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1EdTech and Common Good Learning Tools Launch Major Upgrade to Database of State Learning Standards

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The ultimate objective of CASE (1EdTech’s Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange ® specification) is to make it easier, more accurate, and less expensive for edtech suppliers to align resources and tools with state and district academic standards, therefore allowing educators to find resources that better support their needs.

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College's Use of Exam-Proctoring Software to ‘Scan’ Rooms Violated Privacy Rights, Judge Finds

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The case involves a student at Cleveland State University whose professor asked students to allow the college’s Honorlock software to capture images of their surroundings to make sure study materials weren’t present. The Fourth Amendment protects citizens against unreasonable searches and seizures of their persons or property.

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Pre-K may boost math scores even eight years later

The Hechinger Report

The pre-K environment may help support long-term success in math, according to a new study of Georgia’s pre-K program. We weren’t surprised,” said Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Georgia, and one of the authors of the study , which encompassed 458 children.

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I Love Being a Teacher, But I Can’t Survive on Compassion

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My four years in college studying to become an educator did not prepare me for what I encountered. Most administrators were more concerned with meeting academic standards and metrics than offering holistic support to students who couldn’t meet these standards because of their personal challenges.

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Study explores use of digital tools in out-of-school programs

The Hechinger Report

Given that goal, the nonprofit commissioned a study of out-of-school programs to see how they use digital media tools and technologies with students. The programs vary widely, giving students the opportunity to do things like design new products with digital tools or use software to study music theory or produce videos about community events.

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What an Admissions Fight at America’s ‘Best’ High School Says About Educational Equity

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And last fall, the Fairfax County Public School Board proposed a radical change to the TJ admissions process: Scrapping the admissions test to replace it with a lottery of students who meet a minimum academic standard. In fact, the majority of the TJ student body are Asian-American.

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ThinkCERCA Raises $10.1 Million to Build Critical Thinkers, Readers and Writers

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Founded in 2012, ThinkCERCA offers a set of digital tools and lesson plans to help educators teach critical thinking skills across a variety of subjects, including English language arts (ELA), math, social studies and science. Each lesson, Murphy shares, will “break down academic standards around literacy into discrete subskills.” (For