers, non-Hispanic whites fell to about half the population, according to data compiled by the Annie E. Childhood Poverty Rising Gen Z has experienced exceptionally high poverty rates compared to older generations, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Their next largest ethnic group is Latinos, at 24 percent.

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6 Tech Treasures for Special Ed Teachers (K-6)

The CoolCatTeacher

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. To learn more about Wriq go to www.texthelp.com/wriq. Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. FY 2015 $0. (Having said that, I have already committed to writing a series of posts specifically on the U.S. FY 2014 $0.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

OHDELA gets an F rating from the Ohio Department of Education, receiving failing marks on measures including students’ performance on state tests, academic growth and graduation rates. They also say they are taking steps to improve retention and graduation rates.

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PROOF POINTS: Asian American students lose more points in an AI essay grading study — but researchers don’t know why

The Hechinger Report

This was purely a research exercise and these essays and machine scores weren’t used in any of ETS’s assessments. Diff” adjusts this raw number for the randomness of human ratings. The ETS website says it only relies on the e-rater score alone for practice tests, and uses it in conjunction with human scores for actual exams.)

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

graduation rates — up to a record 83 percent — and whether it is real or an elaborate scam. Tagged on: July 23, 2017 ED warns schools of another widespread ransomware attack | Future of Ed Tech e-Newsletter → In light of a recent widespread ransomware attack, the U.S. So why do I still want schools to use them? Unified gets a $3.26-million

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White, Low-Income and Low-Achieving: Ohio Students Struggling in Online Charter Schools

Edsurge

Towards the end of 2015, he dropped out. Based on Ohio Achievement and Graduation Assessments, low-achieving students in online charters may be learning about one-fourth less than their peers with similar academic performance in brick-and-mortar schools.

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