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How Identity Management Makes Schools Less Vulnerable to Cybercrime

EdTech Magazine

Last year alone, the number of ransomware attacks on K–12 schools topped the number on secondary schools, hospital systems and governments. K–12 schools are No. 1, and not in a good way.

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National STEM Day Nov. 8th

Ask a Tech Teacher

While STEM topics seem a natural fit in high schools and post-secondary curriculum, education experts are promoting a focus on STEM subjects for younger and younger children. Together the STEM subjects represent some of the fastest-growing and most in-demand fields in the United States.

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How to Fund School Safety Upgrades

EdTech Magazine

Schools are taking initiative to update their physical security systems for the modern era. For example, several states have adopted Alyssa’s Law, which requires public elementary and secondary schools to have a silent panic alarm that contacts local law enforcement in emergencies. In some cases, legislation has spurred the changes.

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RTI and MTSS: A Powerful Blueprint To Help Every Student Thrive

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast , internationally recognized educator Mike Mattos shares practical strategies for implementing RTI (Response to Intervention) and MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports) effectively.

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The ESSER Funding Cliff: Sustaining IT Upgrades After 2024

EdTech Magazine

Distributions from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund helped schools acquire much-needed technologies. With that federal funding coming to an end, school systems are suddenly going to have holes in their budgets. The ESSER funding cliff presents risks.

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Plagiarism Prevention: Best Practices with Urkund

The CoolCatTeacher

Urkund is a cost-effective plagiarism prevention tool, integrates with popular LMS systems, and why it is rapidly becoming a popular tool in this area. Unfortunately, schools and universities find plagiarism prevention systems to be an essential tool to encourage the honesty we all expect from our students. to deceive the system.”

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SXSWEDU 2018 Wrap-up: Systems Change for Adult Learners?

Digital Promise

for Higher Education & Workforce Development , during which each panelist pointed to one key thing they thought should characterize future philanthropic funding: systems change. So I thought more about those prevailing themes I was hearing at SXSWEDU, and reflected on what it would mean to take a systems view.

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